An Association’s board of directors plays a fundamental role in a residential community, and, even though much of the day-to-day operations of running the Association may be delegated to a professional manager, a well-functioning board is indispensable to a...
On February 1, 2022, in Janini v London Townhouses Condo Ass’n,[1] the Michigan Court of Appeals (“COA”) held that a co-owner of a condominium unit could not bring a premises liability action for a slip and fall that occurred on the common elements of the condominium...
Whether your community is a condominium, subdivision, or you live in a cooperative, one of the most important functions of your association is to plan for an execute repairs and maintenance of common elements, areas, or assets. This requires money, which almost always...
On more than once occasion, I have had clients say things akin to “well, can’t we just sue them and see what happens?” or “what if we just say that he/she did this, then they can’t win their case, right?” The answer to both of these questions is “no.” It’s my job as...
Residential association managers and directors should bear in mind that association members (co-owners or homeowners) will always have some rights to review Association records. These requests can sometimes seem burdensome, but, given the unique and complex...
In order for there to be effective administration of your community, the Association’s board, the manager and Association legal counsel should be working together, and in their proper roles. This blog will briefly and generally examine these roles and how they...
A healthy working relationship between a residential association and its professional manager goes a long way toward making a successful residential community. Property managers typically have years and years of experience in community management and are able to...
Things fall apart. While in an ideal world, residential associations will have adequate reserves set aside to pay for repair and replacement of big-ticket items for which they have responsibility—things like pavement projects, roof replacement, siding replacement,...
When a dispute arises there are a few different ways to handle it. In some difficult situations solving this dispute in court is the best solution but there are drawbacks. Litigation is expensive, time-consuming, stressful and unpredictable; it disrupts people’s lives...
Unfortunately, some condominium co-owners feel that they're above the bylaws and continue to leave their assessment fees unpaid. If you on a condominium association’s board of directors and want to clean-up any delinquencies, there are steps that you can take. 1)...
