Fair warning: Some condo units contain common elements of associationQ: I bought a townhouse condo four years ago, and I just found out from a local plumber I hired that the main water shut-off valve for some of the other units in the association is located in my house. I was never informed about this from the seller or the homeowner’s association.
Association board withholds documents, fails to maintain propertyQuestion: We have more than 190 units in our desert-area homeowner association. The board and the management company have not provided owners with the 2010 year-end financial statements and reserve study. They claim the books are so bad that they can’t be audited.
Board responsible for maintaining all amenitiesQ:About a month ago, our condo board sent out a vote to all members regarding our common-element pool spa. It has not worked for years. The board recommended cementing over the spa because it would be very expensive to bring it up to code. No mention was made of the actual cost to repair the spa.
New Florida law was not necessaryAs you may have already heard, one of the bills passed by the Legislature during the 2012 session will impact community associations by eliminating implied warranties in common areas such as roadways, underground pipes and utilities. Common law implied warranties mean that the common areas are fit for their intended purpose.
Driveway repair costlyQ: Our condominium association is small, just 13 units. Two of the units are abandoned and extremely delinquent on fees. A third unit is occupied but also delinquent on fees.
State Condo Owners Seeking Stronger VoiceSome of the estimated 200,000 condominium owners in Connecticut say they are living under conditions that rival the legendary Biblical plagues – minus the frogs and the locusts. Ceiling leaks, indoor mold, icy walks that are never cleared, broken outside staircases, tyrannical board presidents and not enough heat are some of the complaints being voiced by members of the Connecticut Condominium Owners Coalition, or CCOC.
Mold forces elderly woman out of West Palm Beach condoWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A 78-year-old Century Village resident says she complained about a leak in her unit years ago, but no one believed her until the problem got so bad she became sick and her entire kitchen had to be gutted. “I never lived like this before.