Category: Q&A

Q&A Q&A: Cold & Unfiltered
Fall 2022 Q&A: Cold & Unfiltered

Q. We live in a 200-unit condo. The building changes the filters in the convectors twice a year, but decided not to change them due to COVID. It’s now been over a year since they were changed, and if we turn on the heat, dust and mold pou…

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Q&A Q&A: Sleepless in Chicago
Fall 2022 Q&A: Sleepless in Chicago

Q. I am a resident owner in a 54-unit condominium association building on the far northwest side of Chicago. I write on behalf of a unit owner friend in the same building, who has been the resident owner since 2005. Her unit is on the sec…

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Q&A Q&A: A Board Cabal
Fall 2022 Q&A: A Board Cabal

Q. We have a board member who has been locked out of meetings. According to that board member, the board has formed an executive committee that has, for all intents and purposes, shut them out. The board member is no longer able to view b…

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2022 Summer Q&A: A Board Cabal

Q. We have a board member who has been locked out of meetings. According to that board member, the board has formed an executive committee that has, for all intents and purposes, shut them out. The board member is no longer able to view b…

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Q&A Young woman trying to sleep but disturbed by noisy neighbors and covering ears with pillows. I can's sleep with all that noise! Sleep problems. Angry woman disturbed with a noise trying to sleep
2022 Spring Q&A: Disturbing, or Disturbed?

Q. I live in a condo where there are quiet hours after 9 p.m., and all disturbing noise no matter the time can result in a fine. Two months after I moved in, the downstairs neighbor moved in. It’s been a nightmare ever since. Banging, scr…

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Q&A Wehn building a patio prepare to use level and barrel constantly, patio island have polymeric sand layed and job completion almost done when final pavers cut and placed
2022 Spring Q&A: Patio Uh-Oh

Q. Five years ago, an owner who was on the board for a year and was newly in charge of maintenance had his own new patio removed and hired our usual contractor to pour a new, larger patio—which of course meant using common element propert…

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Q&A Psychological pressure on the employee by the management of the company or the whole team. The staff does not accept a colleague in their team. Mobbing. Vector. Illustration in flat cartoon style.
2022 Winter Q&A: A Board Cabal

Q. We have a board member who has been locked out of meetings. According to that board member, the board has formed an executive committee that has, for all intents and purposes, shut them out. The board member is no longer able to view b…

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Q&A Q&A: Dishwasher Dilemma
2021 September Q&A: Dishwasher Dilemma

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

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Q&A Q&A: Sleepless in Chicago
2021 September Q&A: Sleepless in Chicago

Q. I am a resident owner in a 54-unit condominium association building on the far northwest side of Chicago. I write on behalf of a unit owner friend in the same building, who has been the resident owner since 2005. Her unit is on the sec…

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Q&A Q&A: Filling a Resignation
2021 September Q&A: Filling a Resignation

Q. If there is an election of a condo board and three people run for two open seats, when the election is over and the seats are filled, if now one of those board members resigns, does the third person who received some votes then fill th…

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