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Cooking in Bedroom?Dec 29, 2011

We have a shareholder who is a nuisance and has violated just about every house rule there is. Most recently, he had his bathroom renovated without approval by an unlicensed contractor and caused $20,000 in damages to the shareholder's unit below his. He had no homeowner's insurance and as a result has a lien on his apartment for the damages. In less than a year, he's caused more water damage to the shareholder's unit below his.

I have the pleasure of living directly beside him. For the past months I've been awakened to cooking aromas coming through the wall of my master bedroom. His bedroom is on the opposite side of his. The way the layout of his apartment is, his kitchen is in the same location as mine (in the front of the unit). I've never smelled cooking aromas coming from his unit in the past 5 years that I've lived there - until now.

I asked Management to please inspect the apartment because in light of the previous incidents, I'm fearful that this shareholder will cause a fire. They performed an inspection and claim they found no evidence to suggest that he is cooking and say it is probably "the vents." I pointed out that the vents theory seems flawed because I should have smelled the same smells long before this year.

Management is aware of the laundry list of complaints against this individual. Any idea on how long a Pullman hearing takes how many complaints you need against a shareholder to have them officially deemed objectionable and get rid of them?

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