Category: Q&A

Q Can you tell me if or where one would find out if there is a law that dictates  the total number of children allowed per cooperative apartment? Would this be  found in the bylaws, offering plan or is it something that the city regulates…

Q I Our rules and regulations state that owners may not have more than 2 pets, one of which may be a dog. One of the unit owners—who also happens to be a board member— keeps 4 dogs in her unit as pets. Since she is a board member, the bo…

Q I belong to a small self-managed condo of six units. However, there are 2 serious concerns: 1) Recently, I discovered that two of the board members used fund money to repair their boilers so they could pass inspection. They led us to…

Q The board of our condo issued a ruling that any unit owner who is behind in payment of common charges cannot vote at the annual meeting. Our bylaws only say that each owner is entitled to one vote. No mention is made about denying th…

Q “If an HOA or condo board heard about the potential threat of a possible rapist  in the area but did nothing to add security to the parking area and a resident  was raped, is that HOA or condo association or board liable? What if that s…

Q What happens when there is no quorum at a shareholders meeting and therefore there is no election for new board members? The same board has remained in my condo for many, many years without a chance for us to vote them out. Isn't the…

Q Who is responsible for a faulty faucet spindle inside the wall which caused a water leak inside the wall and which was unbeknownst to the shareholder but damaged the apartment below? My superintendent had to chip into the wall to rem…

Q I live in a mid-rise condo. A board member took it upon herself to park in a handicap parking spot, requested to use the building’s hose and used the building's water to wash her car. It is not stated in the house rules or bylaws that…

Q Our sale is being blocked by a condo association application wanting our social security numbers to run credit checks. We will not release that information. It is not in their bylaws or documents recorded with the county. Do they have…

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…