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Everything is Not Fine We are called humans, not perfects. So, shocking as this may be, sometimes people do things they shouldn't. They make mistakes. They speed. They park illegally. They bounce a check. None of the sanctions for these types of things usually result in anything more than a fine....

Board Powers are Broad Powers In an earlier column, I explained the occasional problem of a Board whose powers have gone to its collective head and turned into a rogue Board. But that's a bit unfair because the vast majority of Boards are well intentioned, well operated administrative bodies fill...

Spring Cleaning in Condo World Condo Quick Tips Despite PWSD (Post Winter Stress Disorder) and my near constant fear that (1) another snow storm and/or far below normal temperatures will return any day, and (2) the fear/realization that the next snowstorm is only six months away, it appears spri...

Since some of the columns have been published, laws have changed, new cases have arrived, I've grown more experienced, and hopefully a little wiser. As such ,here ar e few thoughts to supplement some of the issues already presented in earlier columns. Rogue Boards. As always, if a Board member ...

Changing the Rules of the Game Condominiums in New Hampshire have been around since the early 1970s. (The earliest I have seen is one from 1972.) People, the world, and even condominiums change. As such, what was a good law or a good policy in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, or even in the early 2000s m...

THE FRIEND AND THE FLOOR PLAN The Floor Plan, as with the Site Plan (see the last Column - Slow Cooked Ribs at the Condominium), must be filed with the Declaration. “There shall also be recorded, simultaneously with the Declaration, Floor Plans of every structure …” RSA 356-B: 20, II. What's a Fl...

While the book below is a work in progress and it goes into depth on the operations of condominium associations in New Hampshire, what follows are quick notes, thoughts, and observations … essentially quick tips. Many residential condo associations limit the number of occupants to “family” mem...

The College of Community Association Lawyers The 39th Annual Community Association Law Seminar January 31 -February 3, 2018
Palm Springs, CA
Draft 12-20-2017 CIRMS Insurance Masters Program – Before & After Florida Condominium Emergency Powers Association emergency powers.— (1) To the extent a...

ARTICLE 1 – THE COMMON PLAN PURPOSES
Home is where life is lived. A home's value is anchored in the belief that “life, lived here, will be an experience worth remembering.” That core belief is shaped by the look and feel of our neighborhood. A look born of thoughtful design and prudent maintena...

The Pig with a Point People love their pets. I understand. Really. My wife and I had a dog. Hew was our first born. A neighbor saw how we treated him, and a few weeks before we got our daughter, he called Elliott over, looked at him and said, “You're about to become a dog.” So, I get it. We woul...

SLOW COOKED RIBS AT THE CONDO The Site Plan is one of the four condominium instruments, along with the Declaration, Bylaws and Floor Plan. The importance of the Site Plan is because Declarations and Bylaws can be long. Very long. The difficulty of finding something in the Declaration or Bylaws is...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Fannie Mae, the commonly used name for the Federal National Mortgage Association, and Freddie Mac, the commonly used name for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, are enterprises that were created at the instance of the federal government decades ago but now ope...

Locke, Hobbes, the Common Good and Condominiums Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and John Locke (1632-1704), two English Philosophers of the 17th century, disagreed on many things, not the least of which was whether people were naturally good (Locke) or naturally bad (Hobbes). But they did agree on the ...