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how should we go about this a shareholder had a leak which went on for months causing a huge water bill for the building upon entry we found the apt to be in terrible shape from not disposing of garbage and basically is a hoarder what should be our first step in confronting her should we get a law yer first
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Hi mo - The first thing I would definitley do is contact the board's attorney, and as soon as possible. There are legal implications when dealing with a hoarder and the possible need to discard some/all of the material in their apartment. Here is a link to a very recent article in Habitat Magazine about this: http://www.habitatmag.com/archive/p_view_article.php?article_id=4300.
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