Condo Q&A

Condo buyers get with sub-par insulation in walls of their unit

Written by stephen polinsky | Thu, Jun 21, 2012 @ 01:35 PM

I've been a resident in the community for three years. One of the major problems in the buildings is insulation (we weren't told that when we bought it). When several owners expressed concern about the insulation issue, the Board asked us to form an insulation committee to investigate and propose next steps. As a part of that effort, we found out that the association brought a lawsuit against the builders about structural issues including insulation and the association won. There was an evaluation/report done by an engineering company that was one of the key pieces of evidence in the case. So, we asked the management office for the report itself, the settlement, and the itemized description of what was done to correct the problem and how the money won was spent. The management office has been unable to find any of that. We've found the case information in public records but have no way to get a copy of the engineering report or how the association spent the money (and whether or not they tried to rectify the issues). Rumor has it that whoever threw the biggest fit got their condos repaired, but who knows. We've asked the management office to go to the engineering company and the courts to request any records they can't find and they are refusing to do it ... I don't know what to do. Thanks, Alcora