by Lynx » Wed Apr 05, 2017 12:37 pm
A Rant
Ah, alas, I live in a condo with flaking siding on one side. I've been delving into what it would take to prettify it for the last 6 years, easy. The peeling looks uglier every day.
I want some requirements because I want all my research to be put to good use by me, if no one else. I'm in a condo, I can't act alone.
I wanted a simple basic solution, as time went on other owners at our annual meetings started adding: the whole building, windows, the decks, and the roof (a separate line item). Each slows things down, each adds to the costs. Back comes the estimates—whoa Nelly, we can't afford that!
Here lies the perils of being a member and not a consultant. Consultants can resign any account. I'm enmeshed here like a strike in a catcher's mitt. Clients hear me out as a consultant, as a member I have to clamor and repeat to get any point across.
I think I see a way forward, but now with the inflated expectations and the deflated feelings from the estimates, adjusting is that much more mentally hard for us *as a group.* Pretty easy for me alone.
The difficulty is there isn't a kitchen-tested recipe. Nothing's sure or certain for any step. Just have to make my best assessment of the situation and march on.
Rant out!
To the marching,
Lx
"Vision is not enough. It must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs." Vaclav Havel