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I am hearing you Bennifer!
Same here. I was on the committee for 10 years. Lots of work no thanks! Just complaints. But no mention when something fantastic happened. And yet the owners will come to the AGM year after year and complaint. They will complaint about something that they havent even mentioned to anyone! They will complain that the light in the common area doesnt work, they have noticed it not working for 6 months but have said nothing. Because that is apparently the responsibility of the EC to notice everything, even if it is within an owners lot or in a part of the complex they do not routinely pass by.
I had people contacting me for the most trivial things. And knocking on my door rather for anything and everything. Mostly they wanted me to give them permission or organise it now. I had one owner who bashed on my door to fix something immediately or they would hold be personally liable for the safety of their children. The problem was in the common area and was not an immediate threat to anyone. And there I was. I couldnt personally fix the problem. It would take phone calls to the relevant professionals. And phone calls to the SM. And it would take some time. So this owner then got his children and “parked” then on this part of the common area! Therefore subjecting them directly to this “danger”! Why should I have to put up with that? Together with everything else, that is why I am no longer on the committee.
We had alot of hard working people on the committee at one stage. All worked selflessly and gave up much of their free time to ensure that everyones unit and the complex as a whole was maintained. All this for no money and little thanks. Just complaints that not enough was done but too much money was spent despite the fact the our committee actually did alot of the work (cleaning, clearing, gardening) themselves. No there is no one doing any work on the EC of any kind. And our expenses have gone up and yet no maintenance is being done. Now they have something to complain about!