D.H. from outside of Connecticut writes: Dear Mister Condo, Our HOA Board requested the community to approve a $1.1M Special Assessment, with the board having right to obtain a $1.9M Loan. The Board stated they went to a lender and the lender turned down the HOA Association for the $1.9M Loan. The Board started collecting…
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Condo Board Encourages Satellite Dishes to Common Exterior
D.S. from outside of Connecticut writes: Dear Mister Condo, I own and live in a condominium. My building is a row of one-bedroom condos, two stories high. I live on a corner unit. Recently, satellite dishes were permitted to be installed on the outside of the wooden staircases. There were two satellite dishes on my…
Absentee Condo Board Member Hurts the Association
J.H. from New Haven County writes: Dear Mister Condo, Are there any requirements regarding attendance at Board meetings by a Board member? We have a Board member who was elected to the Board, but rarely attends meetings. Our concern is that this sets a precedent whereby other potential Board members may run for the Board,…
Condo Neighbor Parks Three Cars In Two Spaces!
K.B. from outside of Connecticut writes: Dear Mister Condo, (1) Each unit (there are two in all) has two parking spaces. My condo neighbors want to squeeze in their visiting son, for the summer, into two spaces, making it three cars in a two-car space. This would take up too much space in the common…