Mark Scott, a communications executive in Atlanta who has owned houses but now lives in a condo, feels the same way. "I find so many friends have these giant yards that they never use and yet have to spend hours doing yard work themselves or pay thousands of dollars a year for someone else to do it," he says. "Again, for something they never really use."
But buyer beware. Having the outdoor workload managed isn't always peaches and cream, however. Lance Luke, who owns Construction Management Inspection LLC, a Honolulu-based firm that inspects buildings including condos, points out that "some condos are underfunded and therefore have no money in reserves to pay for capital improvements such as concrete and wood repair, painting or roofing."