LarryL10 (Maine)
Posts: 11
Posts: 11
Posted:
Hello,
As in many, if not most, condo associations, my association's by-laws say windows are the responsibility of the individual unit owners. The association is responsible for the exterior of the building which includes the roof, the siding, and exterior painting. In a case where the association has not properly maintained the exterior and it has resulted in the interior damage of a unit, should the association pay for the repairs to that unit?
In my association, when there is a roof leak or siding damage which allows rain to sleep into the interior of a unit, the association pays for repairs to the unit's interior. Windows seem to be a gray area. The association has held firm that the owner is responsible for replacing or repairing a damaged unit's windows. What if the reason for the damage is because the association has not been adequately maintaining the paint on the exterior window trim or has not been replacing rotted window trim and thereby allowing rain to seep into the window frame and cause it to rot? If a wooden window sill is not painted frequently enough or properly, it will rot. Should the unit owner be held responsible?
I live in a condo building on the coast of Maine and we get battered by wind and rain. The association has not kept up with replacing rotted trim or adequate exterior painting of the trim which leads to rot, followed by rain water seeping or being driven into the window frame and rotting it. Replacing a window with a new construction window is expensive but that is what is required when the window frame rots.
So, again, should the association or the unit owner pay for replacement of a window necessitated because of inadequate maintenance of the exterior window trim which leads to rotten trim and subsequently interior unit damage from rain?
Thanks for your opinions In advance.
Larry
As in many, if not most, condo associations, my association's by-laws say windows are the responsibility of the individual unit owners. The association is responsible for the exterior of the building which includes the roof, the siding, and exterior painting. In a case where the association has not properly maintained the exterior and it has resulted in the interior damage of a unit, should the association pay for the repairs to that unit?
In my association, when there is a roof leak or siding damage which allows rain to sleep into the interior of a unit, the association pays for repairs to the unit's interior. Windows seem to be a gray area. The association has held firm that the owner is responsible for replacing or repairing a damaged unit's windows. What if the reason for the damage is because the association has not been adequately maintaining the paint on the exterior window trim or has not been replacing rotted window trim and thereby allowing rain to seep into the window frame and cause it to rot? If a wooden window sill is not painted frequently enough or properly, it will rot. Should the unit owner be held responsible?
I live in a condo building on the coast of Maine and we get battered by wind and rain. The association has not kept up with replacing rotted trim or adequate exterior painting of the trim which leads to rot, followed by rain water seeping or being driven into the window frame and rotting it. Replacing a window with a new construction window is expensive but that is what is required when the window frame rots.
So, again, should the association or the unit owner pay for replacement of a window necessitated because of inadequate maintenance of the exterior window trim which leads to rotten trim and subsequently interior unit damage from rain?
Thanks for your opinions In advance.
Larry