Condo rules clash with market realities
When some owners of condos in Pelican Cove wanted to hold an open house to help with sluggish sales, it set off a storm of controversy.
Barbara Simons gazes at the serene view of Sarasota Bay that dominates the condominium she inherited from her mother, a spacious second-story waterfront hideaway within the gated and lushly landscaped enclave of Pelican Cove.
But Simons is not serene. She is furious with Murray Sherry, the outgoing board president of the south Sarasota complex, and with everybody else keeping her from holding an open house to get out from under the condo — to her a half-million dollars on the hoof.