Category: Q&A

Q&A Q&A: Common Area Clutter
2024 March Q&A: Common Area Clutter

Q. Certain owners in our building keep some of their personal belongings (i.e., bikes and tricycles, baby strollers, skates, tennis racquets, etc.) in the hallways next to their condo units. Sometimes we have to squeeze by all of their ha…

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Q&A Q&A: Private Eyes?
2024 March Q&A: Private Eyes?

Q. We live in a small condominium association, and like everyone these days, we’re concerned about rising costs, including our condo assessments. We believe that a couple of owners are delinquent, and that those non-payments will result i…

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2024 February Q&A: Who’s in Charge Here?

Q. I live in a gated community and the manager seems to be controlling the board rather than vice versa. She has filled vacant board seats without an election—some new residents don’t even know that we’re supposed to hold elections. The b…

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2024 January Q&A: Come Clean with Plans

Q. Our 12-unit association is self-managed. An owner installed a dishwasher without any written request for approval from the board. The board told her that we believed this was a violation, since all 12 units share one water tank and one…

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2023 December Q&A: Keeping Up with Rising Costs

Q. As we all know, the cost of everything, including services and materials related to maintaining an association property, has risen dramatically over the last couple of years. Clearly, our association budget and monthly fees should be s…

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2023 November Q&A: Election-Season Battles

Q.   We see how combative national, state, and even local elections can be, but they still feel tame compared to some of the elections we’ve had at our association. It seems every election is contentious, and sometimes they get downright n…

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Q&A Q&A: Making a Resignation Official
2023 October Q&A: Making a Resignation Official

Q. If a member of the board submits his resignation, do the remaining board members have to vote and accept the resignation, or just have it signed and notarized by the resigning individual and then have it recorded at the Registry of Dee…

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Q&A Q&A: To the Letter of the Bylaws
2023 October Q&A: To the Letter of the Bylaws

Q. Can a condo association that does not follow its bylaws as registered with the state of Rhode Island have the power to enforce its rules and regulations and fine a unit owner?                                  — Law-Abiding Owner A. …

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Q&A Q&A: Who’s Up Next?
2023 September Q&A: Who’s Up Next?

Q.   There is an election of a condo board and three people run for two open seats. After the election is over and the seats are filled, one of those new board members resigns. Does the third person who received some votes then fill that p…

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Q&A Q&A: Setting Limits
2023 September Q&A: Setting Limits

Q. Our condo association is over 20 years old, and I believe that at least one of the members has served on our five-person board for its entire existence! Two others have been around for a long time, too. The problem is, they don’t want …

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