True, but this is Taiwan. People are still wearing masks even though they are no longer required. I see people driving alone in cars with masks on or on scooters without helmets but with mask.
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They do what Donald Trump did with his properties.
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They were doing that before COVID
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- Home property tax here is very low. I haven’t calculated because but it’s so low that I don’t even notice.
- The home owner association fees for high rises here are very cheap. During annual HOA meetings you will have members of the community turn down any calls for repairs or maintenance. New building needs painting, lightbulb replacements, or power washing after 8 years? All denied - they would rather keep association fees low and see the building slowly rot. Half the gym equipment stopped working? Doesn’t matter, nobody uses them anyways.
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Not the same. Before covid people would wear masks when sick and stop wearing them once better (most). Normal behavior. Now, more than 50% of people are still wearing masks because of covid even though it’s no longer required.
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This.
Not only because of money. There is no sense of community whatsoever. Add this to an almost total neglect of everything maintenance and aesthetics even inside their apartments, then it is not hard to figure out that anything outside their unit’s door does not concern most people at all.
They are only willing to use some money for doorkeeping. If it is 24/7 the better (because face?).
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It’s a common pratice to leave shoes outside the door or in the stairway, some people just put a shelf by their doors for shoes and miscellaneous items. People keep a lot of junk here.
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My highrise building HOA has a reserve of tens of millions, but still only spends on minimum maintenance. I wish they would spend money on window cleaning. There is no point to have any view if the windows are absolutely disgustingly dirty.
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Pools are the first to go. Like immediately. I’ve noticed stronger HOA rules and less public amenities for newer builds. Actually the shittier construction companies keep adding all the extra shit but the quality ones seem to have caught on and trying to fix it somehow.
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There’s a pervasive myth that owning a dishwasher will cost you your first born child in electricity and water expenses.
The truth of the matter is, labor and time is viewed differently in Taiwan (aka it’s free), so people would gladly spend 1,000+ hours in their lifetime washing dishes.
No, in fact a dishwasher uses LESS water than hand washing!
But water being 10nt per ton, there’s not a lot of incentive to save them, however in some countries a dishwasher will pay for itself.
A load will use maybe 5 gallon of water if that.
Most new homes have em. Indispensable if you cook often.
You have to rinse the dishes, pans and pots before putting them in the dishwasher, so what’s the point?
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Many buildings, but not all. Our HOA fee increased by 30 nt this year and all maintenance is done immediately. The new HOA head (zhu wei) has also been quite proactive to improve things and the swimming pool opened this summer for the first time since COVID.
Some HOAs have pretty strict rules, for example forbidding anything to be left outside in the hallways.
I prefer no swimming pool. I don’t swim and don’t want to pay for something I never use.
The pool in our building is small (~3x10m) so it’s basically for kids. It’s only open during the day on weekends now and there are lots of families in the building who have been enjoying it.
Maybe if the unit is 20yrs old, decent modern ones don’t need that.
Even 20 years ago all that was needed was a scrub for hard bits that won’t come off.
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I prefer letting my dishwasher do the work.