columbialion
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida
Hello,
Back in May of this year we purchased a high rise condo unit in Ft Myers FL. We are seasonal residents in FL and live in NYC most of the year, the exception being the winter months. Upon taking ownership of the property, we contracted with a highly reputable construction company to renovate the unit. Both us and our GC have been highly sensitive to negotiating and complying the processing of work through the myriad of rules and regulations governing reno & construction in the building. Our problem is the property manager. This individual has from the very start been antagonistic and adversarial to our efforts in upgrading our unit, to the degree that he has personally caused us to suffer considerable monetary loss by causing arbitrary delays and controversy. We have been under contract with our GC since May of this year, the nature of the work would be considered routine in scope by any construction professional; flooring replacement, kitchen cabinets, some electrical upgrades, paint etc. It is now October, our GC has experienced excessive delays orchestrated by the property manager in his negligence to follow through on required inspections and other newly created issues. When we were interviewing prospective contractors, every one of them told us that the scope of work shouldn't take any longer than 5-7 weeks to complete, even allowing for delays in obtaining materials.
The reaction to this situation by both us and our GC has been only to extend further every courtesy and diligence to addressing the prop. mgrs. concerns. These have been met with an increasingly unreasonable attitude and hostile and nasty emails sent by him to our GC. It has also come to our attention, that this individual has an extremely poor reputation among the community of construction and property renovation professionals in the Ft Myers, Lee County area. To the degree that sub-contractors have actually walked off job sites because of his antics.
We are at the point of no return in our project and are afraid that his behavior will cause that same result with the subs working in our unit as well. He has already threatened to force us to remove and replace a portion of flooring that he "claims" sub standard work...the work in question has already been inspected and approved by C of Ft. Myers code enforcement officers. In essence he has placed himself as perpetual arbitrator to every aspect of this project. Our question: Can we feasibly apply any legal pressure to this individual or to the property management company which employs him, forcing him to cease this antagonism which is causing us delay and considerable added cost.
Any input and guidance would be appreciated.
columbialion
Hello,
Back in May of this year we purchased a high rise condo unit in Ft Myers FL. We are seasonal residents in FL and live in NYC most of the year, the exception being the winter months. Upon taking ownership of the property, we contracted with a highly reputable construction company to renovate the unit. Both us and our GC have been highly sensitive to negotiating and complying the processing of work through the myriad of rules and regulations governing reno & construction in the building. Our problem is the property manager. This individual has from the very start been antagonistic and adversarial to our efforts in upgrading our unit, to the degree that he has personally caused us to suffer considerable monetary loss by causing arbitrary delays and controversy. We have been under contract with our GC since May of this year, the nature of the work would be considered routine in scope by any construction professional; flooring replacement, kitchen cabinets, some electrical upgrades, paint etc. It is now October, our GC has experienced excessive delays orchestrated by the property manager in his negligence to follow through on required inspections and other newly created issues. When we were interviewing prospective contractors, every one of them told us that the scope of work shouldn't take any longer than 5-7 weeks to complete, even allowing for delays in obtaining materials.
The reaction to this situation by both us and our GC has been only to extend further every courtesy and diligence to addressing the prop. mgrs. concerns. These have been met with an increasingly unreasonable attitude and hostile and nasty emails sent by him to our GC. It has also come to our attention, that this individual has an extremely poor reputation among the community of construction and property renovation professionals in the Ft Myers, Lee County area. To the degree that sub-contractors have actually walked off job sites because of his antics.
We are at the point of no return in our project and are afraid that his behavior will cause that same result with the subs working in our unit as well. He has already threatened to force us to remove and replace a portion of flooring that he "claims" sub standard work...the work in question has already been inspected and approved by C of Ft. Myers code enforcement officers. In essence he has placed himself as perpetual arbitrator to every aspect of this project. Our question: Can we feasibly apply any legal pressure to this individual or to the property management company which employs him, forcing him to cease this antagonism which is causing us delay and considerable added cost.
Any input and guidance would be appreciated.
columbialion
