D.B. from Connecticut writes: Dear Mister Condo, Earlier this month, our tenants turned off the heat and left for a week. Pipes froze causing extensive damage throughout our condo. Our insurance company only paid us for bills we paid: the plumber to replace the broken pipes and for our personal items (appliances), as the condo…
Category: Board
Parking Garage Access Blocked by Other Condo Owners
A.D. from Fairfield County, Connecticut writes: Dear Mister Condo, I live in a 6-unit condo. Each Unit has an assigned parking space and a garage. Space between building and parking spaces is barely enough to turn into a parking space or garage. Unit 1 refuses to use their garage, and instead parks in front of the…
Pool Cabana Rental Angers Condo Owners
S.F. from Broward County, Florida writes: Dear Mister Condo, Can a general common element, (the pool cabana), of the condo association of 444 units be used for private party by an owner of said association at the exclusion of all the other owners? In other words, the cabana would be reserved & rented for exclusive use…
Going to Court with a Neighboring HOA
M.W. from Rockingham County, New Hampshire writes: Dear Mister Condo, 144 Condo Units built in 1985. In local County Deeds is stated our condo complex has “Shared User Agreement” with different Condo Complex on same road. Shared expenses include water, sewer, road and some electric on road. We, as Unit Owners have always paid our…