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Winter Landscaping Tips for South Florida

Thursday, December 20th, 2018 in Announcements, Condo, HOA, Landscaping, Uncategorized by FAN

Happy holidays to you and your family! As the year comes to a close, holiday season is reaching it’s peak and cooler temperatures are beginning to reach the sunshine state. Most South Florida landscapes will do fine in a “normal” Florida winter, however unexpected below-average temperatures may do damage to some of your plants. With […]

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Can Condominiums Charge Capital Contribution Fees?

Wednesday, December 19th, 2018 in Announcements, Condo, Contracts, Legal, Uncategorized by FAN

Our condominium association clients frequently ask whether they can charge “a new owner fee” or a “working contribution” or “capital contribution” to buyers of a unit.  We respond “no.”  After our condominium clients get over the initial shock we didn’t provide the usual lawyer answer, “it depends,” the next question usually is “why not”, or […]

Tags Capital Contricution, Fees, Florida Condominium, Florida Condominium Act, Legal, New owner 3 Comments

Nuisances – What Is A Board To Do?

Monday, December 17th, 2018 in Condo, HOA, Legal, Pets, Uncategorized by FAN

The dog barks, and the parrot squawks. A neighbor is cooking with too much garlic, again. An owner is smoking non-stop on their balcony making it unpleasant for everyone else. A neighbor, several neighbors, or even many neighbors are complaining to the board. What is a community association board to do? In dealing with any […]

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Protecting Tenants At Foreclosure Act of 2009 – Resurrected And Here To Stay

Friday, December 14th, 2018 in Condo, Contracts, HOA, Legal, Uncategorized by FAN

On May 20 2009, just after the peak of the national foreclosure crisis, a federal statute was enacted to help protect a residential tenant who was renting a unit subject to foreclosure from being evicted without being afforded a reasonable amount of time to find alternative housing. The federal law was known as “Protecting Tenants […]

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Your Association’s Contractor Walked Off The Job – Now What??

Monday, December 10th, 2018 in Condo, Construction, Contracts, HOA, Legal, Property Maintenance, Vendors by FAN

As happens far too often, contractors bid on an improvement project, start the work, only to later walk off the job. The contractor might do this for one of many reasons: the job was not bid correctly, prices go up, the laborers demand more money, and anything else that leads the contractor to believe they […]

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