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preapproval to repaint unit in condo?

Started by cokebear
almost 16 years ago
Posts: 9
Member since: Apr 2007
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Is it normal to require management company approval before you can hire some painter to repaint one's own unit in a condo?
Response by front_porch
almost 16 years ago
Posts: 5320
Member since: Mar 2008

the condo just needs to make sure the painter is insured in case he/she pokes a hole in the wall. Approval should really just be a matter of the painter submitting insurance.

ali r.
DG Neary Realty

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Response by cokebear
almost 16 years ago
Posts: 9
Member since: Apr 2007

thanks fp. management company also want a $500 fee. this seems like robbery to me.

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Response by alanhart
almost 16 years ago
Posts: 12397
Member since: Feb 2007

Is that just a refundable damage deposit, in case a ladder chunks out the corridor wall, or the painter's footprints track paint across the lobby or that sort of thing? If so, $500 is quite reasonable. If it's an outright fee, that's outrageous.

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Response by cokebear
almost 16 years ago
Posts: 9
Member since: Apr 2007

its an outright fee to 'approve' the contractor.

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