Some condo developments have the luxury of having their waste removal and garbage collection handled as part of the town’s municipal services—but the majority still need to find their own private company and pay for the service on their…
As we go about our busy lives, we often forget about the plain facts of life here on this spinning globe: gravity creates an unceasing tension in the materials we assemble into buildings and other structures. Whether or not we are payi…
Few things are as important to our health and well-being as the air we breathe, especially inside our own homes. That is why it is so important for individual homeowners as well as management to stay up to date on issues of indoor air …
Sooner or later, every resident in a condo or HOA community will have to deal with the inconvenience of living through a major capital improvement project—a roof replacement, an elevator rehab, serious exterior work, or something of tha…
If phones can be “smart,” why not buildings? With the ever-expanding array of consumer technology available today, it should come as no surprise that residential buildings are incorporating more and more cutting-edge technology into the…
From the hills of northern Connecticut to the brownstones of Boston and New York, brickwork is everywhere across the northeast. Around since the early 1600s, the popular building material is commonly used not only because of its aesthe…
Warranties for products are simple to understand, most people might think. You go to the store, buy a computer or a DVD player or a TV, or even a larger appliance like a refrigerator, and you get a piece of paper describing a …
Q Residents of our cooperative have been faced with the problem of getting rid of the co-op’s board of directors. These are some of the reasons why: 1.They lack the expertise to be board members because they are inept, incompetent and …
Q My question is about being elected to the board of a condo association. We have a building management company hired by our board. Can the management company executive be elected to the board? How about any other persons from the comp…
Curb appeal provides that first impression, the attention-grabbing feature that all condominium and co-op properties strive for. Across New England, curb appeal usually starts with colorful flowers or plants that reflect the changing s…