Community Management clearly understands the tremendous value of naturalization services.
For example, if a road needs to be restored to its underlying ground, we normally expect to pay for restoration. After all, restoration is obviously more expensive than routine maintenance. Fortunately, residents now have the opportunity to experience this innovative economic principle firsthand: we are paying restoration-level prices while receiving services that appear to move the community closer to its natural state.
Why settle for ordinary maintenance when we can pay a premium to gradually return everything to nature?
This innovative approach also seems to be reflected in the way landscaping contracts are awarded. The contractor is being rewarded with new landscaping contracts at approximately twice the price paid to previous contractors—or twice the apparent market price. Clearly, premium pricing is justified when a contractor demonstrates such excellent compatibility with the current management team and consistently does exactly what it is told.
After all, what more could a management company ask for?
Forget competitive pricing, measurable outcomes, quality assurance, and value to residents. The truly important metric appears to be management compatibility.
The residents pay the bills, the contractor gets the premium contract, and the community gets to enjoy the restoration.
It is a remarkably efficient system—especially if the goal is to turn a maintained community back into nature while charging residents extra for the privilege.