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Does association need to pay for rodent damage inside condo unit?


Question:

I am on the board of an association in the south suburbs of Chicago. Recently, it was discovered that some kind of rodent chewed through the air conditioner wiring inside the wall of one of the units. The homeowner, of course, feels that chewed wiring is not her responsibility and this should be the responsibility of the association because she got a quote and the AC company wants $350 to fix it, but most of the board feels differently. Our buildings are of the townhouse variety and each unit is responsible for their own unit. The air conditioners were not included in the base price of the unit, and were installed during construction as an extra cost option. How does that work when it comes to wiring inside an outside wall that is damaged? Our governing documents only say that the AC is unit owner responsibility. 


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