Are contract is up for renewal and Coinmac, out current vendor, is proposing LG washers and dryers. My biggest concern is how well the dryers work. They say the washers are very efficient, they use less water and are 25% bigger than the Speed Queen, but they want to meter the dryers at 35 minutes for the first coin drop. I wonder if anyone has experienced them and how much time they actually need to dry
TIA
right. i know rental landlords must pay for exterminations. But how about coops? AND how aobut sponsor apartments withing coops - the sponsor pays?
and , no, your own insurance will most likely not cover it.
We are a 75 unit coop in west cty looking for a non union live in super. Other than current mgmt or the paper are there sources out there that the board can utilize?
One of our shareholders had a flood in unit coming from his kitchen sink but the problem was in the building plumbing line--nothing to do with his sink, evidently. The SH's countertop, kick beneath his cabinets, and tile floor were soaked with dirty water and need sterilizing, replacement due to 12 hours of flooding (it started at 9 PM night before--sink kept filling up wit line back up and spilling over surfaces). Now tiles on kitchen floor appear to be loose as well. What is the procedure here? Where is the Corp liability? Thanks.
Our coop consists of 5 buildings and 245 apartments. We currently have a super, handy man and 3 porters.
Our staff is union and our payroll is one of our highest expenses, therefore, we are looking to reduce one porter's position to help close the budget gap. The board is concerned about degradation in services, specifically cleanliness of all common areas and trash collection which is a non-issue today.
Can anyone comment about the ratio of porters to apartments?
I am usually one of the first to give out vendor recommendations, but today I need a good j-51 attorney who is diligent, fast and very attentive to the projects given to him/her…
Any recommendations would be appreciated…
~AR
In today’s age of “technology”, with multi-function cellular telephones, text messages, virtually instant email, etc., most would agree that common etiquette in communication has been abandoned. Speed over etiquette and courtesy seems to be paramount and folks hit “send” or “enter” before reading their missive.
Technology has sped the repartee between sender and receiver and sender and receiver.
In our co-op (505 units), our technology preference is that we do not provide any resident with our office email addresses or those of the Board Members.
In the first case, our office staff has enough work without being recipients of emails from perhaps hundreds of residents with a never ending email thread.
Our Board Members as noted elsewhere in these postings are shareholders first and foremost and thus deserving of privacy and quiet enjoyment of their domicile. Thus, it is the Board Member’s option if he or she wishes to share an email address.
Our avowed position is that we do not wish to use emails for “official” correspondence between the corporation and the shareholder or between the Board Member and a shareholder – at any time.
Imagine this scenario.
• A court case emerges and a shareholder is a plaintiff, but it could be the co-op that is the plaintiff.
• In the course of discovery process, the attorneys ask for all correspondence.
• Yup, emails fall within the “net” of discovery.
• The court agrees and allows the “discovery”.
• Now all co-op PCs, one’s personal PCs and others and the emails within are subject to any “discovery” subpoena.
• Others you ask?
• Yes, imagine if you cc:’ed yourself to your own office email address, or someone in the co-op office sent you a copy of the shareholder’s email at your business email address.
• You wouldn’t send a shareholder an email from your office email address, would you? (This is not far fetched.)
• Now, one has dragged his or her corporation onto the discovery process and one’s corporation must expend resources to search its email archive files for any emails.
• In turn, one’s corporate general council needs to be engaged. The saga and the outcome are not pretty.
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Bottom line for us…..no email correspondence with the shareholders – ever!!
I am on the Board of my 14 unit co-op. Recently, my unit has been over run with mice--they run across my living room, hijacked the kitchen, evidently sleep under my bed. One bumped headlong into my dog last week. I seem to be one of two units that are having this problem, which has been for about 3 months now. The exterminator comes every month, used foam, steel wool, glue traps, but as soon as I take one out (and that has not been fun), more come in. Sometimes it's 2-3 a day that I catch. This is a townhouse in Chelsea. I don't know what else I can do or the Corp can do to eradicate this problem. Half the shareholders have renovated their kitchens, and in pulling out their cabinets, discovered holes in the wall which they repaired within the scope of their renovations. I know there must be holes in my kitchen, but am not in a position to embark on kitchen rehab. A few years ago, I had my dishwasher pulled out and we filled in a hole with wire and plaster and the problem went away until now. The unit below me will not let our exterminator in--is this affecting my mouse situation, do you think? Please let me know the next step to go to when the monthly visits are not workiing. I am on the second floor, the unit below me is basement and first floor. I know they have mice because they told someone in the building.
One more question, different topic.
I currently live a new Co-Op. We have been in existence for 3 years. All communication to our Board has to go through our management company. Questions, complaints, compliments have to be emailed or called in to a head contact at the management company.
Is this common? And how do you handle a case where you want to complain about the management company. Not that I want to as this time but these are things I wonder about.
I currently live a new Co-Op. We have been in existence for 3 years. A good portion of our Shareholders are pushing for an online space to communicate while our management office is strongly against it. They keep screaming liability issues.
Can others list to me benefits or problems they have experienced with doing this?
How should we deal with our management company which is opposing this?
Can others recommend a hosting site?
Tips?
How are these sites moderated?
Costs?
Thanks!
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Hello - the dryer should be no more than 25 cents for each 7 minutes . Do not use the machines aht wont let you elect by the 7 minute blocks.
All your washing machines, and i mean all - should be front loading.
anyhow PLEASE get proposals from other companies. For the good of your building.
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