Snowbird80
Junior Member
I bought a condo in RI a year and a half ago in what I've now realized is a horribly mismanaged HOA. The HOA is owner-managed. There are major maintenance items that are not getting taken care of, the most pressing of which is replacing the roof, which is well past its expected lifetime.
There have been no meetings since I moved here. The board is comprised of two individuals who basically elected themselves because none of the other owners have any desire to get involved at all. One of these is an owner occupant that is likely to be gone within the year, and the other is a landlord who is selling his unit and will likely be gone soon as well. At that point, the HOA will be completely inactive.
In conversation with these individuals regarding the deferred maintenance, lack of meetings, etc, I'm brushed off. "We can't afford to replace the roof and we can't raise rates because nobody can afford it." There's no plan at all but to let the place continue to deteriorate. When I pressed them about the roof issue, I was informed that there's no sense in worrying about something I can't control.
Unfortunately, most of the other owners are uneducated people who don't understand their rights and responsibilities as condo owners, and that's the reason things have been allowed to get to the point they have.
What are my options here? Should I contact the city? Or, should I just cut my losses and get out while I still can?
There have been no meetings since I moved here. The board is comprised of two individuals who basically elected themselves because none of the other owners have any desire to get involved at all. One of these is an owner occupant that is likely to be gone within the year, and the other is a landlord who is selling his unit and will likely be gone soon as well. At that point, the HOA will be completely inactive.
In conversation with these individuals regarding the deferred maintenance, lack of meetings, etc, I'm brushed off. "We can't afford to replace the roof and we can't raise rates because nobody can afford it." There's no plan at all but to let the place continue to deteriorate. When I pressed them about the roof issue, I was informed that there's no sense in worrying about something I can't control.
Unfortunately, most of the other owners are uneducated people who don't understand their rights and responsibilities as condo owners, and that's the reason things have been allowed to get to the point they have.
What are my options here? Should I contact the city? Or, should I just cut my losses and get out while I still can?