Can I use contractors that I found to mak repairs instead of the condo management company’s contractors?
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Can I use contractors that I found to mak repairs instead of the condo management company’s contractors?
Is this my right? I sent them estimates from the contractors that I found. After asking several questions to determine if they will do the job the correct way. The management company had a contractor entered my unit without permission and did more damage then the problem the were trying to fix. It would have been better off left alone. The water line that was under my unit they were trying to repair feeds another unit. The line that was leaking damaged a good portion of my unit.
Asked on August 18, 2011 New Jersey
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
You need to first read carefully the recorded "covenants, conditions amd restrictions" upon your property as a result of it being a part of the planned unit development that it is in regarding any mention of repairs to individual units in that its terms would set forth the protocol for such and any faulty repairs made by the association.
If there is no mention of this, then you need to send to the association with a letter (keeping a copy for future reference) the various estimates that you obtained for the faulty repairs that its contractor did requesting that the association choose one of these contractors for the needed repairs in that you have no confidence in the original contracor who caused all the problems needing corrections.
You need to insist that the first contractor stays away from your property.
Good luck.
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