Condo Association Management Blog

HOA management won't help townhouse with a dead animal inside the wall

I bought a townhouse in an HOA recently and had some problems with the management office. A few months ago, some animals got into the walls through a hole on the roof. Condo management office sent a company (NOT A ANIMAL CONTROL COMPANY) to seal the hole from outside. Few weeks later, lots of flies and bad smell came out from the walls. This time condo management sent an animal control company and they need to open some holes inside the unit to locate the dead animal. However, the condo management did not support this plan and never respond to us. We have to live with the flies and stinky smells. Now there is still few flies coming out from the walls and bad smell is still there in the closet and bath room. My wife is in pregnancy and is sick with this situation. Without response from the management office, can I turn to a lawyer to help? I am in Boston and appreciate your help. PTKTMYT3MRDD

Must delinquent owner pay both HOA late fees and lawyer's fees?

I was just handed a legal notice from an attorney's office that I owe $1,200 in delinquent HOA payments (I was not aware that my routing number for the automatic bill pay was incorrect). I was never notified of this before they went to an attorney and now am told I owe for the attorney's fees as well which total over $500. I would have hand delivered the check to the HOA management office and fixed the problem immediately if I had just known. I live in Florida, and no where in my HOA by-laws does it say the process in which a notification of this sort is handled before the lien is placed. Can they make me pay the lawyer's fees as well?

What to do when a condo association doesn't legally act like one?

Can condo associations refuse a request for a thoroughly itemized list of expenditures? In an over 55 building, they refuse to let anybody have a friend share their unit. They speak of the term familial but a search on HUD or the Fair Housing Act states that this is a reference to those under 18. Bylaws state the percentage of ownership should be equal to vote. This is ignored. Thus those who pay much less get the same vote. No method of communication exists. No bulletin boards, newsletter,e-mail etc. Similar to a dictatorship, which it is. What can be done to correct this?

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