Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: allocation of repair costs

[Ann Zabaldo (ann.zabaldo]

Hi Stephanie!

What is an air-space condo?  I've not heard of this before ...

Ann Z.

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On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 10:13 AM, S Fassnacht <fassnach [at] ssc.wisc.edu> wrote:
>
> One of the houses here at Village Cohousing (in Madison WI) is having
> 2 chimney flues replaced.  Village is an air-space condo, but our
> condo docs don't mention chimneys, so we're not sure how to allocate
> costs for this repair ($4000 per flue).  Before consulting a lawyer,
> we thought we might pose the question to all you good folks to see if
> some air-space coho community out there has something in their docs
> that addresses this issue.  A provisional decision has been made to
> split the costs evenly between the owner and the community, the
> reasoning being as follows:  The condo docs say that heating systems
> are the responsibility of the community.  One of the flues services
> the house's heating system.  The other flue services the fireplace,
> which we figure belongs to the owner.  A very technical question, I
> realize, but just maybe somebody has the answer we're looking for.
>
> Stephanie Fassnacht
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