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Guest in my condo?

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We have brought a condo for our daughter, she would like two friends to live with her. We are not charging them rent as we have made other arrangements with the parents who can not afford to pay rent. Would we have to put these girls on the residence form of people living there for the 7 months they will be there.

How long are guess allowed to stay? the condo was rental friendly until last November, we brought this May. people who rented before are grandfather in to still being allowed to have renters, we do not have renters but might want to in the future. Is the condo corp allowed to have a two-tier ownership issue on renting. We were not told of the change to the rental agreement until after we brought the condo. 29 out of the 40 units have renters that are grandfather in, 10 units were sold after and are not grandfather in.

Thank you for any help. I hope I was clear.

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  1. when you bought, you received copies of bylaws and declarations either before or at closing. . . .these spell out rental policy

    also spell out guests. . . .most say guests stay up to 2 weeks/year, and I'd guess you HAVE to include them as residents of unit

    if the rental policy was not in bylaws and decs you received, you have strong case to petition to be grandfathered in with your unit

    And I must admit STRONG curiosity as to your arrangements with parents of other girls.  WHY would you give free room to 3 other girls in your apartment?  Neither the 3 girls nor their parents can afford to pay ANY rent?  Get a job!  And they are supposed to be learning to be independent, not leeches at this age.  Mind-boggling.  Want to give free rent to my daughter, too?

    Suggest you see attorney who represented you at closing--soon


  2. you probably need to look at the CC&R's of the condo.  these are rules you ageed to follow as a homeowner or resident of the condo.  you should be able to get these for the homeowners association or managment office if you don't have a copy.

  3. YOU have a few choices;

    1 get on the board

    2.offer to do a trade of units [with a premium

    offered to the trader]

    3.sell your unit and buy a house

    and please regardless whatever you do,

    get the agreement for the girls

    in writing between the parents and

    yourself and

    separately another between the girls

    and yourself.....

    it is dangerous territory.

    [make sure you add a mediator to each

    contract]

  4. Very frustrating.  Landlords need to stay away from any form of HOA.  An Arizona Supreme Court case told the prospective landlord (you) that you have no rights that can't be voted away by the majority of the HOA members (or 100% if that's what your HOA requires).  

    YOur scenario is one of the reasons, tho.  3 girls mean 3 cars and 3 boyfriends with their 3 cars.  That will fill all the "visitor" parking every day.  3 girls means 3 to 6 people coming and going at all times of the day.  At least 1 person listening to music at all times.

  5. 14 days is the legal time frame between a guest and a resident.

  6. I agree sounds odd to me just giving away living space. Arrangements with parents Hmm I bet.

    Either way it would be in the paperwork and if it was not than you may have some leadway.

      Do not expect to be grandfathered in just because others who are there have that option they were there  longer and so deserve it.

    You on the other hand should have it in paperwork and so therefore are not entitled to that option.

  7. Condo laws are complicated and they vary from state to state.  You might be able to get some clarification of your issues from a lawyer who specializes in this kind of problem.

    One thing that occurs to me is that you probably can't call someone who lives at an address, gets mail there, etc. a "guest" for more than several days.  Many condo associations also have rules about notifying the association about guests and they also have time limits.  Anyone who lives there for 7 months - paying rent or not - is not a guest.

    I would strongly recommend protecting your legal interests by having these extra people on the residence form, because if there is a problem down the road you are going to have a heck of a time evicting anyone who lives there.  Even if they are listed as residents it will be tough, but if they aren't it could get really hairy.
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