A.I. from New Jersey writes: Dear Mister Condo, Hi, our downstairs neighbor who rents, smokes marijuana indoor and sometimes with his friends and the odor seeps into our apartment. We spoke to the landlord and the self-managed board, both of them aren’t willing to do anything since we are allowed to smoke indoor and the…
Category: Nuisance
Careless Condo Owner Creates Big Mess
G.B. from Cook County, Illinois writes: Dear Mister Condo, I live in a condo complex in that consists of 60 units divided up into 6 buildings. A tenant in the building I live in decided to remodel her unit. She never notified the Board or our management company that she was doing this. During the…
Condo Board Uninterested in Noise Abatement
B.V. from Westchester County, New York writes: Dear Mister Condo, Our condominium recently announced that there will be a very noisy long-term (months) project going on at our property, outdoors. Several of us living closest to the work site have requested temporary sound barriers be erected but the Board has refused our request. Don’t they…
Shared Chimney Creates Smoke in Downstairs Condo Unit
D.D. from Jefferson County, Louisiana writes: Dear Mister Condo, I recently bought a condo where the fireplace needed repair from the get go. It is a shared chimney shoot with the unit upstairs. It is two different individual fireplaces in one chimney. The association fixed a leak that was in the roof. It is because, I presume,…