Homeowner Associations and Condominiums

Homeowner and condominium associations provide a number of advantages for residents:

• A sense of community
• Pooled maintenance of outdoor spaces and common areas
• Affordable amenities like gardens and exercise rooms
• Potential for lower costs through shared ownership.

But maintaining a healthy community of home owners means knowing the law and paying attention to issues such as:

• Dues collection / fund management
• Pets, parking, noise and neighbors
• Insurance coverage and damage disputes
• Governance and exceptions, for instance, for disabilities
• Building or landscaping defects

Wisconsin Condominium Law

Our real estate attorneys know condominium and community association law. We’ve worked with over 45 different residential or mixed-use community and condominium associations. Additionally, our experience with nonprofit organizations has helped us recognize and spread best practices for governing boards of directors.  We work with associations to:

• Improve the association’s governing practices
• Convert rental units or individually-owned buildings into shared ownership communities
• Transition the board from developer to owners’ control
• Create or change bylaws, rules and policies
• Negotiate or review related real estate contracts
• Defines the roles and responsibilities of officers & directors
• Provide statutory interpretations
• Enforce rules
• Collect dues

We can also provide legal counsel, advocacy and court representation to community associations on such legal issues as:

• Employment and personnel matters
• Insurance coverage and claims
• Construction defects
• Management contracts

As a small, but focused firm, we service almost any legal matter faced by Wisconsin community associations. We’ll help you create a healthy community where your board is effective, and residents can thrive.