MichaelK27 (Massachusetts)
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Hello, new here.
I learned yesterday, that somehow our condo associated has decided to run a metered water line to private property adjacent to our condo. Basically, 2 out of 4 trustees own adjacent land to our condominium. To save money, they are using the condo's main water line, and thus the condo's funds to pay for water use on their private property.
We received our annual budget from 2019, with a note for "reimbursement" for water "TBA". It's half way to 2021, and they (2 Trustees) still haven't paid citing "complex calculations" based on photos of they have taken of the meters.
It feels pretty wrong that our condo fees are being used to pay for water on private property, even with reimbursement. I'm not sure if I'm being out of line in this assumption? Honestly, I am surprised to hear this and a Google search doesn't return any results for a situation like this. Up to 2017, these 2 Trustees had been leaching water for the 20 years for free via garden hose. After complaining about it, they said they would install their own water lines, along with a sprinkler system. But, I had no idea that they were planning to tap our Condo's main water lines to achieve this. I'm not sure how this was even decided, if agreed by Trustees, and I also don't know why non-Trustee weren't notified or asked about this.
Any thoughts or advise?
To be honest, our association is very corrupt. We have 8 units in the condo, and 4 Trustees that were friends or had a relationship prior to purchasing. As is, because they do have a monopoly slightly over 50%, it's impossible to do anything or make any changes. I'd be curious about other items, but trying to stay on topic. Our condo is located in Boston Mass if that matters.
Thanks!
Michael
I learned yesterday, that somehow our condo associated has decided to run a metered water line to private property adjacent to our condo. Basically, 2 out of 4 trustees own adjacent land to our condominium. To save money, they are using the condo's main water line, and thus the condo's funds to pay for water use on their private property.
We received our annual budget from 2019, with a note for "reimbursement" for water "TBA". It's half way to 2021, and they (2 Trustees) still haven't paid citing "complex calculations" based on photos of they have taken of the meters.
It feels pretty wrong that our condo fees are being used to pay for water on private property, even with reimbursement. I'm not sure if I'm being out of line in this assumption? Honestly, I am surprised to hear this and a Google search doesn't return any results for a situation like this. Up to 2017, these 2 Trustees had been leaching water for the 20 years for free via garden hose. After complaining about it, they said they would install their own water lines, along with a sprinkler system. But, I had no idea that they were planning to tap our Condo's main water lines to achieve this. I'm not sure how this was even decided, if agreed by Trustees, and I also don't know why non-Trustee weren't notified or asked about this.
Any thoughts or advise?
To be honest, our association is very corrupt. We have 8 units in the condo, and 4 Trustees that were friends or had a relationship prior to purchasing. As is, because they do have a monopoly slightly over 50%, it's impossible to do anything or make any changes. I'd be curious about other items, but trying to stay on topic. Our condo is located in Boston Mass if that matters.
Thanks!
Michael