| For many people considering condo life
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| | used by anyone, it must be kept clear and
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| for the first time, having to 'obey
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| | free of other people's clutter. There may
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| rules' may sound intrusive to personal
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| | also be fire laws involved, for the safer
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| liberty. It is interesting therefore, to
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| | passage of fleeing residents in an
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| note that the large majority of condo
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| | emergency.
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| residents approve of living under
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| | It may sound unreasonable not to be
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| management rules and even think that
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| | allowed to put an umbrella stand outside
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| their lifestyle is enhanced by doing so.
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| | your own front door, but if the rule were
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| A recent study shows hat 74% of condo
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| | relaxed it may be difficult to draw the
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| residents like living by the rules.
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| | line.
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| Perhaps it is not so surprising that
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| | Imagine if there was no rule, and your
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| condo owners prefer to live by rules.
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| | neighbor then stacked his kids' bikes
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| They are designed to enhance the
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| | outside his front door, plus his big sack
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| lifestyle of everyone in the building.
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| | of bird feeding seed and the wife's
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| Many of the requirements are simply the
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| | shopping buggy. You may feel embarrassed
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| type of rules that once used to be the
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| | if friends came to visit you and had to
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| norm in society, for instance, no noise
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| | get past all that clutter to reach your
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| after eleven at night.
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| | front door!
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| The secret of choosing a condo that lists
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| | Sometimes in condos, especially units
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| the type of rules that you can live with,
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| | built at ground floor level, even the
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| is to choose a condo where the people
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| | patio is considered to be 'common but
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| have a similar lifestyle to you. If you
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| | exclusive'. This means that other people
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| are a person who is naturally considerate
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| | can walk through your patio area if they
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| of your neighbors, then you probably
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| | need access through it to move large
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| already self-impose the type of rules
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| | items etc.
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| that you will find in a condo block.
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| | All condo units should have a committee
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| For instance, many people keep their
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| | or board which has a fair, unbiased
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| music quiet after ten o'clock as a matter
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| | mechanism set up for receiving
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| of courtesy. The same people probably
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| | complaints. Even without complaints the
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| make sure that if they get up early one
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| | board should be meeting once a month or
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| morning, they make as little crashing and
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| | so, to check on any rule enforcement and
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| banging noise as possible.
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| | related issues.
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| However, there are also sections of
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| | Sometimes the condo environment changes
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| society who just do not think this way.
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| | and agreement may be needed to adjust a
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| They often do not realize how noisy they
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| | rule. Boards are usually selected from
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| can be. These people need to have rules
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| | the residents and are elected once a
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| so remind them to be considerate of
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| | year, though even this is optional and
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| others.
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| | different condos will have their own
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| Some rules can be very complex and
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| | arrangements for board appointments.
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| puzzling in their origin, for instance in
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| | Having rules in place makes condo life
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| many condos, you cannot put anything
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| | sound very trouble-free and civilized,
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| outside your front door. But, you may put
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| | but even the simplest agreement over
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| what you like on the balcony!
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| | barking dogs, parking or late night
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| The front door is often in a corridor
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| | parties can turn into nasty disputes.
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| which is considered to be one of the
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| | Choosing a condo where the rules suit
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| 'common areas'. Because it is able to be
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| | your lifestyle will avoid much of this.
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