V.C. from Hartford County writes: Dear Mister Condo, Does Connecticut have a law that regulates how high HOA fees can be increased in one year? The HOA fees were raised 15% for 2015 with the promise that fees would not increase again for 3 years. Then an ‘adjustment’ was made from what the association claims…
Month: June 2016
Condo Association Governance Review Questions
M.F. from California writes: Dear Mister Condo, When we moved into our condo in November 2011, of course, we received the CC&Rs (master that applied to all 1000+ homeowners in the HOA) and the separate CC&Rs that applied to the condo SBA (special benefit area of almost 200 condos). We were told that condo homeowners…
Question of Leaking Condo Basement Responsibility
T.M. from Hartford County writes: Dear Mister Condo, One of our residents has lived in his unit for approximately 2 years. The unit is 8 years old. Within the last 6 months, the owner has had an issue with roughly an inch of water in the basement. He never had an issue before that. Then,…
Condo Unit Owner’s Contractor Damages Temporary Fix on Neighbor’s Roof
A.B. from outside of Connecticut writes: Dear Mister Condo, I recently replaced a new centralized AC system. My contractor stepped on someone else’s ceiling. We found out that the ceiling was damaged before and an on-site contractor put a temp fix e.g. a piece of wood on the hole. The contractor refused to repair the…