RohitW (California)
Posts: 5
Posts: 5
Posted:
Hi there. Thank you for this helpful forum. I was hoping to get a little help on a situation we're having. Any help would be much appreciated.
We are a very small building in Los Angeles. Only 8 Units. The building was built in 1959 and converted from apartments to condos. The rules are very antiquated, and have always kind of depended on people "working it out." We recently had someone move in who was unwilling to work with people on pretty much anything. He bought an upstairs unit, and took out the carpet. The floor that had been previously installed underneath was done so with no soundproofing underlayment or cork. Every footstep on that floor sounds like a hollow boom in the unit underneath. It has cost the neighbors below their quality of life, and makes it impossible for them to sleep through the night.
The upstairs finally agreed to put carpet in the bedrooms if the downstairs paid for it. After downstairs agreed to that, upstairs changed his mind and said he has decided against carpet. There was no specific flooring rule in place, but a vote has been put in place to require carpet in bedrooms upstairs. After the 30 day waiting period is over, the vote has a very good chance of passing. But my question is how can our HOA enforce this rule? We have a limited budget and would prefer not to pay thousands to try to get a court order. We don't have any monetary fines in our CC&Rs either, so do we have any other options if upstairs chooses not to comply?
Thank you for any help you can provide.
We are a very small building in Los Angeles. Only 8 Units. The building was built in 1959 and converted from apartments to condos. The rules are very antiquated, and have always kind of depended on people "working it out." We recently had someone move in who was unwilling to work with people on pretty much anything. He bought an upstairs unit, and took out the carpet. The floor that had been previously installed underneath was done so with no soundproofing underlayment or cork. Every footstep on that floor sounds like a hollow boom in the unit underneath. It has cost the neighbors below their quality of life, and makes it impossible for them to sleep through the night.
The upstairs finally agreed to put carpet in the bedrooms if the downstairs paid for it. After downstairs agreed to that, upstairs changed his mind and said he has decided against carpet. There was no specific flooring rule in place, but a vote has been put in place to require carpet in bedrooms upstairs. After the 30 day waiting period is over, the vote has a very good chance of passing. But my question is how can our HOA enforce this rule? We have a limited budget and would prefer not to pay thousands to try to get a court order. We don't have any monetary fines in our CC&Rs either, so do we have any other options if upstairs chooses not to comply?
Thank you for any help you can provide.