Union Issue, Renovating Super's Apartment, Stiffed by Late Owner, More

Oct. 13, 2014 — It's an all-condo / co-op edition of Ronda Kaysen's "Ask Real Estate" column this week in The  New York Times, with questions covering staff, a renovation and not being able to collect common charges from a dead guy. The first query wonders about the difficulty of switching from a union staff to non-union, the next about who's responsible for renovating a departing super's apartment — the answer not as obvious at it may seem — and the last about a late unit-owner and a condominium apartment for which no one appears to be a successor owner, and so can the condo board rent it out? There's an odd theme of loss and decay running through the column this week. Perfect for autumn!