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The crew shows up on day one, and the first section they close off is not the walkway by the main entry. It is a section around the side, one most residents will not notice for a day or two. Boards sometimes read this as the contractor stalling,...
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A new bid comes in lower than what the current vendor is charging, and the board's first instinct is to ask why they should keep paying more for the...
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The rain stopped two hours ago and the property looks fine. The parking lot is dry. The grass is wet but not flooded. Nobody called to report...
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Three trades, three separate contracts, three separate schedules to track. The board thought hiring each specialist directly would be the more...
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The proposal in your board packet was priced back in the spring. It is now budget season, and nobody in the room stops to ask whether that number...
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New sod goes down in spring. By fall, the same patch is bare again. The board authorizes another pallet, and the cycle repeats, usually with someone...
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The board asks the obvious question first. How long is this going to take. And the honest answer is never a single number, because a repaint is not...
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The report arrived. The board read it at a meeting, the engineer answered questions, and everyone left with a clearer picture of the structural...
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The proposal said the vendor was easy to reach. The reference call backed it up. Three weeks into the job, nobody on the board can get a straight...
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Ask a board member to list the concrete on their property and most will say sidewalks, maybe the pool deck if they think about it a second longer....