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title: Owner paints part of common area.  Condo association not happy
description: I had a friend who painted an inside wall for us. We have been told that this individual, for whatever reason, painted an outside area of our building
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# [Owner paints part of common area. Condo association not happy](https://www.condoassociation.com/blog/tabid/19257/bid/98051/Owner-paints-part-of-common-area-Condo-association-not-happy.aspx)

 Written by [stephen polinsky](https://www.condoassociation.com/blog/author/stephen-polinsky) | Thu, May 9, 2013 @ 12:00 PM

I had a friend who painted an inside wall for us. We have been told that this individual, for whatever reason, painted an outside area of our building with a different color paint. I did not know this at the time. He was not under contract for me. The COA is claiming I am responsible and need to repaint the area... am I responsible?

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