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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Live in one and grew up in one and always lived in one.

Condos are convenient: my family traveled a lot so it was very easy to turn the key and just leave and never have to worry about maintenance.

Even in a townhouse you have to worry about the backyard, what to do with trash, security of the place etc.

Condos fill a niche and aren't for everyone but if you routinely travel and want something in a good location then they work.

Also space wise, if you purchase a larger sized one (which you should if you're a family) they really don't feel smaller than a house and it's all one floor living which makes it so much easier.

+1 on condo living and I can always find them at a discount every time I move and put the difference into the market.
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If you leave for a long period of time, you still have to check on your condo, or have someone check on it.  Apartments can get damaged by neighbors sharing ceiling and walls, flooding is especially common.  Also window damage, water coming from window insulation breaking, pest infestation you may not be aware of, that can come from neighbors, etc.   A condo isn't frozen it time just because you lock the door. [/quote]

Thanks for this input as I've often considered "lock and leave" part of the appeal and need to be thinking realistically. How about mail at a condo?[/quote]

There are full-service condos - usually larger buildings where you have a mailroom and a front desk where staff will usually accept and store mail packages for up to a few days until you stop by to pick them up. These buildings have higher HOA fees to pay for the staff.

There are also smaller-mid size condo buildings where there is no human staff present. In most cases the larger packages are simply left on the floor of the mailroom and they are not secured. Although some of these buildings have started to install little individual lockers where the delivery person can drop your package. Having no staff means cheaper HOA fees.

If you leave often for travel, say as a retiree, there are services now for ~$20/month that will open and scan all of your mail (then shred it), so you can read it online from wherever you are located and not miss anything important. This also means you don’t have to ask a neighbor to collect your mail, because a condo mailroom box is pretty small so if you go away for a while it will fill up and they won’t be able to stuff any more mail in there.[/quote]

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