Dealing with a Developer Posing as an Owner
One crazy owner in our condo has been making daily life a living hell for the rest of the building. Since gutting his (brand new) condo and installing a load of “sleek” features, he’s become increasingly nasty and hateful to the rest of the owners, in particular when they question his hosting weekly “open houses”…
One crazy owner in our condo has been making daily life a living hell for the rest of the building. Since gutting his (brand new) condo and installing a load of “sleek” features, he’s become increasingly nasty and hateful to the rest of the owners, in particular when they question his hosting weekly “open houses” to show off his services and hanging big lighted signs on his door. Our best guess is that he’s hoping to flip the apartment as soon as possible. But in the meantime we’re all miserable, and regretting not going with a co-op (maybe that would have prevented the crazies?)… Any idea how to deal with his hateful speech and emails? Has anyone else had a similar experience with a difficult owner? Any advice is appreciated!
Yes, condo owners can make almost as many restrictions as a coop, if they want.
They can’t decide to approve who you sell to. They can limit subletting in the building – though they may not be able to limit who you sublet to.
On almost any other control on quality of life issues, they can do what a coop can.
But passing the rules is only the beginning. It doesn’t make sense to do so unless you collectively have the stomach to enforce the rules.
Many coops fail at enforcement – even to simply get people to follow the usual restrictions against making loud noises at night or requiring rugs or carpets on a percentage of the floor.
Don’t kick yourself – you could be having the exact same problem in a coop.
Get together with the other owners and make some new condo rules that limit his “craziness,” whatever that means.
What exactly is he doing besides hanging a sign?