Regular maintenance of common areas is one of the core responsibilities of a Homeowner Association or Condominium Development. An Association will always need maintenance. In order to maximize the preservation of property values, every Association should be proactive in identifying and addressing components of the common property which need regular maintenance. Failure to do so will inevitably...

For those of us that live in or work with a community association, whether it’s a condominium or a traditional P.U.D., sharing the responsibility for maintaining, repairing and replacing structural elements can be a headache—okay, maybe even a migraine. The most hotly debated question whenever there’s damage to an association’s building structure is: “Who’s responsible in paying for that?”...

What is a townhouse or a rowhome? One can witness their increasing popularity by a quick scan of the Sunday Oregonian’s real estate pages or other advertisements for new housing in the Portland-metropolitan area. It is clear that the townhouse or rowhome has become a fixture in many new housing developments popping up around the region. Yet in Oregon, townhouses and rowhomes are nothing more...