K.S. from Massachusetts writes: Dear Mister Condo, Our board and management deleted our capital reserves on a roof project and has since obtained a loan for it. We have 3 types of condos with 3 different percentages of ownership. They have increased our condo fees and have also added on a capital reserve fee and…
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Unleashed Dogs Creating Mess at New Jersey Condo
S.J. from New Jersey writes: Dear Mister Condo, What can we do about people who refuse to keep dogs leashed and pick up after them? There are quite a few in my complex and no amount of cajoling in the newsletter seems to work. It’s awful to see poop along the sidewalks and occasionally right…
Condo’s Common Areas Being Filled with Butts and Bottles
L.B. from Milwaukee, Wisconsin writes: Dear Mister Condo, We have repeated problems with people throwing empty vodka bottles in stair wells, smearing candy in carpet, throwing cigarettes in common area, which is nonsmoking. Just plain turning this nice place into a ghetto. What to do? No cameras around and this keeps on going on. This…
What is “In-Kind” Condo Window Replacement?
P.K. from Broward County, Florida writes: Dear Mister Condo, What factors are considered with an in-kind window replacement in a single-family home condominium association with 63 individual homes. Mister Condo replies: P.K., without seeing your governing documents first-hand, I will tell you that just about every condominium I have known handles their window replacements a…