Are there other upgrades to facilities that would be of interest to those uninterested in Foxtel? Perhaps a range of facilities could be proposed where all might see benefit in at least one of those things. We have a tennis court but not everyone plays tennis. We have a playground but not everyone has children or grandchildren. Not everyone uses the BBQ.
Generally people don’t begrudge the facilities that are used by only a subset of owners. Those things all went in quite a while ago. Now things have ossified a bit and we are getting arguments along those lines. We had a recent proposal to set up a community garden (we have a large area of land) where residents might have a fair sized vegetable plot (or share one if they didn’t want so much).
We have enough in reserves to not need a special levy to set it up. Once established well with a possum-resistant fence and landscaping around and so on it would have no on-going costs to owners. We had had one in the late 70s, early 80s so our Articles had a section to govern how it would run. It would have used $95/unit out of savings to set up well.
Nonetheless, the proposal failed to get majority support, with some objecting to paying for something some wouldn’t use. I thought I would enjoy seeing and meeting my neighbours out in the garden even if I didn’t have a plot. Over time I though many units would use the garden as people’s lives changed and they gave up or took up vegie growing. Sadly, a majority did not see it this way.