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Originally Posted by Drummer
Slightly off topic but still condo related... Has anyone ever dealt with Condominium First (before they changed their name)? I've heard from some friends that their property managers were horrible at returning emails and phone calls.
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They are terrible for getting back to you, and their fees for documentation is crazy high but alot of the documents for the condos are online to purchase so you rarely have to contact them.
From someone who went to board meetings - even though they were held at 4pm so it was rare that anyone who actually worked for a living could attend. For the condo I was in an assessment like that would have required 6 month notice.
For anyone interested in purchasing condos alot has been said about doing a document inspection. Personally the only thing of value from those are the documents themselves. From the 2 I have used in the past they are worthless in pointing anything out. You are far better off to simply go through the documents yourselves and get any questions you have (no matter how dumb you think they are) and go to the first board meeting and ask them there. If they are anything like my board they will be very pissed to answer your questions but they do have to answer your questions.
The biggest reason to go is to combat the "Nanny-gang" element that alot of condo boards face or are corrupted by. Example - they want to burn incense in the lobby so it smells nice, or they want to plant flowers in the front because they look nice. All of this stuff can be done by the board if you aren there to fight it. All of this stuff and more stuff that is just to assinine to mention here costs money which the condo board (at least the condo board who ran my building) seemed to think there was an unlimited amount of.
Oh and a note - dont dare suggest of even garner the votes to pass a motion to remove the gym from the building because repairs have amounted to over 30K in 5 years. The whale on the board who uses and breaks the treadmill will become your enemy for life.