The recreation room is closed for private parties, and every owner pays for it
The recreation room is still open. It is closed for private parties.
About 10 to 15 years ago, the condo association redid the recreation room at 3920 Mystic Valley Parkway. For years, residents got real use out of it.
Any resident could reserve the room for a private gathering for a nominal fee of about $100 to $150. A bar mitzvah. A baptism. A birthday party. An anniversary. A few friends on a weekend. It was one of the few shared spaces in the building that actually brought neighbors together, and people enjoyed it.
Then it ended. Owners have been told that a resident who rents in the building held a party in the room and paid the proper fee. Underage guests were reportedly drinking alcohol. That is not a minor rules problem. It is a serious liability for the building and a crime.
Security reportedly asked the group to stop and shut the party down. They refused.
The board’s response was to ban all private parties in the room from then on. Not for the resident who broke the rules. For everyone.
One incident, and every owner lost the right to reserve the room for a private gathering. The board had real tools: fine the resident responsible, revoke that resident’s reservation privileges, require a signed rules agreement, a deposit, or proof of event insurance before any booking. Those steps punish the conduct and protect the building. A blanket ban punishes the owners who did nothing wrong and leaves a renovated room that no one can book for a family celebration.
Enforcing rules takes effort. Closing a door takes none. When a board picks the easy answer over the fair one, owners end up paying for a space they can no longer reserve for their own gatherings.
If you are buying here, ask what the common amenities actually include today, not what the brochure says.
Caveat emptor.