r/Condo

I’m posting this as a warning to other residents in any building managed by Sea Breeze because this has become a serious safety issue.
Last night, an unauthorized person followed a resident into the building, forced their way in behind her, and could not state what unit they were visiting. They were asking for water and did not appear to have any legitimate reason to be inside the building. There was no security present, so I had to confront the person and get them out myself.
This is not the first time something like this has happened.
Last summer, an unauthorized person pulled the fire alarm and I ran into him in the stairwell. That situation could have ended badly.
Another time last summer, an unauthorized person was sleeping in the lobby and appeared to be stealing a cart full of resident packages.
That is three separate incidents where unauthorized people were inside the building, and in every case there was no meaningful security response.
Residents are paying HOA fees and are supposed to have a safe, secure building. So where is the security? Where is that money going? Someone is going to get hurt if this keeps happening.
I’m posting this so other residents are aware, especially anyone entering any building managed by Sea Breeze. Please be careful, don’t let anyone tailgate in behind you, and report anything suspicious immediately.
Sea Breeze and building management need to explain what security measures are actually in place and what they are doing to prevent this from happening again. Seabreeze is negligent as they come. One of the only things my 50k a year in HOA covers is security. Where is the money going?

Hello,

Just had my first emergency and of course it falls on the weekend and holiday AND during a heatwave and on top of a bunch of other personal things making this super inconvenient!

Air conditioning unit is on the roof and the condo is strict about letting HVAC technicians up there.

so I can only schedule HVAC calls when maintenance is here. In order to do it on a Weekend/holiday, the condo charges $400 for 4 hours. And regardless if you use those 4 hours or not you STILL have to pay the $400.

I’ve found this really frustrating.. I wish I had known to ask about emergencies before buying a condo.

Is your condo like this?

Hi you guys I’m buying this condo for 510k and it comes with 1 year paid hoa fee which is 471 dollars. Is it worth it? No
In unit laundry

Thanks

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5400-Lindley-Ave-UNIT-322-Encino-CA-91316/19938285\_zpid/?

I just closed on my condo in NYS on May 14th. When i bought the condo, i was given the rules and regulations by the property management and my lawyer, it was dated around 2020 and stated that units on this property were permitted to have washers and dryers, but had strict guidelines about dryer vent cleanings and hookup inspections saying that they needed to be maintained by the unit owners, totally fine. Come to find out since the time that document was created, the property management has prohibited washers and dryers in the units and the previous owner installed them anyway before selling me the condo. I was never given an updated copy of rules and regulations stating any changes to the rules. I have no idea now how to clean the dryer vent since i have no idea where it’s even venting to and i can’t reach out to HOA because then i’m scared i will be fined or worse. The previous owner violated the rules knowingly before selling the property and the HOA did not properly inspect anything before allowing the previous owner to sell because if they had, they would’ve seen the washer and dryer and rectified the issue. The home inspector i hired even failed to realize there is no external vent for the dryer hose. The dryer vent just goes directly into the floor, i’m terrified that it is simply just venting into the basement and that if further issues arise it will be my fault. I feel like so many parties here failed me since i’m a young mom and not experienced in homebuying. If HOA found out about it, could i be liable for this issue? I’m trying to figure out a venting situation at least so that i know there are no mold/fire risks but other than that, can they force me to take the washer and dryer out since they failed to inform me of this change?

I am truly confused. Michael Raul Bilecky, has recently been charged with 20 counts of possession of child pornography and remains in jail since February 28 on a separate criminal matter involving 9 counts of 2nd degree rape.

Currently, he is still listed as a director on the Board at 4620 North Park Avenue. The lack of coverage is certainly worrisome for those who own or reside in the building. Please share with those affected/who may be affected.

My question is: how could this be? I’ve alerted the management and they say “there is nothing we can do.” But…he’s not attending any meetings, not materially participating. How is he not kicked off? Help me make it make sense.

Possession of CP: https://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch/case-detail-page?caseId=D06CR26006059

Rape case: https://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch/case-detail-page?caseId=C15CR26000441

One of my neighbors wants to sue the property manager for fraud. I won't go into it but with special Assessments we will have to pay 1600.0 more each month. There were a lot of lies and mismanagement on the part of THE PM. I can't pay this. This is my whole social Security Check. Plus I have a mortgage. Fixing sewer wasn't suppose to cost us anything.

How long do you think think will take?

How do we get rid of PM otherwise?

Townhouse style with private patio, swimming pool, playground and dog park. It's a big step up from our current place where we don't even have a slot for outgoing mail.

Any advise you'd like to give someone before they get in? Things that you didn't realize until you had already moved in.

In all my years of apt living I have never lived near kids, just pets and it's been mostly perfectly fine noise wise. We bought the top floor apt to not have upstairs neighbor noise. A single mom of a 6 yr old bought the unit below us. It's hardwood floors, and I got a glance inside their unit as I happened to walk by w their front door open one day and I didn't see a rug in the living room.

It's mostly OK noise wise but some weeknights, it's a few hours of on and off heel pounding running back and forth through the apt and what sounds like jumping off their couch. It'll shake my floor and sounds like thunder. It feels like I can never fully relax as I'm waiting for the next !bang! Again it's from BELOW.

Sometimes the kid's running will wake us before 7am as he heel stomps around on the hardwood floor and slams around a lot. The vibrations move up. We have rugs /rug pads in most of rug appropriate areas (just not most of dining room, bathrooms and kitchen).

The person who lived there before, had a small dog and we never heard a thing, so I don't know if it's necessarily the structure or the behavior or a combo. I turn on a air filter to drown it out but it's annoying as we do our best to be quiet (avoiding heel walking, not slamming doors/cabinets, keep tv down etc).

I know kids won't be mostly quiet, I get it, but growing up I'd never be allowed to run around indoors, even in a single family home, let alone in an apt with neighbors so close. Again, I don't expect total quiet but it's a lot of running/jumping /shaking/pounding and we live very close to a playground.

I'm just not sure, what is reasonable /unreasonable amount of noise apart from the egregious, obvious crazy noise (e.g. into late hours of night, 5 kids running amok etc). Also, it's mostly during usual non quiet hours (except early morning) but I also think that doesn't mean you don't need to be considerate of your neighbors during those times.

So what's reasonable?

For people looking for condo what are your thoughts on 5% DP 95% at 6.5% interest rate up to 30years pa

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Hello xyz ,
As my representative for \*\*\*\* and as a member of the Liberal Party, I would appreciate your perspective on the following questions:

Why is the government providing support to condo developers to help move existing condominium units into the market? My understanding is that these units have already been built. Even without government assistance, developers would eventually need to sell them, potentially at a loss. Since the housing supply already exists, what is the policy rationale for using taxpayer funds to support these sales?

If the government has sufficient fiscal capacity to provide substantial assistance to private developers, how does it justify prioritizing such support over direct assistance to taxpayers and households facing affordability challenges? May be give few hundred thousands to each of your residents ?

Given the ongoing cost-of-living pressures faced by many Canadians, has the government considered more significant tax relief measures for middle-income earners? If not, what are the main barriers to doing so? May be remove all income taxes below $200k ? 

I would appreciate any information you can provide regarding the government’s reasoning and objectives behind these policies.

Moreover, I would appreciate a to-the-point reply and not a Trudeau era general reply on how government is helping Canadians, while actually ruining their economics.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Property Owners!

For what reason would a property owner neglect to remedy a sinkhole found under their home, knowing it is the root cause of the many reoccurring structural damages to the property, knowing it will continue to grow, continue to cause worsening damages and could result in a total collapse, If there's no repairs/remedy to the sinkhole?

We're a 63-unit condo association in Boston, housed in what was originally Boston College's chapel — the Church of the Immaculate Conception — converted to condos in 2021. Yes, we have stained glass and a full-sized statue of Mary on the facade. She's been watching over the front entrance since the BC days. We like to think she's interceding on our behalf during board meetings.

We've been out of developer control for about two years, and the board (three trustees, myself being the newest) switched management companies shortly after turnover because we weren't happy with the developer's choice. We're with a reasonably well-regarded local firm — but our building's manager was recently let go because he couldn't stay on top of paperwork and details, which… was a problem for us too. The interim manager we have now is actually pretty good, but things still move slowly and I find myself chasing down responses more than I'd like.

Here's the wrinkle: we have no on-site super or maintenance staff. I'm a trustee who happens to be pretty handy — especially with electrical, HVAC, and mechanical systems — and I've been filling that void informally. So it's hard to know whether we're a genuinely complex building that needs more than a standard management contract provides, or whether this company just isn't keeping up, or whether we simply need to have a clearer conversation about expectations.

For those of you in similarly sized buildings (50–80 units), especially without dedicated on-site staff:

• Have you found a sweet spot with your management company, or is the gap between "what they provide" and "what you actually need" always kind of a negotiation?
• If you've switched companies, what made you pull the trigger — and did it actually help?

Grateful for any wisdom, war stories, or general commiseration. We're doing the Lord's work over here. Literally. We live in a church.

My condos are row homes with city water running through a communal pipe.

I had a plumber come yesterday to change out my main water shutoff (its leaky and deteriorating). I've had the appointment made for 3 weeks, which required giving notice to the other residents as we need to shutoff the main water line for this work.

The shutoff valves are in the homes of other residents. So we went and did that. After running our taps to drain the line for well over half an hour, still full water.

I called property management emergency line (after hours) they cant answer any of my questions. I call the property maintenance guy, he cant answer my questions. He tells me to just keep draining the line 😕

I finally get a call from a gentleman that works in the property management office. He tells me they probably did get the shutoff wrong because, and I quote, "there's no logic or system to the shutoffs, we are just going to have to play with them until we find the ones for your house". ........what???

How can they NOT know? How could they just play guessing games with other people's time and money? I booked the evening off work. I had a plumber here for 2 hours with no work actually done. Half my condo block had their water shutoff. And 2 residents had to be home for those 2 hours because they had the shutoff valves. All for guessing games.

Im a single mom working over full time hours to keep our home and bills paid. I feel like I need to lawyer up if they dont immediately fix this. Im so frustrated. Can somebody give some advice in dealing with this?