Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Illinois

Condominium Association

I am an owner in a 5 unit condo building in Chicago, Illinois. I am also the building's developer. I had a problem with one buyer, a lawyer who would not pay any of the $40,000 in extras he ordered because as he said ''we don't have it in writing''. He got his way and is now the president of the board. He and the other members are in constant violation of many of the declarations. They also single me out and treat me very badly. They all look to the president for guidance but he is only trying to make my life difficult. How can I get the board to straighten out and obey the declarations, stop overlooking each others infringements of the declarations and stop giving me a hard time? I just tried to get an organization called Center for Conflict Resolution involved (free). The CCL tried for about three weeks to get the board members to work with me to resolve our conflicts but the board refused to use their services.


Asked on 8/21/08, 3:15 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
David Grisamore Law Offices of David T Grisamore

Re: Condominium Association

1. you might be able to recover from him on the extras and upgrades on a quantum meruit theory.

2. hostility towards the developer is so common even in high quality developments that there is not much to be done in terms of negotiations.

You need to start pointing out the issues to the board in writing; keep copies and attend all meetings. Eventually they will see the need to comply with the law, usually after hiring an attorney.

DTG

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Answered on 8/22/08, 12:47 pm
Nicholas Chrisos Nicholas G. Chrisos Attorney at Law

Re: Condominium Association

Boy, I sure do get a lot of condo association questions these days (for some reason). Anyway, what, if any, procedures do the Declaration, etc. provide for? Perhaps a lawsuit (or threat thereof) is in order. BTW, as an aside, there may've still been a way to force the attorney to pay for the extras. But I guess that's water under the bridge now (unless you could still sue him for that).

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Answered on 8/21/08, 3:23 pm


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