Several of you told me you had not received the letter sent out to all owners. Here it is. I wouldn't want anyone to feel left out!
Aristocrat Condominium Association
1200 Hibiscus Avenue
Pompano Beach, FL 33062
Ph: 954.943.6640 Fx: 954.943.5787
Dear Aristocrats,
In all honesty, most of you, especially those of you who are on site, see and hear what is going on in the building and appreciate the work being put in by Board Members and Ali. We also have owners who, even some who are on site, don’t understand what we have going on. Your Board consists of fellow owners who have volunteered to make and keep the Aristocrat a beautiful and comfortable place to live. During our conversations around the building, owners are amazed at some of what has gone on over this past year that they did not realize was happening. Below is a listing of the major issues your Board is trying to address on everyone’s behalf. Please don’t think this is a complaint list or that we are looking for your pity. We think you have a need to know what is going on in OUR building and we would appreciate you being considerate of the amount of work being done on everyone’s behalf.
Thank you.
Your Board
Concrete restoration: AND the only way we found out IT was URGENT because a chunk of concrete the size of a washing machine lid fell from a balcony onto the second floor parking.
ALSO we found out that tiles were never removed from balconies 16 years ago, when the last concrete restoration was done, and our steel rebar was rusting away.
ALSO while doing the restoration we found that almost none of the balconies had been waterproofed 16 years ago.
ALSO we found that all the sliding doors were not the same models even though we were told they are.
ALSO we found out that a lot of the railings weren’t up to code and that if more than 25% are not up to code we had to replace them all.
ALSO we had to conduct a poll to change the color of those railings.
ALSO we found out that we had to redo the inside of the pool because the pool just kept having layers of diamond bright put on instead of removing and reinstalling it, AND due to the layers, we had a crack going around the whole bottom of the pool .
ALSO we found out that not only were there 8 layers of diamond bright in the pool, but there was also a layer of corking that was just layered inbetween.
ALSO we have had sooo many plumbing leaks in the building that we can’t keep track.
ALSO Florida went into an emergency pandemic condition limiting contact and communications while we were trying to keep our building pandemic free. Not to mention trying to keep the concrete project going!!
ALSO the plumbers were doing leak detections and they found a void filled with water and we have been trying to get an engineer to comment on that.
ALSO we find out that the ground is shifting and that could be causing the cracks under the pool and the voids. We are now working with engineers to explore how to remedy that.
ALSO we find that we have a major issue with kitchen vent pipes and are trying to explore the best way to rectify that issue.
ALSO we find that the half wall on many owners’ balconies were never reinforced by steel into the building or solid. They were just sitting there and were hollow.
ALSO we found that extensive repairs were needed for the “wet” room. And we needed a new roof and parapets there. Months later we are still trying to get a roofing permit from the city.
ALSO Pompano Beach Fire department decided to bother us about the Emergency Life Safety System, (ELSS) notwithstanding our being ahead of what they want.
ALSO the Pompano Beach Fire department cited us for rusted fire doors which we have been changing. Henry and Simon have then had to spend weeks rust proofing and painting our doors.
ALSO we found out that the former, never to be hired again, door contractor did not use stainless steel hinges, so we had to find stainless steel hinges so as to protect the $100,000 worth of new fire doors.
ALSO we were cited by the Pompano Fire Department because fire code requires all doors that open into the hallway are required to close on their own. We had to determine what kind of closer was appropriate, acceptable to the Fire Department, were not prohibitively expensive, import them from where they were manufactured and get them installed.
AND:
We have to deal with a parking system that is constricted by the limited number of spaces we DO have. Lots of violators DESPITE warnings.
AND we have had to deal with frivolous threats to sue us for things that are between Owners and not the Association.
AND We had to deal with the maddening requirements of the ongoing construction Permits hellhole!
AND, DON’T FORGET THAT WE HAVE TO MANAGE THE ASSOCIATION’S REGULAR DAILY BUSINESS:
Communicating/Meeting Suppliers
Managing Staff
Managing the Fob access system
Managing the cameras
Managing the Fire alarm/smoke alarm systems
Communicating with Lawyers on Nuisance Owner cases (you wouldn’t BELIEVE this one!)
Enforcing condo Rules
Managing the Finances system
Keeping track and paying invoices
Managing the Banking cash flow vs Delinquents
Communicating with Accountants & Auditors
Vetting their Monthly statements
Managing/Administering Sales & Rentals
AND LASTLY: COMMUNICATING WITH 134 OWNERS
E.G. REPAIRS TO YOUR UNIT’S INTERIOR CAUSED BY THE PROJECT WILL BE EFFECTED WHEN THAT ENTIRE STACK HAS PASSED INSPECTION FROM OUR ENGINEER AND ROBMAR.
NOTE: WE HAVE A WEBSITE. REGISTER FOR IT!
STAN SENDS WEEKLY EMAILS ABOUT THE PROJECT’S PROGRESS
UNFORTUNATELY; MOST OWNERS HAVEN’T READ OR UNDERSTOOD OUR CONDO DOCUMENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE SEPARATE OBLIGATIONS THAT EXIST BETWEEN OUR OWNERS AND THE ASSOCIATION. THEREFORE, SOME OWNERS TEND TO TREAT THE ASSOCIATION’S MANAGEMENT OFFICE AS A HOTEL FRONT DESK; HANDLING ISSUES THAT RELATE TO WHAT ARE OWNER OBLIGATIONS THAT IN REALITY, ONLY CONCERN THEIR PARTICULAR UNIT - INCLUDING SERVICING YOUR RENTERS. AGAIN: REPAIRS TO YOUR UNIT’S INTERIOR CAUSED BY THE PROJECT WILL BE EFFECTED WHEN THAT ENTIRE STACK HAS PASSED INSPECTION FROM OUR ENGINEER AND ROBMAR.
Please note that CONDO DOCUMENTS as well as our RULES AND REGULATION are on the website for you to use as a helpful tool if you can’t find the copy that was given to you when you purchased your unit.
UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, THAT AWKWARD RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ASSOCIATION AND OWNERS COULD BE HANDLED WITH A SMILE AND SYMPATHY AND A SMOOTH SOLUTION THAT SATISFIES ALL PARTIES ; HOWEVER, WE DON’T HAVE THAT LUXURY RIGHT NOW. THESE ARE NOT NORMAL CONDITIONS!
OUR BOARD IS BURNED OUT AND ALI IS ONLY ONE PERSON. BUT WITH YOUR GREATER UNDERSTANDING, WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS.
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