Condo Association Management Blog

Too many questions to respond to. Getting ready for Christmas Eve dinner. Will revisit after the holidays! Wishing you all Happy Holidays and a Prosperous New Year.

I am not in Florida, however as an accountant I believe that if the unit is own by the HOA the HOA has to pay all the expenses of the unit including taxes. However, all the members of the HOA also share the profits and ownership of the unit.

I HAVE A PROBLEM.OUR CONDO ASSOCIATION IS HAVING AN ELECTION. 
 
SIX PEOPLE ARE APPLYING FOR FIVE SLOTS.THE CURRENT PRESIDENT PUSHED 
 
OUT ONE OF THE NOMINEES WHO STILL 
 
SAYS SHE WOULD LIKE TO RUN. THE  
 
PRESENT BOARD SAYS NO-THEY RULE.I 
 
WANT AN ELECTION. HELP 
 

My HOA currently levies and accessment each year for our insurance on the building that is split evenly among the 4 owners. Our prorated HOA dues are 22% for small units and 28% for large units and I feel that Insurance should be divided up at these shares rather than evenly. Are there any laws to support this?

I own a condo that has 55 age restriction. No single guest/relative regardless of age is allowed to stay more than 60 days in total per yr. I have the unit up for sale and would like to engage a house sitter/caretaker/residential prop. mgr. the docs. do not have anything in them regarding this or age requirements. Since these people are none of the above. Does the board have any legal right to stop me from doing so. ????

How do I find out if a condo owner is up to date with payments on hie taxes and condo fees. I wish to rent a condo but want to make sure the sherif has not locked the doors.

I live in South Fl, we have 30 units. We have a Pres, Vice Pres, bookkeeper & 1 board memb. Our president is our 1 man (paid) lawn service, paints, carpentry, he does all the side work & every PAYING job there is & even creates work for himself to make money from us. We never have a choice for anything because he runs the show. We never get bids on work because he says he'll be cheaper: not experienced or better; just cheaper. He does nothing all day & then when residents start comming home from work he is out there looking very busy so residents think he's been working all day. He also has D&D?>>problem so he is not thinking with a clear head most of the time, very rude & knows everything, very confrontational, I feel trapped because nobody really cares or wants to stand up to him or be the president themself. The vice president is always out of town & too busy, & hides from residents when in town. I am elderly, live alone & would like advice or suggestion.please.

To Ms. Kelly....Get rid of the BUM. With 30 units there should be someone willing to be Pres.and hire the right people to do the jobs that you are paying for.He created a job for himself!

My question is can an association board just decide to make a new rule without any notice to the owners.We now have so many rules that it is no longer comfortable for me to live here.We have a book of rules but they keep adding more.We now cannot have any delivery trucks after 4:00pm I do have a job.Your cars cannot be parked in backwards even for a second. And the latest only tenents can use the pool so if you do not live in my house you cannot go even if I am with you.How do we get all of this to stop Help !

Yes the Board can make rules as they see fit. The rules must meet the standard of reasonableness, other wise they will not stand up if push comes to shove. If your Board is not given the authority to FINE, then all their rules are not enforceable. Look at the documents, they will tell you just what the Board can and cannot do.

I own a condo, going on five years now. I have solely taken over the payments mortgage & monthly fees due to an upcoming divorce. I received a notice that WE my husband & I are $4000 behind in condo fees, nothing to support this but a sheet of fees they say WE owe. I have no way of proving I paid them because it was out of a joint account way back when. The fees are from a year or more back, I have paid all payments for the year of 2010. The BOARD has sent me now two seperate bills stating I have not paid, SEPT 2010 & NOV 2010 when I disputed those fees they said oh sorry you are right you did pay them, wow, poor book keeping or crooks, I paid $1000 in Aug to bring the balance down they are now demanding the $3000 they say I owe, besides turning off my cable and denying me access to the laundry room what power do they have, they say they can evict me, is this true? My mortgage is paid up to date and all fees for 2010, the condo are paid, condo is located in Indialantic FL under the name of beach club condos, were apartments and sold last five years as condos. thank you

After elections were announced an owner came forth with an e-mail she had received from "our Manager" which he had sent to several owners telling them the candidates they should vote for and those were exactly who were voted in. What can be done about this situation??

i am an owner of a condo and i am request from the condo assoc. info regarding a tenants background and if there was one done...also, the by laws clearly say that a pet dog should be no larger the 15 lbs and there dog clearly exceeds that...what can i do and must the associate comply with my request..thank you carmela lucas

Can a condo association enter into a contract for cable TV and bundle in internet service at regular price, and make the owners pay directly to the service provider for the internet service?