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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think both have pros and con's. We were in a condo for 5 years and recently bought a SFH.

Condo:
Pro: low maintenance, no wasting time on yard work, weekends are purely for relaxing, amenities: having a pool and tennis courts you don’t have to maintain is pretty nice. Low responsibility: roof leaks you call the condo and so forth, snow removal: other than digging out my own car they do all the other work

Cons: special assessments: we paid a hefty assessment for a major project/repair that did not benefit us/our unit in any way, rules: they have rules for everything we need to get permission for any changes we wanted to do like installing an above the range microwave, new windows, hardwood floors, Neighbors: you hear and smell everything your neighbors cook and do

Cond fees: I don’t know that they are a total waste of money or just throwing money away, there are no more and in many cases less than what you would be spending on house maintenance. When stuff goes wrong in a SFH is isn’t cheap.

SFH
Pro: yard, no rules, more space, better for older kids (lived in condo until son was 2), for us we outgrew the condo a lot sooner than we had planned
Cons: lots of work, always something to do, spending money on maintenance, when things break you have to find a contractor to fix it and spend the money

So I have likes and dislikes with both. I like the space and freedom of a SFH, but  the maintenance is exhausting at times. I often miss the carefree weekends in the condo where we didn’t have to worry about doing any “house” work.
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If you purchase a SFH in PUD. You will still have a chance to enjoy amenities. you will need to pay HOA fee, but it is cheaper than condo. The new SFH and newer SFH has a little yard to maintain right now if you are not a yard person like me.

as far as maintenance, unless you rent it otherwise if you own the condo, you will still pay anything by your own if something break inside of your unit. Condo fee is only cover exterior of your condo. If you do not need a yard space, I will vote for new SFH.[/quote]

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