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You Get What You Pay For




The monthly fee that I pay to the homeowners association is responsible for snow removal, road maintenance, lawn mowing and landscaping of common areas. There is a contract with a company that does this work. I have been told they were hired because they submitted the lowest bid. This past fall they did some tree and shrub trimming


                                    



I wonder if they could have made things look any uglier with just a bit more effort?

                                            

This tree is completely dead.  The sagging and fallen branches were interfering with the lawn tractor's path so they just didn't mow a chunk of lawn all summer but the brush that grew up was more appealing than this.

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This month a professional tree service came and cut down the arbor vitae that had been planted along the back of the three buildings on my street. They were impinging on the buildings. Apparently whoever planted them did not take into account the fact that plants will grow. I have a whole lot more light coming my office windows but I miss seeing the birds flitting in and out of those trees.


All that's left behind my place.


Comments

  1. Margaret (Peggy or Peg too)December 16, 2020 at 9:51 AM

    ooh perfect just enough so that you can trip on it. :-)

    My HOA is clueless yet acts like nazi's. I will never ever live with an HOA again if it can be helped. plowing is questionable around these parts. Someone needs to tell them the snow only moves if you put the blade down on the ground.

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  2. Jenn JilksDecember 16, 2020 at 2:31 PM

    Isn't that ridiculous!
    My kids live in a co-op townhome in Vancouver. They have a board, and we quite involved.

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  3. Arkansas PattiDecember 16, 2020 at 3:25 PM

    That looks like the job my power company does. Always hated the results from the lowest bidder.

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  4. OlgaDecember 16, 2020 at 8:08 PM

    Margaret -- I will avoid an HOA if I move again. A little power can go to the heads of some people.

    Jenn -- The fee keeps going up but the quality of the work gets worse each year, I swear.

    Patti -- Lots of companies will throw out the highest bid and the lowest and I can see the reasoning behind a policy like that.

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  5. KayJanuary 2, 2021 at 7:46 PM

    They're going to leave the stumps like that? Hmmm...

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