Condominium Purchaser Information Requests
July 22, 2013

Recently, we discussed required disclosures related to the sale of a home and a condominium unit.  Such required disclosures are governed by Tenn. Code § 66-5-213(b).  Outside of these required disclosures, a purchaser of a condominium unit may request additional information from the condominium association.  It should be noted that the previously discussed information is…

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What is a “Unit” in a Tennessee Condominium?
June 24, 2013

Previously, we briefly touched on what is a Unit in a condominium development.  Given that there is often a great deal of confusion about what a Unit Owner in a condominium development in Tennessee actually owns, it seems prudent to expand upon the concept of what a Unit actually is. First, there is no common…

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When Everything Goes Wrong
June 10, 2013

On April 4, 2013, the Memphis Commercial Appeal ran an article on the Gardenwalk Condominiums in Raleigh.  Gardenwalk Condominiums is administered by Gardenwalk Council of Co-Owners, a Tennessee non-profit corporation (the “Association”).  Apparently, part of the assessments paid by Unit Owners at Gardenwalk Condominiums is used to pay for water.  This is not the water…

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Prohibiting the Display of the U.S. Flag
May 13, 2013

Can a homeowners association or a condominium association prohibit the display of the U.S. flag? Some readers may recall that two years ago Dr. Dawn Kamin, owner of a business in a commercial condominium development located in Germantown, Tennessee, got into some hot water because she installed a flag pole in front of the unit…

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