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[quote=Anonymous]$2.5k assessment is pretty steep, assuming it's about 2x actual annual dues (doing a little back of the napkin guesstimate based off your all-in estimate of annual costs).  Are they just doing renovations, or are they adding a bunch of new stuff?

That said, I've been on our pool's board.  A lot of the pools were built after WW2 and are now seeing their original infrastructure (buildings, wiring, plumbing, etc) need to be completely replaced.  Costs have increased for almost everything significantly in the last few years -- labor (minimum wage), services (pool and grounds), and insurance.  If you have tennis courts, it can $50k per court if you need to rebuild (not patch) them.

And there is definitely a sense out there among the older members that they don't want an assessment b/c they feel like they are then paying a lot for something that newer members have a longer time horizon to enjoy.  Although they conveniently ignore the fact that they have benefited from years (decades even) of membership free of the long-term costs of maintaining the club.[/quote]

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