Tag: Lisa Iannucci

 The New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife says that there are over 800  species of wildlife living in the Garden State, and while most of them will  never been seen on association properties, it seems that others are showing up  more t…

 When you’re decorating your home, there are two things you want to bear in mind if you  have children. You want to keep the design functional, but safe. After all,  anyone who’s ever had, or just looked after, a baby or toddler, can tell …

 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…

 Good afternoon—and welcome to the board. Your mission should you choose to accept it is to make  decisions to better your building. The residents may not like you and, more  importantly, may not like those decisions. Nevertheless, keep do…

 The day-to-day costs of running a multifamily residential building are  significant. There’s the fuel oil, electric, cleaning supplies, equipment maintenance and service  calls for repair and upkeep. Then there are the insurance costs, la…

 Condo, HOA, and co-op boards are generally made up of volunteers—and they're frequently a pretty diverse group. There’s the stay-at-home mom who’s looking to get involved with something beyond homework and housework. There’s also the youn…

Years ago, when apartment residents wanted to do laundry, they gathered their basket and detergent, loaded up their pockets with quarters and perhaps a good book or their Walkman and trudged downstairs to the dark, dingy laundry room. A…

Meet George Shelfliner, the fictitious owner of the fictitious Shelfliner Remodeling, a company that (hasn’t really) been around for two decades. Shelfliner is working on a remodel of a fictitious common room at the fictitious Friendly …

Almost a century ago, if you lived in The Ansonia, a residential hotel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, you would have had access to a variety of very interesting amenities that make the screening rooms and tennis courts of today's condo…

As a condo owner, you’ve got a gripe. Whether it’s about Mrs. Smith’s poodle barking all day, the neighbor’s teenaged son, who blasts his heavy metal music full-volume when his parents aren’t home, or a long-coveted parking space that ha…