Condo associations are the most slept-on reality show TV idea
From rain barrels and broken pipes to overgrown lawns and storage unit mysteries, condo board members go out of their way to be difficult
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Condo boards would be amazing reality TV. I don’t know why no one has made this into a series like “Real Housewives” or “Love & Hip Hop.” After one casual glance at a Reddit board from condo owners and homeowners association members complaining about power-tripping condo boards, it’s more than obvious that there is some interest there. The only problem with a reality show based on condo boards is that a sizable amount of the viewing audience would spend 99% of the show wondering one thing: “How did this small issue get this big?”
It seems like that’s how all condo board versus condo owner arguments start. In this Reddit post, a unit owner noticed a leaking water heater and a broken pipe. While one would think the average condo board would investigate this to fix the pipe and the leak, and avoid a higher water and sewage bill, this board chose only to say, “Thanks.”
Wow, super helpful.
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Yahoo! Life had their own ideas about how to resolve wasted water usage: collecting shower water and creating rain barrels in your yard, along with a few other ideas.
I shook my head as soon as I saw “rain barrel.” I know the chaos that that suggestion will bring. In fact, that one topic led to a huge argument, a drink thrown and “hippie” debate.