Larrabee Spa was built in 1969 as second homes targeting people in the film industry. The construction is lite. You can hear your next door neighbor a bit, but you can hear your downstairs or upstairs neighbor allot. There is no insulation. You will hear their phone conversations as though they were sitting in the next room; these condos therefore lack privacy. It is essentially row housing, the only view being the condo across the way, again, no privacy. The people here are very nice when meeting face to face. They are mostly older with a smattering of younger more progressive people.
The big concern with Larrabee Spa is that for such a progressive area, they have antiquated rules and regulations, and people who have more time on their hands than god to enforce these rules. Home owners often make the worst property managers, always making judgments based on their own personal preferences rather than viewing the condo complex as a business and running it as such. There are three recent reports of tenants (renters) being verbally and physically attacked by homeowners who hide behind the fesod of the HOA. These people have taken pride of ownership and enforcement to a new level, one that violates rights and dignity. Walk by the property and you will see signs posted all over the place what you can do, cant do, who or what can come over, when, what cant, where you cant park, etc. Any business with such signage would not fair very well as they would not be viewed as welcoming.
Which leads me to my point. Larrabee Spa may have a hard time renting condos. They have a hard time selling them. For what they are asking, there are far better choices. Far better. read more