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Vinyl Strapped Pool Furniture

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NpB (Arizona)
Posts: 605
Posted:
For those of you who have vinyl strapped pool furniture, what color are they and did any owner complain about the color after purchase?

Personal preference issues can engender a lot of debate and emotions.

Are there certain pool furniture colors that are outdated or universally not liked?
TimB4 (Tennessee)
Posts: 21,059
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You will never make everyone happy.

I always like to form a committee to pick these type of things. Then when someone complains, I can say "well you should have volunteered for the committee."

Another option, if cost is a consideration, is pick two or three designs and allow the members to vote. Then one can say - majority won.
MelissaP1 (Alabama)
Posts: 13,836
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You need to get light colors. Remember the sun is beating down on it all day. A darker color will be hotter and eventually break down faster. I would consider an off-white color or any light colors of the pale kind.
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NpB (Arizona)
Posts: 605
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MelissaP: Would you consider royal blue or turquoise to be light colors for vinyl strapping?
MelissaP1 (Alabama)
Posts: 13,836
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No to royal blue. That is dark. Torquise may be of the lighter colors. It is about as dark would go.
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LetA (Nevada)
Posts: 2,679
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I see at some of my patrol properties use a mocha expresso color. Most everyone that uses them puts a giant beach blanket over the mesh.
KerryL1 (California)
Posts: 14,550
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We have the mesh too and recently reslung it. The light turquoise matches the pool water and looks very nice. The previous was a some dark brown shades in wide stripes and added "interest" to our pool area.

I like Tim's idea of doing a quick survey of w owners giving them 3-4 choices.

KerryL1 (California)
Posts: 14,550
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We have the mesh too and recently reslung it. The light turquoise matches the pool water and looks very nice. The previous was a some dark brown shades in wide stripes and added "interest" to our pool area.

I like Tim's idea of doing a quick survey of owners giving them 3-4 choices.

LoriM15 (Florida)
Posts: 1,009
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We have vinyl straps. One pool has all white, the other has white with a few royal blue accent stripes. I personally think the one with the accent stripes looks a little dated, but it's what they wanted.

Forming a committee for this is a good idea. Then you can deflect when someone is upset.
KellyM3 (North Carolina)
Posts: 2,239
Posted:
Can't go wrong with white straps if color choice is controversial. The HOA can re-strap as the white fades to yellow over time.

SheliaH (Indiana)
Posts: 6,964
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You have people in your community complaining about THIS???? Those people need a bloody hobby.

In my community, the board would have made the decision based on cost and durability, which I think is most important than the color. Good lord, if people don't like the color, they can bring their own chair to the pool.

If your board doesn't want to make the decision on what color the chairs should be, run a poll as was suggested with samples of the colors. Top vote wins - the end.
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. Marcus Aurelius
KerryL1 (California)
Posts: 14,550
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Ya know? White. straps would look really bad here because our pool deck surface is off white. But, we're also a high rise a & the pool deck is viewed by dozens of units so the appearance matters a lot.
NpB (Arizona)
Posts: 605
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Color choices in my community are historically very controversial because some people choose outlandish colors that do not go well with the surroundings. I cannot understand for example why someone would suggest teal colored pool furniture in a desert community where the houses are beige.

I feel if hardly anyone attends Board meetings and the Board votes for teal, I sense a backlash by the silent majority.
LetA (Nevada)
Posts: 2,679
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Posted By NpB on 10/13/2022 11:49 PM
Color choices in my community are historically very controversial because some people choose outlandish colors that do not go well with the surroundings. I cannot understand for example why someone would suggest teal colored pool furniture in a desert community where the houses are beige.

I feel if hardly anyone attends Board meetings and the Board votes for teal, I sense a backlash by the silent majority.

Same here, eight years ago the board voted to get pool furniture, three benches and two tables and chairs. The PM bought furniture that belongs in an outdoor fast food
restaurant, it is BUTT FUGLY and clashes with the paint scheme of the community. The PM's quip for getting this furniture was, well it would get thrown in the pool if it wasn't bolted down.
KerryL1 (California)
Posts: 14,550
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You're on the Board, LetA, hy let the PM pick the furniture???
LetA (Nevada)
Posts: 2,679
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Posted By KerryL1 on 10/14/2022 4:11 PM
You're on the Board, LetA, hy let the PM pick the furniture???

Happend before I was on the board, Myself and another owner advocated for them. We even asked for and the Board granted Teak or like towel bathrobe hooks by the jacuzzi but the PM shot it down.
NpB (Arizona)
Posts: 605
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Posted By LetA on 10/14/2022 9:59 AM
Posted By NpB on 10/13/2022 11:49 PM
Color choices in my community are historically very controversial because some people choose outlandish colors that do not go well with the surroundings. I cannot understand for example why someone would suggest teal colored pool furniture in a desert community where the houses are beige.

I feel if hardly anyone attends Board meetings and the Board votes for teal, I sense a backlash by the silent majority.


Same here, eight years ago the board voted to get pool furniture, three benches and two tables and chairs. The PM bought furniture that belongs in an outdoor fast food
restaurant, it is BUTT FUGLY and clashes with the paint scheme of the community. The PM's quip for getting this furniture was, well it would get thrown in the pool if it wasn't bolted down.

If the Board were to send out a survey to 100 owners about color choices, and 50 replied, you still may not receive an overwhelming collective favorite color. So back to square one.

If the Board doesn't poll the community and few people attend a meeting, should a stand-out color that doesn't go with the general theme of the area be implemented, owners who never attend meetings may speak out vocally against the choice at the next meeting.

Seems like a lose-lose situation overall.
KerryL1 (California)
Posts: 14,550
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Look, present 3 choices that the Board agrees COULD be OK with fairly good-sized samples posted in a common area. Have fast turnaround on the little poll but make it clear that this is an "advisory" vote. The Board decides. Votes cannot be anonymous and only one vote per home.

If you get a return rate of 50% (ex., 50 0f 100 homes), that's exceptionally good. About a 30% return is acceptable. If it's a close call, the Board has to do its job (maintain th common areas) and make a decision.

Encouraging Owners to engage in an advisory vote or straw poll, etc., is very common in HOAs about aestheitic items

WHY would the Board pick a color that isn't in harmony with the rest of the community? What color is the pool deck, the surrounding fence or fence frame, the surrounding homes (if any), or say, locker area building or clubhouse, what color are the umbrellas canopies & stands?

So what is ours argue at your open meeting? Don't get suckered into a back & forth. What's lose-lose is if you keep faded or torn or hwhatever's wrong with your current strapping.

Wait, is this one you those hypotheticals you used to post?
NpB (Arizona)
Posts: 605
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Posted By KerryL1 on 10/15/2022 5:08 PM
Look, present 3 choices that the Board agrees COULD be OK with fairly good-sized samples posted in a common area. Have fast turnaround on the little poll but make it clear that this is an "advisory" vote. The Board decides. Votes cannot be anonymous and only one vote per home.

If you get a return rate of 50% (ex., 50 0f 100 homes), that's exceptionally good. About a 30% return is acceptable. If it's a close call, the Board has to do its job (maintain th common areas) and make a decision.

Encouraging Owners to engage in an advisory vote or straw poll, etc., is very common in HOAs about aestheitic items

WHY would the Board pick a color that isn't in harmony with the rest of the community? What color is the pool deck, the surrounding fence or fence frame, the surrounding homes (if any), or say, locker area building or clubhouse, what color are the umbrellas canopies & stands?

So what is ours argue at your open meeting? Don't get suckered into a back & forth. What's lose-lose is if you keep faded or torn or hwhatever's wrong with your current strapping.

Wait, is this one you those hypotheticals you used to post?

No, this is a very real situation. The homes and surrounding area are beige, earth tones, like you see in a typical desert area. A few years ago, when the house colors were painted, many people attended the meeting and proposed many different base and trim choices in the earth tone theme to where there was no consensus. The Board then chose the color schemes on their own. Now, with vinyl strapped pool furniture, there are many different color choices available from the manufacturer, a lot in bright colors, which do not go with the theme of the area.
JohnT38 (South Carolina)
Posts: 1,631
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My goodness, I had no idea how complex and time consuming it could be figuring out the color of pool furniture. Who knew?
WendyM5 (North Carolina)
Posts: 1,522
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Posted By JohnT38 on 10/17/2022 4:52 AM
My goodness, I had no idea how complex and time consuming it could be figuring out the color of pool furniture. Who knew?

yep, I have bigger fish to fry. in my dreams I'd have my to do list completed and could worry about little details like this.
vis ta vie
SheliaH (Indiana)
Posts: 6,964
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Yup. I can just imagine how this would go if we still had our pool. Some might say something like "you'll be spending most of the time in the damned pool - what the hell do you care about the color??" Or look at them as if they'd grew a third eye. Or burst out laughing.

Or scrowl and say "this is a board decision because too many if you will cuss and waste time on this when you really need to be concerned about is us finding a good pool monitor who will help keep decency and order. Get out of here with this BS".

PS: all of this wouls be said in a more civil manner.

You get my point about people "majoring in the minors" and sometimes one must point out how crazy people sound. So either do the poll or make a decision and run with it. The people who prefer a certain color can go out and lobby their neighbors into voting for it. The end. Good luck in whatever you decide to do.
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. Marcus Aurelius

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