23 Jul 2013 5:04 PM:
Hi, I am President of a small community only 15 townhouses and our fees are 1200 per year paid as two equal payments.
We have changed the payments at this years AGM to 4 payments of 300 to make it easier for people. We have 2 Spanish families, 1 Danish, 1 German and the rest English.
I have been told by one of the Spanish families our fees are too high, as their friends near by only pay 600 a year. Their friends live on a similar community but have over 24 houses so there are more people to share the fees.
I was President for 7 years and came back this year as President after a gap of 3 years. I have always tried to keep fees down and deliver good value for money.
We are a small gated community with electric gates, lights and a pool that we heat in the months either side of the summer months so the electricity for the pool is not huge.
Out of the 1200 each year 300 goes into a painting fund so we can repaint every 5 or 6 years without asking for cash, we have had spare money to replace the edging around the pool and replace the pool cover and we have 2 debtors out of 15.
My question is what are your fees, what size community and what facilities, lifts, security, how many pools, life guards etc.
I need to prove to my Spanish neighbours that we are doing well, I always speak to them in Spanish and I am happy to let them take over as President, I tell them this every year but they decline to take over.
Thanks in advance.
This message was last edited by manilvajl on 23/07/2013.
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Community Fees help please
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