Comments on: Creekwood Residents Could Be Losing Their Swimming Pool http://reynoldsrealty.com/creekwood-residents-could-be-losing-their-swimming-pool/ Bradenton Real Estate Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:52:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Linda Reynolds http://reynoldsrealty.com/creekwood-residents-could-be-losing-their-swimming-pool/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Linda Reynolds Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:47:52 +0000 http://reynoldsrealty.com/?p=392#comment-68 <a href='#comment-67' rel="nofollow">@Skip Thomasser</a> - We had the same reaction when we heard the pool was closing. You are right, when you buy into a community you are buying the amenities. To have them take them away is not good. In response to your question, no we are not seeing this as a trend and if my community tried to pull that I would be up in arms. I disagree with a community pool not raising your property values, true they don't raise them directly but indirectly by what the community has to offer certainly offers value to a home. People choose homes based on the community's amenities. If you don't have any then your home might get passed over for a home in a community that does. @Skip Thomasser – We had the same reaction when we heard the pool was closing. You are right, when you buy into a community you are buying the amenities. To have them take them away is not good. In response to your question, no we are not seeing this as a trend and if my community tried to pull that I would be up in arms.

I disagree with a community pool not raising your property values, true they don’t raise them directly but indirectly by what the community has to offer certainly offers value to a home.

People choose homes based on the community’s amenities. If you don’t have any then your home might get passed over for a home in a community that does.

]]> By: Skip Thomasser http://reynoldsrealty.com/creekwood-residents-could-be-losing-their-swimming-pool/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Skip Thomasser Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:25:20 +0000 http://reynoldsrealty.com/?p=392#comment-67 I'm not sure when this was written, but as a resident of Creekwood I would like to respond, and also ask a couple questions. As is typical with most developers, to keep his costs down, provide affordable lots and keep his profit margin up, they tend to install average costing amendities. I'm not saying the pool was poorly constructed... but it's upkeep was under the supervision of the developer, as well as later under the Master Board at turnover. Like anything else, one must provide routine maintenance... but still under stand that things wear out. Without the maintenance they usually wear out sooner. Except for poor pump maintenance the pool is in fairly good condition considering it's age, approximately 15 years. A reserve study was finally completed for the community, and it notes that the pool needs some maintenance... no surprise here. But a few in the community don't want to spend money... so lets get rid of the pool. They sent out a poorly written one sided preliminary poll question: Do you want to keep the pool which will cost us $100,000, or get rid of it. What they don't say is the cost is based on a guess.... and nothing about the cost to get rid of it. Finally the Master Board put to rest that the pool will not be removed. This made some unhappy. Recently those who wanted the pool gone polled their neighborhood ( one of five) in Creekwood to look into seceding from Creekwood HOA, and forming their own Master HOA. They can look, but I don't see it happening. What's next, you don't play tennis, so get rid of the tennis courts? Or since you don't live on a lake (SWF) let's get rid of them? When you buy into a community with a HOA you should expect to have amendities which we all share the cost in. The people against the pool say that many communities are closing their pools... do you see this? That community pools do not raise our property values... right or wrong? thank you I’m not sure when this was written, but as a resident of Creekwood I would like to respond, and also ask a couple questions. As is typical with most developers, to keep his costs down, provide affordable lots and keep his profit margin up, they tend to install average costing amendities. I’m not saying the pool was poorly constructed… but it’s upkeep was under the supervision of the developer, as well as later under the Master Board at turnover. Like anything else, one must provide routine maintenance… but still under stand that things wear out. Without the maintenance they usually wear out sooner. Except for poor pump maintenance the pool is in fairly good condition considering it’s age, approximately 15 years. A reserve study was finally completed for the community, and it notes that the pool needs some maintenance… no surprise here. But a few in the community don’t want to spend money… so lets get rid of the pool. They sent out a poorly written one sided preliminary poll question: Do you want to keep the pool which will cost us $100,000, or get rid of it. What they don’t say is the cost is based on a guess…. and nothing about the cost to get rid of it.

Finally the Master Board put to rest that the pool will not be removed. This made some unhappy.

Recently those who wanted the pool gone polled their neighborhood ( one of five) in Creekwood to look into seceding from Creekwood HOA, and forming their own Master HOA. They can look, but I don’t see it happening.

What’s next, you don’t play tennis, so get rid of the tennis courts? Or since you don’t live on a lake (SWF) let’s get rid of them? When you buy into a community with a HOA you should expect to have amendities which we all share the cost in.

The people against the pool say that many communities are closing their pools… do you see this? That community pools do not raise our property values… right or wrong?

thank you

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