Not that I would ever consider it, but what is the deal with grandchildren visiting? If you are living in an over 55, and your five grandchildren want to spend the weekend is it allowed? I can see some folks getting grumpy at the pool when the Sullivan's have their grand kids over practicing their cannon balls and playing Marco Polo while they are trying to read their AARP magazine.
Every place has their own rules but here are some that existed in my late MIL's place (and she was on the BOD for her building, but each building had a BOD and then there was one over-shadowing BOD for all the common property).
- No non-residents could go to the pool or the clubhouse without wearing a wrist-band and be with a resident.
- No diving/jumping in the pool - most old farts sit around the pool or at most stand in it and don't want to be splashed.
- Everyone must shower by the pool before entering the pool.
- If you used suntan lotion, you are forbidden from entering the pool - it clogs up the filters doncha know!
From a fellow DECcie who lived/worked in FL (it was a condo, not a 55+):
- They passed a bylaw change that prohibited parking "trucks" on the property. This was probably mid-late 1980s.
- Pickup trucks were very popular, but they were "trucks" according to the condo bylaws.
- She only owned a pickup truck and was suddenly being fined $50/day for parking her only vehicle on the property!
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The problem is that the rules/bylaws are fluid (just like the way our judges like to treat the US Constitution) and as a "living document" they feel free to change and enforce those changes whenever they see something that they don't like. So the rules when you buy in are very unlikely to be the rules when you decide that you've had enough and want out!!