D.C. from outside of Connecticut writes: Dear Mister Condo, There was a fire in our building, in the unit directly below my unit. In order for the building to be mitigated of smoke and soot, my unit has to be gutted because the building construction was balloon construction and there was not fire blocking. My…
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Condo Board Lacks Board Members… and President!
E.H. from outside of Connecticut writes: Dear Mister Condo, We have no president nor do we have enough board members. What do we do? Mister Condo replies: E.H., I am sorry that your modest-sized community cannot find leaders from within the rank and file. Typically, condos and HOAs are governed by volunteer leaders that are…
Crumbling Homes in a Crumbling HOA
D.M. from outside of Connecticut writes: Dear Mister Condo, Thank you for your article. I have a townhome that was built substandard, now have both foundation and structural damages. Old HOA Board was kicked out by new Board. Old HOA had committed fraud and embezzlement. New HOA has moved on. They hired an engineer but…
Unfortunate Encounter Between Condo Neighbors Has Board on Edge
J.D. from outside of Connecticut writes: Dear Mister Condo, This is another neighbor-neighbor noise issue. We have one tenant who is complaining that his upstairs neighbors are noisy and disruptive and are harassing him. Upstairs neighbor say that they have not even heard from their neighbor after an initial, and unfortunate encounter. None of the…