Condo Rules Carpeting

Condo owners don t actually own their balconies as they re located on the façade of the building they are considered to be common areas.

Condo rules carpeting.

The 80 carpet rule is typical of all standard co op condo and even rental rules. Many on the condo s board of directors didn t want carpeting installed in the building even the hallways because the existing 10 year old carpet was heavily spotted and soiled and most of the spots returned after cleaning. Here is the story i bought a 2 level condo but is 3 stories with a unit below mine. Some people break the rules because they don t know any better and some people just plain don t care.

Obvious goal is to provide noise insulation for their neighbors below. The ubiquity of the rule in nyc tenements apartments and condos suggests that 80 carpet requirements is a municipal law but it isn t. I installed tile flooring on my first floor and ripped up the existing carpet and pergo. A clause in lease agreements.

That means their appearance and use is subject to the rules laid out in the condo corporation s bylaws. Just see the photo below but whether or not you are a rule breaker you have to acknowledge and accept that dozens of your condominiums rules and by laws are being broken all day every day and even as we speak. The primary purpose of this 80 carpet requirement is noise abatement. Rules are made to be broken.