Water from the Sky

         I believe our Unit Owners Association must make sure that no water from rain, snow or sleet gets into our building.  I further believe that, if such water damages our building or anything in our building, our Association is required to repair any such damage.

         I can see a few exceptions where an individual Unit Owner might reasonably be held responsible for water that enters our building, and not our Association.  One example would be a broken window pane that a Unit Owner was responsible for repairing, but had failed to repair within a reasonable time.  Another example would be a cracked (leaking) window frame that the responsible unit owner had similarly failed to repair.  But, lacking clear indications of individual Unit Owner responsibility, the assumption should be that our Association is responsible for preventing and repairing damage caused by water entering our building.

         I came to this conclusion because our condominium instruments appear to hold our Association responsible for all painting and maintenance outside our building--including the exterior of all of the Units in our Condominium.  See my post at the following link--and follow the links in that post--for further information that supports this view.  http://mstc-uoa.blogspot.com/2011/08/exterior-caulking-around-window-frames.html

         I realize that some of our Unit Owners (perhaps especially those Unit Owners who compose our Board of Directors) may not agree with the viewpoint I have expressed in this post.  I urge all owners of Units in our Market Street at Town Center Condominium to express yourselves on this issue.  I would prefer that you join my forum at this link and post there:   http://mstcuoa.proboards.com/index.cgi

         But whether you do that or not, I would be delighted if you would email your thoughts to me at  rasmussen305@gmail.com