I'm on the board of a co-op, and our house rules are comically ancient. We asked our management company for a template to work from to update them, and they gave us another set of rules from 25-30 years ago. Is there a good recent template for house rules that we could work from to generate ideas?
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Effective July 1, 2012: Existing boiler and burner installations burning No. 6 oil must convert to No. 2 or 4 oil or natural gas before their next triennial renewal Certificate of Operation.
Has anyone rented out the supers apartment because the super has an existing residence near the building and doesn't want to occupy the supers unit? If so, how did you work out the supers compensation - since the apartment is a significant tax exempt piece - value of rent, utilities, phone, cable, etc.?
> Join the conversation Comments (2)Hi...I have asked this before but did not get a clear response. I just looked at the Multiple Dwelling resource that Habitat has put together. Alas, I cannot find how to determine the legal number of people allowed to live in a condo unit. I know this goes in part by square footage and number of bedrooms, as legally describe, but I cannot find the equation, if you will. Can someone point me in the right direction? This is an issue for our condo.
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A few shareholders in our building have made one and two bedrooms out of their studio apts (really!). They put in full sheetrock walls to ceiling and glass sliding doors wall to wall, floor to ceiling. Should we be concerned that they are not getting permits from DOB and there is no record of these walls on the building plans at the DOB and in case of fire, the firemen will not know these walls exist? They didn't file alteration agreements with the Board or Co-op as pertains these walls either. Would appreciate any guidance here.
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i am going t have to lawyer up because our board refuses to do their job an for about 10 years has let the president totally control the building with the help of a subpar management company.. problem is all of the lawyers i have spoke to just want to make money and don't want to try and get my fee's paid by the co-op board that is violating all the laws and committing fraud, self dealing, etc etc. everything you name it.
They refuse to provide contact information for board members except the pres, There are about 50 years of illegal sublets, where the shareholder does not live in the apartment. Many never lived in the apartment, it was their son or daughter that moved in. Our prop lease on par 14 has the "AND" wording. I gave the case law concerning that to the pres at a annual meeting a couple years ago. The legal sublets pay about $100 a month. Refuse to provide a list of shareholders, i i did get one in 2008, which i fought for. They are telling new buyers and Banks that have foreclosed and then sold the co-op that it is 90% owner occupied, i figure it is around 50%. Many shareholders are angry with me because i let it be known it is 50%. The pres and other board members have been inside/self dealing for years. In fact last annual meeting i have on recordong the president stating 4 or 5 times that he will inside deal, and he evewn said did you get that on your recorder.
The managing agent who acts as secretary refuses to record the meeting so once i challanged some minutes, and he stated he does not and will not tape the annual meeting, i started too.
This year i will use video, they dont like it , but they also dont like answering questions,or provideing the records they are suppose to.. The annual meeting is held in a public area of the co-op , and there are security cameras mounted in the same room, so it is also my property.
Only one of the few owner occupiers will help me fight but she is not on the web, and also wants to sell and say 90% O/O. , The rest just want to sell, and say 90% owner occupied. I think the buyer will l come after them for fraud when i tell them it is 50%. and i show them the 2008 findings and the refusal of the board to address it. Zero due diligence.Zero follow up by board members, managing agent wrote a letter stating he reuses to deal with me.. So managing agent refuses to acknowledge my faxes concerning violations and self dealing as does company president.. Board refuses to do anything. The voting was illegaly changed so it is a fixed deal, board says they are going to let people that didn't send in a proxy get another secret Chance, even though we had a quorum and their motion to reduce board didn't pass, crazy stuff. I am disabled and this has taken to much of a toll on me. I cant help but fight back when my home of almost 28 years is being stolen and the value destroyed by these people.
There should be a section for self help where we can swap things to do to force them to court pro se on the simple things that they refuse to do. .
i cannot accept that they can destroy my home like this and i have to pay thousands , and they will just do it again.
Has anyone dealt with a Dept. of Health inspection regarding lead paint during a renovation? Has anyone endured a work stoppage by the DoH because a lead-paint test hadn't been performed?
> Join the conversationHi all...we need a qualified architectural/structural engineer asap...it is not a huge gig, but hey, it's interesting work. We are a small condo, too...anyway, please refer. Important. Thx.
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Uninsured scrap metal guys come into our co-op to collect metal from the Superintendent on occasion. What is the libaiity situauion if they are entering the building?
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There is a small sitting/play area under both of my bedrooms windows . I've asked management to enforce the rule of locking the park at 9pm, using a different lock than all shareholders have to gain access to the park (otherwise any tenant can enter at any hour)I have made this request twice, last time in writing; still no reply. Warm weather is coming; the super lives on premises. What can I do to at least get a reply and at most get them to act on my request so that i can enjoy my bedroom after 9pm?
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Sounds like you need a new managing agent. You can also seek your Legal Adviser. Our house rules deals with common spaces, noise issues, roller bladding in hallways, smoking in common areas, nothing in hallways like carriages, shopping carts. No kids playing in hallways, illegal occupant and the rules can go on and on depending on your building. Also with each complaint from share holder tag on a fine for each rule being broken. The best way is break it down step by step from front to back yard to the whole building. Did I mention consult with your legal adviser. Good Luck
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