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By JohnAKeith - 1/23/11 - 9:28 pm

There's an article in today's Boston Globe Magazine with the title Home sweet hell: Falling into the condo trap.

A 27-year old novelist moved into a four-unit condominium building back in 1999. Almost immediately, she began having confrontations with her upstairs neighbors who, according to the article, had majority ownership of the condo association, meaning they pretty much controlled what did or did not happen in regard to the building.

She’d left her laundry in the building’s coin-op washer for too long, she’d left her boots in the hallway and created an eyesore, she’d arranged her things in the common storage unit in a way that somehow annoyed them.

But, the real story isn't the article (although it's written very well and is both entertaining and educational).

The Boston.com message board reached a nasty level of discourse I'm only used to seeing on the other major Boston daily newspaper's site.

Criticism of the novelist:

  • she is a "self-centered brat"
By adamg - 5/14/10 - 11:04 am

The Supreme Judicial Court today ruled today that condo developments do not have to obey a state law that requires ownership of common areas to be equally split among all owners - provided the disparity is noted in the master deed and other condo documents signed by buyers.

The ruling comes in the case of 20 owners of condos in the second phase of a Falmouth project, who objected to master-deed provisions that essentially required them to pay more for maintenance of common areas than owners of the initial units and which gave the first-phase owners more of a say over major decisions affecting the entire project.

By adamg - 4/8/08 - 2:29 pm

Ms. Bart sits on her condo board and her report on recent issues is like something out of Del Boca Vista, phase II:

... When I took out the trash on Sunday afternoon, I saw a bag dead center on top of the dumpster. I tried to climb up to toss it in the trash, but the dumpster was wet with rain. My neighbor (and employee of the management company) Wally got the bag down. Rather than toss it immediately into the dumpster, he opened it to see if the owner could be ascertained. (Our dumpster isn't exactly difficult to use. It's got sliding doors about four feet off the ground and is in excellent repair. This improper disposal was on purpose.) Well, the trash had unshredded paperwork in it. The trash belonged to Captain Recycle, a rabblerouser who once ordered a giant recycling dumpster for the community without asking anyone. His fiancee performed a 'go recycling - let's save the Earth' cheer at our last annual owner's meeting. He purposely, improperly dumped his garbage (in a manner that could have resulted in trash all over our communal gardens) AND HE DIDN'T RECYCLE!!!!! ...

By adamg - 11/27/05 - 8:40 am

No, it's not Louisburg Square or some place in the Back Bay or EaBo. Presenting: XII Stoneholm Street (The building before it got all Roman-numeralish).

Via John.

By adamg - 11/17/05 - 7:50 am

It's a condo cat fight on the South Boston waterfront!

881 E. First St. doesn't like 9 W. Broadway:

... If you like Ct. Sq. Press/ 9 West Broadway but don't like the high price (or paying for a big advertising budget), the high common fees (& paying for a concierge you might never need or use), having to ante up $38K for parking (& having to wait going years to get it) and want a loft that is really in the Seaport (and not at the end of West Broadway's less than desirable neighborhood), then come visit us at 881. We're cooler. They're not and we know it! ...

By adamg - 10/4/05 - 8:05 am

John says that while 5,000 new condos in Boston sounds like a lot, Miami has 61,000 planned:

... To many people, the limited number of new buildings is a good thing; to others, perhaps those looking for a cheap, nice place to live, the lack of inventory is keeping prices too high to buy. ...

By adamg - 4/27/05 - 12:01 pm

John, a real-estate agent, compiles the list, which tops off at a scosh under $14 MILLON (and it's not even in EaBo, although it does come with a washer/dryer).

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