Category: Association Operations

When it comes to the planters and flowerbeds around your building or association, choosing the right annual and perennial plants to go in them isn’t quite as simple as you might think. There are many considerations to take into account, fro…

Cities are known for being home to diverse populations that thrive in fast-paced, crowded environments—and not all of those populations are human. The same dense landscape that attracts people also attracts bold, resourceful, and highly ada…

It’s an all-too-common pattern: nationwide, condo, HOA and co-op communities are experiencing steep increases in their insurance premiums while coverage is being reduced. Some are seeing their policies dropped altogether. It’s an alarming s…

Most U.S. municipalities have local laws on their books governing how exterior building façades must be inspected, maintained and repaired. While such legislation is occasionally enacted at the state level, generally these laws are a local …

With summer travel on the horizon, now is the perfect time for managers and residents to assess and refine their strategies for handling short-term vacancies in their buildings. When residents are away, no matter the duration, pre-planning …

Keeping a building dry is both an interior and exterior challenge. All buildings, regardless of materials and construction, are at risk of water infiltration and moisture build-up in walls, ceilings, window wells and roof materials.  This …

Transparency is touted as a cornerstone of good board governance. Shareholders and unit owners want—and have the right—to see what goes on behind the curtain at board meetings and better understand why certain decisions are made. Residents …

As electric vehicles (EVs) have become more popular, more and more reports of fires and explosions caused by the lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries that power them have made the news from coast to coast. Any fire in a multifamily setting is inc…

Securing residents’ property and personal safety has always been of primary concern for shared interest communities, be they high-rises, townhomes, or suburban HOAs. A generation ago, security technology was pretty much limited to human gua…

While climate change may have reduced the frequency of multi-foot snowfalls in the New York metro, when we do get dumped on, the precipitation tends to be heavier and icier than the fluffy drifts of decades past. With that shift comes conce…