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How to get City Inspect Roof Leak in Condo

Postby doveJoy » Fri Feb 04, 2022 8:18 pm

My mother owns a condo in the top floor and there has been a roof leak for many years that gets worse over time. The property management has done some patch work but never properly fixed the issue. Also the balcony has some ceiling concrete chipping on one the canopy edges.

How can she get a NYC building inspector to comes in and force the building to fix the issue? As a condo owner she can only fix interior issues because she doesn't actually own the exterior. That is up to the condominium itself. But she can't force them to do anything, hence the need for an official inspection followed by a threat of a lawsuit, followed by an actually lawsuit.

Basically this isn't a tenant-landlord dispute, it's a condo owner-property manager dispute.

Thanks all.
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Re: How to get City Inspect Roof Leak in Condo

Postby TenantNet » Fri Feb 04, 2022 8:25 pm

As you admit, this isn't a tenant issue (and we're a tenant site). She can call and keep calling 311, call local elected officials and so on to make a fuss. But what about the condo association? It's in their interest to keep the roof in good shape. And yes, she can sue to Condo Assn.

She can also hire an architect or engineer and that would have weight in any lawsuit.
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Re: How to get City Inspect Roof Leak in Condo

Postby doveJoy » Sat Feb 05, 2022 9:45 am

Thank you for the advice! God bless :)
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