Co-op/Condo News: Maintenance Fees, Hand Scanners, Buying Parking, More
New York, NY, Sept. 6, 2010 — Recent news for co-op boards and condo associations.
Maintenance fees have gone up big in Manhattan. But on the bright side, there may be less nightclub noise. An anecdotal article suggests a particular board doesn't like foreign buyers. On the bright side, a Hindi condo-owner won't loser her home over a $635 bill. Plus: Shady dealings with a broker married to a co-op board president, a condo goes high-security with hand scanners, apartment-owners revolt over faulty construction, and, yes, pigeons! We've got pigeons!
Read all the latest co-op board and condo board news in Habitat's weekly Monday News Roundup! Also included: Permanent archival links. If a link ever goes dead, you'll still be able to read the backup at WebCitation.org.
- "Manhattan Co-op Maintenance Up 19%" by Jonathan J. Miller (Matrix / Miller Samuel Inc.)
- "Noise Ruling [in favor of co-op] Shakes Up Nightclubs" by Craig Karmin (The Wall Street Journal). See also Habitat article "Co-op 1, Obnoxious Bar 0: How a Board Won an Anti-Noise Case"
- "My Big Fat Board Interview: Co-ops Don't Like Foreigners?" by anonymous Manhattan co-op buyer as told to Teri Rogers (BrickUnderground.com)
- "If This Is a True Story, One Broker Should Be Shot" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog), on questionable dealings involving a a broker married to a co-op board president
- "Hand Scanners to Improve Security at Marina City [condo] but Not Convenience" by Steven Dahlman (Marina City News, Chicago, Ill.)
Buying and Selling...
- "Buying Parking Spot in a Co-op" (Brownstoner.com forum)
- "The Parc Standard [condo] Update" (Harlem Bespoke blog)
- "Queens Condo Owners Sue Developer for $20M" by Amanda Fung (Crain's New York Business)
Board Issues from Around the Country...
- "Evanston Won't Press Condo Owner for $635 Tax Bill" By Bob Seidenberg (Evanston Review, Evanston, Ill.)
- "Judge Hears Sandy Street Condo Arguments" re: faulty construction, by Carl Rotenberg (The Times Mirror, Norristown and Montgomery County, Penn.)
- "Murano Condo Owners Sue Developer over Number of Sales" by Alan J. Heavens (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
- "Homeowner Will Fight HOA to Keep Pigeons" by Peter Schelden (The Orange County Register, California)
WebCitation archives:
"Maintenance" • "Noise" • "Foreigners" • "If...Shot" • "Hand Scanners" • "Parking" • "Parc Standard" • "Queens" • "Evanston" • "Sandy Street" • "Murano" • "Pigeons"