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I forgot about the ‘73 Satellite that I got to have a car with AC for Sacto summers my first couple years of law school. It was a good car. I gave it to my brother when we got the Volvo 240. I don’t recall what happened to it. I’ll have to ask him if I remember to. Drove the Colt in cool weather to save gas money and the Satellite when it was hot.
Yikes! Glad no one got hurt. Any idea if the tree was diseased?
If somebody does have it, they aren't playing it in public or showing it off anywhere.
It always seems that things slow down around this time of year.Unless you really want move it, stick to your price. Maybe post it over in Sacto too.
My favorite HOA quote is, "not all HOA's are bad, but all are one vote away from tyranny."
We removed two in front of it a year ago due to bark beetle. This one looked ok, but was probably also compromised. There is at least one in the backyard we’ll likely remove because if it falls it will definitely do some damage.
There is a lot of drama with the one up at the mountain place. The BOD does their best. But there are a lot of retired residents and some other nasty folks who just want to complain about everything. I stay out of it, but there are a couple of jerks who I would love to see pack up and leave.
In my younger days, post MBA, I took a turn at part time property management. Didn't last more than a year as I just couldn't deal with the old widow retirees that spent their days walking the property looking for anything to complain about. You need to come here right now, there is a weed...
That blue AMX/Javelin (couldn't see enough to tell) in tall grass with no hood is now gone. Has been for some time. Hopefully someone is slapping some love to it. The things people just let sit around and rust to nothing amazes me.
Yep. An example is the uproar over the purchase of a new golf course lawnmower that was twenty five years old and constantly breaking down. The new one cost 110k. And the course never looked better last season. It is an amenity that helps maintain property values. But some people just like to complain. And loudly.
So true. Our current one doesn't seem to be too bad--unlike our previous HOA. I've had to deal with our new one a fair amount due to redoing the end of the road on our property, which involves the sewer district and getting them involved, which will change the look of the end of the street. Which is not actually the end of the street and is actually our driveway. I had to lay out my case to the HOA. We were in essence, getting public water on private property. I tried to lay things out so logically for the HOA that they would have to come up with a clearly idiotic reason to reject what we were doing. So far it all worked well. Even convinced the sewer district to fix the problem which no one thought would ever happen. Between getting that amazing feat accomplished, and dealing with our local PVA on lowering the taxes on the surrounding property we own (which is generally unheard of), maybe I should have been an attorney...and had my own TV show like Andy Griffith....
Yes, that can get quite silly. I was asked to be on both of our HOA's several times. And I tried to politely say I wasn't interested but maybe when no longer working and on the board of directors for senior adult apartment complex maybe I would think about it. I have added on occasion that I really don't even like going to the general HOA meetings as you tend to find out how foolish and illogical some of your neighbors can be.
Be careful or they’ll convince you to sit on the board.
