Congratulations. You have been chosen to help lead your community on a small governing body that will determine the major policy decisions affecting everyone who lives in your community. From finances to rules enforcement to selection …
Imagine the panic that sets in when a home is lost or damaged. Now imagine navigating through that fear alone. Whether it’s fire or flooding or the violent effects of a storm, anything that damages or destroys a home will have a lasting…
Most homeowners love the idea of having a swimming pool, athletic court or health club as part of their association's grounds because it adds value to their property and it gives them something fun to do throughout the year. But HOAs t…
Recent developments, both legislative and environmental, have led to considerable changes in the New England insurance marketplace. And such changes, as managers know, often lead to added paperwork, confusing requirements, and tricky l…
New Englanders got a taste recently of Mother Nature’s wrath when a series of tornadoes touched down in Springfield, Massachusetts and surrounding areas, leaving devastation and death in their wake. While devastating tornadoes …
It sits quietly in your condo association’s insurance package, unremarkable next to the fire, flood and other forms of mayhem that make insurance policies necessary fixtures in association budgets. Looking at the file labeled “…
Q: If there is damage to my roof and it leaks into my condominium unit and I reported it to the board three times with no repairs made, can I repair it myself and deduct the cost from my common charges? Please advise ASAP. Your atte…
Proxy Dilemma Q Two weeks prior to our annual condo election, the unit owners receive their proxies in the mail. However, a board member who was up for re-election obtained a proxy from the manager two weeks earlier than all the…
Of all the members of a condominium’s board, the treasurer is in a unique position to uphold the fiduciary responsibility of the association, similar to that of a chief financial officer in the corporate world. Basically, the t…
In most states, community associations have no special status when a unit owner stops paying maintenance fees. But one by one, states have been adopting a priority lien, or “super lien” provision into law, to give condominium association…