Q Just over a year ago, my wife and I bought into a four-unit condo complex. One of the units is about twice the size of all the others, such that this shareholder owns about 40% of the shares. She's been in this building over 30 years. T…
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Our condominium has a completely new board of directors, installed quite recently. On the bulletin board by the mail boxes, addressed to every tenant, is the following note: The Board has voted to require our superintendent and a designated…
Q There was recently a leak in the steam heating pipe leading into my neighbor's apartment below my own. The fixing of said leak falls to the condo board. I feel quite certain that the plumber they hired stole a necklace that was on a tab…
My condominium does not allow any animals, as spelled out in the condominium rules and regulations. This was one of the reasons I purchased in this building. With no regard to the rules, several owners snuck in cats for pets. Our property i…
Q I live in a 55+ co-op community in Florida, where we have recently run into a problem for which we have gotten nothing but conflicting opinions. 1) Our bylaws state that our board should consist of seven directors, but recently several …
Q Several years ago the board president of our condo association was removed from his position after he was caught manipulating votes and actually coercing senior citizens in the building to sign blank papers and say they were proxies. He…
Q Several years ago the board president of our condo association was removed from his position after he was caught manipulating votes and actually coercing senior citizens in the building to sign blank papers and say they were proxies. He…
Q I live in a "luxury" condominium with 177 units. I've been here for 15 years. Due a to lack of proper maintenance by our former management company and property manager, it would be safe to say that our once exquisite homes have been run…
Q The neighbor that lives above me has let water leak a number of times onto my ceiling. She has paid me off the books for the specific areas that she has damaged over the years, all at different times. My question today is this. Can I su…
Florida is trashy. Literally. Every day, the people living in the Sunshine State produce hundreds of tons of trash—paper, plastic, organic, metal, glass...you name it. Once all that garbage is carted away from their driveways and sto…