K.M. from Chicago, IL writes: Dear Mister Condo, I would like to know if there are any rights that condo owners have that supersede the condo board? I would like to know if condo owners can band together to get an audit without the cooperation of the condo board? I would like to know if…
Category: Board
Condo Caretaker Employed Without Contract
J.G. from Fairfield County writes: Dear Mister Condo, We have a board member’s brother who is considered the caretaker / maintenance guy (who has been doing a lousy job here for years). We have complained about it for as long. He is not legally contracted but instead has the approval of the board to do…
Common Element or Limited Common Element; That is the Question!
T.F. from Chicago, IL writes: Dear Mister Condo, In the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, is a chimney / flue serving only my unit common area or a limited common element? Mister Condo replies: T.F., regardless of what part of the country you are in the common elements and limited common elements are defined…
Claws Out Over HOA Cat Enclosure!
J.M. from North Carolina writes: Dear Mister Condo, We wanted to allow our HOA-legal indoor cats onto the porch. I scoured the governing docs for regulations. Nothing. I put up nylon deer netting, almost invisible, to contain the cats. All was well until an election installed a new HOA President. He made people remove chicken…