A reader from New York City writes: Dear Mister Condo, Our board has recently added a number of charges. For example, it has invented ways to impose penalties on owners if they do not complete requests of the managing agent by a given time and imposed high fees to unit owners who rent their units…
Month: August 2015
Condo Board Decides to Join and Pay Dues to Voluntary Lake Association
C.I. from New Haven County writes: Dear Mister Condo, Can my Association assess units for expenses unrelated to the Association? Specifically, my condo is situated on a lake. The condo does not own the lake. The lake is not within the boundaries of the condo association. During the past few years, other lakefront owners have…
Condo Common Ground Used for Holiday Party!
G.D. from Fairfield County writes: Dear Mister Condo, We live in a small complex on a small piece of property. As such, we do not have much private space for unit owners. We have a grass area at the end of our driveway that was used this weekend by one unit for a large party….
Special Assessment to Lower Condo Taxes in Delaware
L.P. from Delaware writes: Dear Mister Condo, My condominium association has called for a special meeting to assess owners for a petition to be filed in state of Delaware to lower individual unit owners’ property taxes. They claim that majority wins and even if I am against this initiative I have to pay this assessment….