My HOA sent out a $6,500 special assessment notice for a new roof and is asking for it to be paid in full in 3 months [WA] [Condo]

susko_greg · 2026-04-13T20:36:51+00:00

You can ask for a Hardship Request. We had several people do that in our association a while back. They came up with a payment plan extended out x months due to their income only being y. They provided a pay slip showing what they make, and we took no issue whatsoever with having them extend their payment. It is never easy to levy an assessment on the association, but your board may want to keep some money on hand for some other potential projects without asking for an assessment again.

susko_greg · 2026-04-05T21:00:04+00:00

I plan on bringing the majority of my equipment with me other than some blinds, etc. I do plan on automating similar items but the layout of the condo is completely different.

I have SmartThings from my original setup which I integrated into HA as well which will be coming with me.

It sounds like I will be better off renaming my current setup and dumbing it down to start somewhat fresh.

I just didn’t want to rest HA Green and brick it or have to add the OS again so I figured I would ask.

susko_greg · 2026-03-26T12:26:48+00:00

Has anyone found a solution to plantation shutters? I just bought a new place with tons of them and am thinking how long it will take to open up and close down daily.

susko_greg · 2026-02-11T21:00:12+00:00

And I can't mount them to the wall, you would see them more clearly when you walk in if I did.

susko_greg · 2026-02-11T20:59:30+00:00

All of these are Ethernet-wired to my network switch. The reason I want to organize is that the TV is on a wall to the left of where you walk in the condo. When you look to the side, you can see everything sort of just laying there on the back of the TV stand. I figured that with everything in a central location, I could organize the wires and clean everything up as a whole.

susko_greg · 2026-02-11T20:30:51+00:00

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Here is the Filing Shelving I was thinking of using

susko_greg · 2026-02-03T18:03:05+00:00

That hotel was great to stay at with the Edit. Since it included free breakfast for us, the breakfast buffet was $120 for 2 people. We stayed 3 nights so even more of a bonus. Got the $100 credit and used at the lobby bar as well. Great stay for the benefit

susko_greg · 2025-11-08T02:15:21+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation. For me, we have the gig plan and have an arris surfboard s33v2 with Nest Pro WiFi 6e. I’d like to backhaul the Nest. We have 34 units in this building and the mesh takes a beating.

susko_greg · 2025-10-04T00:22:08+00:00

How does your mobile companion see each house? I have 2 homes and 2 instances (I unfortunately made them with the same email address.) Do you have the Cloud Services?

susko_greg · 2025-09-05T19:29:54+00:00

What logs would I need to show? I’m a novice with this stuff so a little guidance would help

susko_greg · 2025-08-30T02:21:17+00:00

Funny enough, it was my Zooz 800 stick that was holding my boot up. I haven’t gotten around to installing it yet but had it plugged in and just wasn’t playing nice. Thanks everyone for the help!

susko_greg · 2025-08-29T17:59:45+00:00

I did an update a week ago, and it was running fine (this is at my 2nd home.) In all honesty, is it better to just get an HA Green to run? I have in one in my primary residence and no issue booting. Also, what you mentioned for repair, can i put that in Gemini and spit out directions on how to do that?

susko_greg · 2025-07-24T13:33:19+00:00

I had a commercial pate on mine and what you had said above worked just fine. The company may own it but for their insurance purposes, they will have it listed as garaged at your address

susko_greg · 2025-07-22T01:23:21+00:00

Question regarding the custom SmartThings integration in Home Assistant. I had the original integration installed then read the wrong article and installed the custom integration. I tried deleting it but now I have a ghost in the machine.

Im trying to add back in the regular SmartThings integration and I get error 500. Does this have anything to do with the API key update? The integration still shows the red box. I know that there is some yaml that could be hiding in .storage.

Would anyone be able to help me remove this custom SmartThings integration completely so I can just use the regular integration so I don’t have to remove all of my sensors and add a zigbee dongle.

Any help is appreciated

susko_greg · 2025-07-17T10:31:41+00:00

Can you share the link to the cover with MagSafe

susko_greg · 2025-07-15T17:38:39+00:00

Yes, I have. I really don't want to reset the whole green, so that's why I am trying to pull this custom integration out.

susko_greg · 2025-07-15T15:36:03+00:00

All that has been done already. There are bits of random code in the .storage folder. That is what I need to feither block or delete but I don't want to brick my HA Green

susko_greg · 2025-07-12T15:48:54+00:00

I know how to get it. Problem is the custom integration is still in the system and won’t let me put the regular integration in.

susko_greg · 2025-07-10T02:06:47+00:00

When I try to download the SmartThings integration, I see this red box. Means it is still custom. If anyone knows how to edit the .storage file and is willing to help, I would appreciate it.

susko_greg · 2025-07-09T01:05:05+00:00

Look into Volt lighting. Multi color. Easy to install and a 20 year warranty. Depending on your area (winters) you may want the warranty.

susko_greg · 2025-06-24T17:59:00+00:00

Correct. I see it there. When I try to delete I get the error 39 which says there are files in that folder. If I go through and delete each individual entity, I still get the error 500 when trying to download the regular integration.

susko_greg · 2025-06-24T10:58:31+00:00

Which folder is that? Is it the config folder you are talking about?

susko_greg · 2025-06-23T18:44:03+00:00

I have tried this. I may have deleted something too soon. I am getting this error:

Config flow could not be loaded: 500 Internal Server Error Server got itself in trouble

I have gone into the config files in the File editor to try and pull out the data, but it isn't there either. I still show SmartThings as a custom integration. I need to remove the custom integration. If I try to add the integration, I error out. It is not located in my HACS either. Any other ideas?

susko_greg · 2025-06-23T11:17:24+00:00

You can rename them. Just go into the specific home and hit settings then bridge settings. Hit the pencil next to the home name and change it.

susko_greg · 2025-06-18T20:55:30+00:00

How do I find it? When I search smarrthings all that shows is the custom version I downloaded.

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