A shareholder had water damage after a fire in another apartment
What is the building's responsibility
The rate dropped for first half 2013 - does everyne know this and did you budget for it?
> Join the conversation Comments (1)We are in the process of obtaining bids to have a wireless fire alarm system installed in a small, 5-story, 10 unit self-managed building located in Manhattan. I was wondering if there is anyone who has relatively recently undergone such an installation and would be willing to share information regarding approximate costs, satisfaction with the installation process and function of their system. Thanks!
> Join the conversationWe have a problem on one floor of our building where there are several heavy smokers. Even with the use of an industrial quality air cleaner in the apartment some odors still get into the hallway. Does anyone know of an engineer that specializes in air flow issues to see if we can improve the situation?
> Join the conversation Comments (1)We live in a newly renovated pre-war condo building. We just discovered that our outer walls within our apartment were not insulated properly and some walls have no insulation plus our pipes going from floor to floor do not have insulation at the base. We went to the Attorney General who told the sponsor that the work needs to be done but he refuses to comply. What can we do?
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I am slightly confused. Does the real estate tax figure that appears on a co-ops financial stamtnet very year include both the abatement amount as asll as the J-51?
or is it the actual amount paid?
How do other coops deal with delinquent renters, who are behind in rent. I know these are bad times, but what steps do you take to ensure someone can pay the rent? We do request, a credit report. We CAN NOT rent to someone based on financial ability, so what things do you request to make sure someone can afford to live in your building? Do you have a checklist of things that you use? Is there special language that can be added to a lease to protect the building's investment and allow the lease to be broken and have the renter move out? The rentals in question are owned by our building located in NJ, no sponsor held or sublets being discussed here.
> Join the conversationWe are told $3,000 per unit is OK - in NYC . Des this sound about right
> Join the conversation Comments (1)I am in a Florida Condo association and have been the Treasurer of this association for the past 7 years, deciding to not run for the board this last time. The current Treasurer sees me as a threat because I "know too much" so he has embarked on a campaign of harrassment and intimidation to make my life miserable. His last effort involved having the association attorney (who is a friend of his) send a certified letter on behalf of the entire board to me accusing me of disrupting a board meeting to the point of having the meeting adjourned prior to completion of board business. This allegation completely false. I have the audio tape of that meeting at which I did not make one comment to the board and 3 of the 5 board members will state I said nothing at the meeting as well as 9 owners who attended the meeting. What can I do to stop this board member who has a personal ax to grind and using the association resources to do it? I have responded to the false allegations demanding a retraction from the attorney and an apology from the board and received a response from the attorney stating there will be no retraction or apology.
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We're a new condo and have only had a board for two months. We're currently working on house rules and have run into a problem. The sponsor of our building told residents who bought parking spaces that they would be allowed to install their own storage units on their spots. Having no board or house rules, tenants took it upon themselves to put up any type of storage unit they wanted. So we now have different types of cabinets all over our basement.
As a board we're now faced with this issue. We've been told by our managing agent that all the wood units should be taken down and we should require metal, preferably see-through, storage units. We're currently drafting our house rules and have included that in the rules. But we're receiving serious pushback from tenants (lots of lawyers live here) demanding to see the exact fire/building codes they are in violation of "on their property".
Does anyone know of the exact provisions of the fire code that would prevent wood storage units?
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Call the building's insurance company and the tenant's ins company they will work it out among themselves.
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