It seems that nearly everything is going “green” these days. Whether it’s the special green issue of a popular consumer magazine, an advertisement for a fuel-efficient hybrid car or a push toward environmentally friendly building materi…
Sue” is a retired professional who is well-to-do, rarely eats at home and has lived in her condo for decades. While everything seems perfect from the outside, Sue is the keeper of a dirty little secret. When the unit above her…
Living in a condominium community means working together. Cooperation and a spirit of volunteerism are visible every day in community gatherings, board meetings, even in the scheduling of time on the tennis courts. The men and women wh…
In an era of tight budgets and growing green consciousness, more co-op and condo communities than ever before are moving toward energy conservation and sustainable resources. For residential buildings in New Jersey, an extraordinary nu…
Winters these days don’t seem to be quite as brutal as they once were, due in part to the fact that in recent years, the Northeast has had more flooding and ice storms than blizzards. But pipes still freeze in the dead of night, and win…
Utility submetering is the implementation of a system that allows a condominium association or other multi-tenant property to bill tenants for individual measured utility usage by making use of individual water, gas, or electricity met…
CHP (combined heat and power) is a marriage of electric generation and thermal power—the use of an engine, usually gas-fueled, to simultaneously generate electricity and heat. It can be done on a grand scale, as in manufacturing, hospit…
Q We are a small seasonal condominium complex in need of guidance. Problems with the owners of one of our units occur every summer. The most recent incident, a repeat of incidents that have occurred in the past, involved abusive languag…
Q I wonder what your take is on open meetings. Are all shareholders and unit owners invited to attend? Are they allowed to make comments? Are they allowed to attend the entire meeting? Is there some portion of the meeting that relates t…
Q I live in a 55-and-over community in Hamilton, N.J. Both our public offering statement (POS) and our bylaws prohibit commercial vehicles to park anywhere in our community on an overnight basis. A commercial vehicle has been parking in…