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Shutting off the water in one condominium often requires shutting off the water to a stack of condominiums, and in some cases, the entire building. See: Shutting off the Water in Condominiums.

Coast Management of California provides property management services for commercial condominiums in California including office building condominiums, industrial condominiums, retail condominiums, and dental office condominiums. See: Commercial Condominium Management. For commercial condominium sales and leasing, contact our affiliate: Pacific-Realtors.net.

For reasons unknown, some people who reside in condominiums, choose to live without email service. These people do not get timely notices of emergency actions such as water shutoffs or changes in gate codes necessitated by criminal activity. If you live in a condominium you need to have email service and you need to check…

HOA management companies should not attempt to write construction specifications for homeowner associations unless they have a knowledgeable, experienced, and licensed contractor on their staff. Bid specifications should be prepared by an expert in the work to be done. The expert should not submit a bid for the work in order to keep him or…

Architectural committees should be concerned about compliance with the CC&Rs, Rules and Regulations and the appearance of proposed modifications. Compliance with building codes should be left to the local city or county. If your architectural committee assumes responsibility for making comments on possible code violations, it places your association in a position to be held…

Homeowners who want information about registered sex offenders in California can find information by visiting meganslaw.ca.gov. Searches can be made by location or by name. In most areas, the number of offenders within a five-mile radius is substantial.

Minutes of meetings are required by law to be taken at board meetings and should be maintained by the corporate secretary. They should never be discarded. Aside from being required by law, they are sometimes used to defend an association against legal claims. They must also be provided by the management company to escrow companies…

The Davis-Stirling Act requires associations to provide notice of all board meetings, including an agenda of each meeting. Posting the notice and the agenda on a bulletin board is permitted, provided that it is in a prominent location accessible to all members. If the bulletin board is not large enough, associations need to install larger…

On November 1, 2021, we reported that mortgage interest rates were skyrocketing. They have increased and are continuing to increase. If you intend to refinance, you should do it now as rates continue to climb in response to out of control inflation.

Whenever an owner of a condominium refinances their home or someone buys a condominium, the lender will require the completion of a Lender’s Questionnaire. Lenders require these questionnaires for more than one reason which should be understood by both board members and the person making the written disclosures. See: Lender’s Questionnaire – Purpose.