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Read your governing documents to determine whether the interior of an owner's unit is included within the definition of limited common area for your property.
Typically, limited common areas serve some -- even one, but not all -- owners. The association retains duty for maintenance, preservation and protection of this area. Examples may be dedicated stairways, decks/ patios, enclosed garages and so forth.
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Is a balcony a Common area in a unit block?
Check your building / governing documents to determine the ownership of the balcony. It may be a common area, it may be a limited common area dedicated to a single unit, or it may have another ownership designation.
Can a unit owner of a condo have a notice of trespass be issued against him in a common area?
Everything depends on the variables involved in the situation. For example:Is the area a common area, or a limited common area reserved for the use of owners, but not all owners?Has the owner been restricted from access to community amenities for cause, such as non-payment of assessments?Who issued the notice of trespass, the association or the local police?Read your governing documents to confirm your right as an owner to be present in the common area. As well, understand the position of the trespass notice issuer.
Is an entry door to a condominium unit considered a common element?
It depends on your condominium governing documents, where you can find a list of assets owned as limited common elements, meaning assets owned in common for the benefit of a single or a single group of owners. Generally, in a high-rise condominium, for example, unit entry doors are considered limited common elements.
Are leaking pipes inside the wall covered in condo insurance in California?
Read your governing documents to determine who owns the pipes. They may be common area assets, or limited common area assets -- dedicated to owners or an owner, but fewer than all owners -- or they may be owned by the unit owner. As well, contact your master insurance policy carrier, since the requirement to repair and the requirement to pay for the repair may be different.
What are limited common elements in a condo?
Read your governing documents to determine which real estate assets you own, and which are owned in common with all other owners. Generally, there is a boundary inside your unit where your ownership begins: at the paint, at the back of the wallboard, at the studs, or whatever your governing documents dictates. Everything else in the real estate asset base is owned in common with all other owners, including limited common areas which are dedicated for use by fewer than all the owners.
How do you determine the price of a condo and what part does the area play in the pricing of a condo?
Condominium ownership implies that according to the land-use documents on file in your county hall of records, all owners own areas in common, and individual unit owners own space inside a line drawn somewhere in or on the walls of each unit. If you're pricing your condominium, the price you ask includes the space defined for your unit and all the common area owned -- in common -- with all other owners. As an individual seller, you have no option to include or exclude common areas from the purchase. You can work with a local condominium-savvy real estate agent to help you establish a range for your property, given comparables in the local market.
Who is responsible for buying new doors at a condominium?
Read your governing documents to determine ownership of the doors in question. Doors inside a unit are usually the responsibility of the unit owner. Entry doors to units are generally considered limited common property (areas), and are replaced by the association. This affords uniformity in the architectural guidelines which are also available in your governing documents. When an entry door is damaged and must be replaced, the association replaces the door. If the door is limited common entry property, and the association decides that the unit owner should pay for the replacement, then the unit owner pays. Garage doors that afford individual unit owners access to limited common areas called (attached) garages, are usually replaced by the association and charged to the unit owner, based on the unit owner's solo use of the garage door.
Is it legal to breed dogs in the backyard of a condominium?
Breeding dogs may or may not be a business. The 'backyard' may or may not be common area belonging to all owners, or limited common area owned by all but available to not all owners. Read your governing documents to determine whether or not you can operate a business from your unit. Also, read your governing documents to determine whether or not you have complete ownership of the backyard, or whether it also belongs to other owners. Finally, if you can operate a business and have complete control of the backyard, you may want to alert the board--and your neighbors--as to your operation, so that should someone complain, it is clear that you are operating within the bounds established by the association.
Is a garage part of the condominium common area?
Your governing documents will specifically define any garage and its ownership parameters within your community.Your garage may be an open bay garage, owned by and with casual access by all owners. You may have an assigned parking stall, which is a limited common area tied directly to your unit number, and bought and sold as such.Your garage may be an enclosed, attached garage, which is another kind of limited common element: dedicated for your use and maintained by the association.Your garage may be a covered parking strip, again with either casual parking or assigned parking slots.In condominiums, garages are rarely privately owned, but could be, depending on the physical structure of the condominium unit.
Is a balcony a common area?
A balcony is typically considered a common area if it is shared among multiple tenants or residents of a building. In apartment complexes or condominiums, balconies are often included as part of the common spaces and are maintained by the building management. However, the classification of a balcony as a common area can vary depending on local regulations and specific building policies.
Who owns a condominium complex?
Generally, a condominium is a distinct form of ownership in the U. S. whereby an individual owns a unit and shares joint ownership with the other unit owners of the common areas which includes the land. All condo unit owners share title to common areas. Common areas include land, the exterior of buildings, hallways, roofs, swimming pools, etc. They share ownership with the developer until all the units are sold.
Amount of force exerted per unit?
Per what kind of unit? A common unit is pressure: force per unit area.
