Article January 6, 2003 Issue

Two dumpsters... no sale?

By Beverly Hogan

This past summer I was left a condo in Florida, which needed to be sold ASAP, as there was little money to cover the mortgage and other expenses.

Setting out to accomplish what looked like a relatively simple assignment, I kept running up against the same moaning and groaning from prospective buyers, in that they were disturbed because the dumpsters were directly off the patio. Aesthetically speaking, it did not look promising. People came and people went—all with the same lament. "Nice unit, but two dumpsters, too close."

I took the necessary bureaucratic steps to have them moved. The condo director promised to try to remove one dumpster from the area, but the condo association had voted earlier to put two dumpsters side-by-side in this location, in order to beautify the area where one had been originally.