Law provides access to neighboring property when necessary for repairsChicago’s second season, construction season, is well under way. This means it is also maintenance and repair season for associations. But what happens if you need access to a neighboring property to make repairs on your building?
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.
Sea walls need fixing at Mandalay Bay, but who’ll pay?One of Oxnard’s premier neighborhoods, where boats nose up to million-dollar homes and the ocean beckons just beyond the harbor, has a problem borne of its marine environment: Sea walls are getting old. The reinforced concrete walls that protect Mandalay Bay’s 743 homes were built in the late 1960s and early 1970s.