Tips for your property
Practical guides, legal obligations, and best practices to manage your condo association board and property with confidence.
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Condo AccountingFunding major works: collective loan, works fund and staged calls
A works project is almost never lost on the technical side. It is lost on funding, raised too late.
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Condo AccountingRecoverable charges: what a landlord can pass on to a tenant
A landlord receives a condo charge statement. Only part of it can be passed on — and the mistake surfaces at the annual adjustment.
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Condo LifeCollective heating: season, temperature and the settings that drive the bill
Every autumn the same questions return: when do we switch on, at what temperature, and why do some flats never heat up?
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Property ManagementKeys, fobs and entryphone: regaining control of building access
Nobody knows how many fobs are in circulation, or who holds them. It is the most common weak point — and the easiest to fix.
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Property ManagementCollective energy assessment: what the condo board must check
Older residential buildings can no longer avoid a building-wide energy assessment. Here is what the board should check.
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General MeetingElectronic notices in a condo association: what the board should check
Email notices are no longer the exception. But consents and addresses must be in order, or the whole meeting is exposed.
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Condo Board OrganizationCondo registration: the check boards forget to make
An unregistered building, or one with stale data, can lose access to funding — and nobody notices until they need it.
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Collective DecisionsA mobile antenna on the roof: what the board should examine first
An operator offers annual rent for an antenna on your roof. Before looking at the income, look at the lease and the roof.
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Property ManagementFire safety in common areas: the board’s annual checklist
Fire safety equipment is used once — and on that day it has to work. Here is how to check it every year.
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Condo AccountingSale of a unit: the settlement statement and what the board should watch
On every sale, one document decides who pays what. Done badly, it leaves arrears for every other owner to absorb.
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Issue ManagementExcess water consumption: reacting before the bill arrives
An invisible leak on a buried pipe can cost thousands before anyone notices.
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