Legal advice and support for condominiums
Adar – Dor Law Office serves as legal counsel to the Culture of Living Association, and provides ongoing, comprehensive legal support in all matters relating to the management and operation of the condominium. Our accumulated experience in the field enables us to provide professional and efficient service to condominium representations, management and maintenance companies, and other bodies operating in the shared residential space.
Support for representations and building committees
We accompany condominium representations and building committees in all legal aspects of managing the common property. The service includes:
– Ongoing advice on management and maintenance of the condominium
– Support in decision-making at residents' meetings
– Representation against recalcitrant residents and enforcement of the representation's decisions
– Advice on budget, collection and building committee fees
Management and maintenance companies
The firm accompanies management and maintenance companies on an ongoing basis, providing them with rapid, professional legal response including:
– Drafting and reviewing management and maintenance agreements
– Agreements with suppliers and service providers
– Advice on liability and insurance
– Support in dealings with residents and representations
Representation before the Registrar of Condominiums
The Registrar of Lands (Registrar of Condominiums) is the central forum for hearing disputes and disagreements relating to condominiums. Our firm has extensive experience in representation before the Registrar, and we accompany clients through all stages of the procedure – from preparing pleadings to representation at hearings and the evidence stage.
The issues we represent before the Registrar include:
– Claims against recalcitrant residents who do not pay building committee fees
– Disputes over allocation of common property maintenance costs
– Claims for trespass on common property or takeover of common areas
– Disputes over interpretation and breach of the condominium bylaws
– Disputes relating to apartment extensions and changes to common property
– Issues related to Tama 38, urban renewal and eviction-construction
– Claims regarding parking, roofs, storage rooms and attachments
In addition to representation before the Registrar, we also represent in appeal forums on the Registrar's decisions, and in court in claims relating to condominiums.
Neighbour disputes in condominiums
Disputes in condominiums are common and complex. The firm specializes in handling a wide range of disputes:
– Neighbour disputes – noise, nuisance, use of common property, building violations
– Disputes between residents and the representation or management company
– Issues relating to building additions and apartment extensions
– Allocation and use of common property – parking, roofs, storage rooms and balconies
Agreements with suppliers
We assist in drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreements with suppliers and service providers for the condominium:
– Maintenance, cleaning and gardening agreements
– Agreements with elevator, air conditioning and building systems companies
– Renovation and infrastructure work contracts
– Agreements with developers in urban renewal projects
The Culture of Living Association
As legal counsel to the Culture of Living Association, we work to promote a proper culture of residential living and to regulate relations between all partners in the condominium. Our work with the Association gives us a broad and in-depth view of the challenges in the field, and enables us to offer our clients professional and creative solutions.