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I promised myself I wouldn’t log on and look again but….
I would like to thank you for the kind words. The fact that I may have made some difference to other people’s strata experience makes me feel like I have accomplished something. It in some way makes up for the fact that I made little difference to my own strata experience. And for the record, as far as strata dwellers go, those on the flat chat forum are the only ones I am bothering to bid farewell to. I have no intention of saying goodbye to my neighbours.
Am I making the right decision? In buying a home now, at my age, I would have to work for the rest of my life and never retire to pay off my new mortgage. I don’t quite have 25 years before retirement! But I want to live in a well run and maintained home. I could end up living in my car but at least I can make sure it is well maintained. I will fix what needs to be fixed and attend to whatever needs attention.
Will there be regrets? Well my place does look fantastic now. After fixing it up not only inside but the outside as well, I know I have done all I could to make my unit the best place to live in in this complex. For the first time in a long time I can come home and not cringe. I hope that the new owners can sit back and relax and enjoy their new well maintained home, thanks to me.
But as I drive out on that last night along the darkened driveway, because the lights still don’t work, I will be pleased that I cannot see the stains and marks left from an owner doing unapproved and unchallenged building work using the common property to do all the really messy stuff because then its someone else’s problem. I will then drive by the perimeter wall, freshly painted but with a large gap still in it, they just painted around that. As I then approach the road, I may then look back over my shoulder see the complex name and street number displayed, with letters missing, and know I have no regrets.
It may not be the right choice, but for me it is the only choice.
I will probably log on from time to time. I still hope that there will be a real change in strata life to the betterment of all. If the government expects more people to adopt this way of living in the big cities of this country, then things do have to change. Perhaps in the future I will get the chance to put my two cents worth in and be heard. Alot would have to change for me to reconsider strata again.
Regards
Struggler