Subject: Re: 1st Properties
From: Danny Gorman (dgcompany@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Feb 11 2003 - 12:34:10 CST
Jim and Owners,
I'll could answer all of your questions about 1stP in one answer, but what I have to say just wouldn't be appropriate on this discussion board. In my opinion, 1stP are a bunch of liars that are full of excuses just to passify our concern(s). I don't attend the monthly board meetings because they conflict w/ my work schedule. Also, I feel that any problems that I may have that a property management company would be able to resolve, 1st P would ignore it until it fixed itself. If I was able to attend a meeting, I would hope it was the one where a motion was made to get rid of 1stP and contract another Management Company.
What Management Company's do other condo buildings use in this area? Are they less expensive? Would they budget our dues more wisely?
One other piece of information I would like everyone to be aware of. I heard from someone at 1stP, that the lock on the door that leads to the roof is computer controlled and programmed to change the combination daily. Also, that, "The lock is a $1000.00 (Thousand dollar) lock". Who the heck approved that we spend $1000.00 on a door lock? I think that is an unreasonable price. So, I went up and looked at the lock, and saw that it was about a $100.00 (Hundred dollar) lock. (Best Lock Company makes identical locks, not sure if this one is by the same company.) Also comes pre programmed and the combination has to be manually changed. So, did 1stP pay a $100.00 and charge us $1000.00? Or was that just another excuse by 1stP to passify our confidence in building security while someone down at 1stP has an extra Nine HUNDO in their pocket? Again, this is just what I heard from 1stP, but haven't seen any proof otherwise. But regardless, it came from the mouth of an employee or 1stP.
Danny #309
Jim Thomas <jthomas@sun.soci.niu.edu> wrote:Seems like lots of us have asked some questions that remain unanswered
regarding tax notifications and such. One that has been asked in
various ways but hasn't been answered yet: What's been happening to
the tax notifications that have gone from LaSalle to....Rezmar? 1P?
Now, if 2002 parking space tax notifications were mailed to LaSalle,
who did LaSalle send them to? Did 1P receive them? If so, what was done
with them?
What's 1P doing about the situation now to notify owners of potential
delinquent taxes? Given the potential magnitude of the problem, and that
a tax sale to non-owners/residents could be a problem for us, I would
hope that 1P is doing something to make owners aware of the current
problem.
What I'm finding a bit troublesome is the suggestion that 30 of us
could be dismissed as "to blame" for not paying attention, as if that
resolved the matter, and no further discussion necessary.
Given that a significant majority of owners are in arrears for parking,
the problem can't be dismissed as simply the result of a few irresponsible
owners. So, a few questions:
Why is 1P apparently ignoring our concerns raised here?
Why did a private individual, rather than 1P, take the initiative
to post a notice about this to the owners?
What happened to the 2002 parking space notices from LaSalle bank?
Did 1P receive them? If so, what happened to them?
Sorry to start getting a bit strident on this, but there are some
questions to be answered, and it would be nice if 1P starts paying
attention to these rather serious concerns rather than silence.
Michael, do you have some answers?
Jim Thomas / 501
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