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Advice needed: gf smashed garage door
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This post is unbelievable......
erikistired
Diamond Member
running your car into a wall and expecting someone else to foot the bill is nothing like being caught between a 35 mph and 40 mph zone.
condo fees are not for carelessness (and i HAVE owned a condo in the past and my boss at my former job dealt with yahoos like this in the past, he was head of his condo board while i worked there. things like this are apparently not uncommon) and he IS trying to get a free ride, otherwise he'd own up to what his GF did and not try to get out of paying for it.
had the wall cracked under pressure or because it was poorly built or because of the weather or whatever else that wasn't directly caused by driving a car into it then it would be a valid question. those are things covered under maintenance.
HomeBrewerDude
Lifer
you should coordinate with your condo mgmt people...they MAY have the right to specify who does the work (i.e., they don't want your uncle's brother's kid doing the repairs.)
erikistired
Diamond Member
there's nothing to understand other than you like the OP think you can damage things and try to sneak out on a technicality. i've already responded and agreed with sampson. however, being a past condo owner and having read a contract i can tell you in my case this was not a gray area at all. and once again, unless the contract was written by a retarded circus chimp then he won't be covered for this.
saying he isn't trying to get a free ride is retarded. it's not like the wall developed the crack itself and he's asking the association to pay for it. he's clearly said his GF caused the damage, he's owning up to the damage to the door but doesn't want to pay for the wall, so he's hoping there's a loophole to get out of paying for it by calling it maintenance. i don't see how you can call this anything but trying to weasel out of personal responsibility.
If you wreck your car, you shouldn't ask your insurance company to pay for it because it's your own fault. If you burn down your house, you should also pay out of your own pocket because it's your own fault. Do you fvcking understand the concept of insurance or condo association and association fee, and condo blanket insurance, smartass?
Thanks to those who actually offered advices. I will get estimates first. Might have to file a claim with my personal homeowner policy.
rh71
No Lifer
This is exactly what it's about - technicalities. I've personally never had to deal with "abusing" them myself... nor am I saying I would. I am ONLY saying that it depends on what is in his papers. Common sense, responsibility, all that stuff goes out the window if he wants an answer to his specific question. Most of AT like to point their goodie-goodie fingers at everyone else, so long as they're not in a particular situation themselves. They may be absolutely right in this case of course, never said they weren't. You can't tell me I'm the only one sick of that attitude though ... reason why I posted in the first place.
erikistired
Diamond Member
the first thing you should do is read your contract.
are you paying for condo insurance or condo association fees? all my condo fees paid for is garbage pickup, use of an overcrowded storage unit and the right for them to tell me my UGA doormat didn't fit "condo code". it didn't cover damage done by myself. however, if the railing rotted off on the stairs or the paint faded outside, that was covered by general maintenance.
erikistired
Diamond Member
since you don't have actual experience there's no point in discussing this with you anymore. 🙂 sorry for wasting my time replying.
rh71
No Lifer
Yes and all HOAs are exactly alike... thus making your experience better than mine. :roll:
You keep going back to that part - I'll explain it ... think of his mentality for a second.. he's ALREADY paying for something, does it actually cover my mistake also ? He even asked what it was for then (because he didn't know). That's not a free ride mentality.
I'm not going to say anything about payment cause I can't read your contract, but I find the picture very amusing.
There is a concrete block of some kind on the bottom left, so the only place your GF could have hit and caused the damage she did would have been right in the middle of the door.
Was she trying to kill you when you walked out the door?
There is a concrete block of some kind on the bottom left, so the only place your GF could have hit and caused the damage she did would have been right in the middle of the door.
Was she trying to kill you when you walked out the door?
Next week on The People's Court it's the case of "And the walls came tumbling down".
Was it your car or hers? If hers, you don't think your homeowners insurance company (or the condo's insurance co for that matter) will go after her and her insurance for her inability to drive without taking out walls?
Good Luck with that...
Was it your car or hers? If hers, you don't think your homeowners insurance company (or the condo's insurance co for that matter) will go after her and her insurance for her inability to drive without taking out walls?
Good Luck with that...
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