duplexunitowner
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A self-managed two unit duplex condominium has turned into a living nightmare! I need legal help. There are two units. It is a three bedroom, 2.5 bath with full basement, kitchen, bath, divided by a wall. Each unit is mirror image of the other . The driveways are common with exclusions for each unit. The yard is common with sideyards and backyards considered common with payment of gardens and exclusions for each abutting unit.
We lived here 30 years, with the first 14 years with other Unit Owner neighbors who were great. It is in a great location outside of the Boston. This other unit owner moved here 16 years ago, and has destroyed the peace of living in this condo, so much that now we are filing restraining and protective orders due to threats of personal injury and harm against us if we give her condo bills or enforce the Master Deed and Declaration of Trust bylaws regarding property boundaries. She has refused to put funds into a joint account, has threatened daily lawsuits for "watching her with big cameras" and
has acted on what appears to be her delusions around the condo. She swears that when she signed the Unit Deed for her unit,
that it meant that the other unit owner has to allow her to come in an shower, use the facilities, and to allow her to not pay condo fees, etc. She has clear symptoms of a serious mental health issue, and has parents who pay for her legal bills. Since the condo is self-managed, that means one unit owner has to make sure that the insurance is paid for, and that the property is maintained. However, this unit owner fights everything, including threats of ongoing defamation of character and false criminal charges in revenge. She reported false criminal charge that we took a campaign sign off the front lawn, and wanted for criminal arrest and trespassing on the land she believed was her private property. She hired an attorney to write a letter that we were not allowed to mow the city berm or front yard or move her things off the front lawn, or be subject to arrest or lawsuit (he was reported to the local bar). She has since gone to court to claim personal harassment due to receiving condo bills, and tried to put a restraining order to block all communication. She said she hears voices who called her at work, and she asked for the local police to have me arrested. She reported to the court that she was victim of letters from attorneys demanding fees, and she didn't owe anything and wanted us arrested. She said she could read minds of her children, and of this unit owner, and that any letters to collect condo fees will be perceived as letters to her children. She took out actions in district court to say that we were writing letters to her children, and then showed a copy of a letter we wrote demanding condo fees, or since we are a SuperLIEN state, then file lawsuit against her. She stated that since she does not feel she owes condo fees, she will not pay. Each has 50% rights to each unit under the Master Deed and Declaration of Trust. The laws clearly require her to pay common fees, and sets the boundaries. She has refused to clean gutters, and this resulted in flood damage and carpenter ants. She has refused to pay for removal of snow. It is a living nightmare. She has intentionally harassed by taking our cat and putting in her unit while our cat cried on the other side of the wall all night, and then gave her back the next day stating it was revenge for us calling about her dog barking and not on a leash. She has threatened harm. She has been reported to the police. She has vandalized the property. We can't sell it in the condition it is in. We believe she has a disease such as Paranoid Schizophrenia. She swore she did not have money to pay $50.00 for the common fence/gate that fell down, but she has thousands of dollars to pay attorney fees in frivolous lawsuits in court. I need advice. I cannot move out, though I would like to. Daily harassment. It is only two units. So under another deed, it would be three units or more, we could easily kick her out. It is my home. I don't want to give up everything, and also am now out of work due to injuries from a serious accident. This has prompted more abuse from this Unit Owner. Suggestions?
We lived here 30 years, with the first 14 years with other Unit Owner neighbors who were great. It is in a great location outside of the Boston. This other unit owner moved here 16 years ago, and has destroyed the peace of living in this condo, so much that now we are filing restraining and protective orders due to threats of personal injury and harm against us if we give her condo bills or enforce the Master Deed and Declaration of Trust bylaws regarding property boundaries. She has refused to put funds into a joint account, has threatened daily lawsuits for "watching her with big cameras" and
has acted on what appears to be her delusions around the condo. She swears that when she signed the Unit Deed for her unit,
that it meant that the other unit owner has to allow her to come in an shower, use the facilities, and to allow her to not pay condo fees, etc. She has clear symptoms of a serious mental health issue, and has parents who pay for her legal bills. Since the condo is self-managed, that means one unit owner has to make sure that the insurance is paid for, and that the property is maintained. However, this unit owner fights everything, including threats of ongoing defamation of character and false criminal charges in revenge. She reported false criminal charge that we took a campaign sign off the front lawn, and wanted for criminal arrest and trespassing on the land she believed was her private property. She hired an attorney to write a letter that we were not allowed to mow the city berm or front yard or move her things off the front lawn, or be subject to arrest or lawsuit (he was reported to the local bar). She has since gone to court to claim personal harassment due to receiving condo bills, and tried to put a restraining order to block all communication. She said she hears voices who called her at work, and she asked for the local police to have me arrested. She reported to the court that she was victim of letters from attorneys demanding fees, and she didn't owe anything and wanted us arrested. She said she could read minds of her children, and of this unit owner, and that any letters to collect condo fees will be perceived as letters to her children. She took out actions in district court to say that we were writing letters to her children, and then showed a copy of a letter we wrote demanding condo fees, or since we are a SuperLIEN state, then file lawsuit against her. She stated that since she does not feel she owes condo fees, she will not pay. Each has 50% rights to each unit under the Master Deed and Declaration of Trust. The laws clearly require her to pay common fees, and sets the boundaries. She has refused to clean gutters, and this resulted in flood damage and carpenter ants. She has refused to pay for removal of snow. It is a living nightmare. She has intentionally harassed by taking our cat and putting in her unit while our cat cried on the other side of the wall all night, and then gave her back the next day stating it was revenge for us calling about her dog barking and not on a leash. She has threatened harm. She has been reported to the police. She has vandalized the property. We can't sell it in the condition it is in. We believe she has a disease such as Paranoid Schizophrenia. She swore she did not have money to pay $50.00 for the common fence/gate that fell down, but she has thousands of dollars to pay attorney fees in frivolous lawsuits in court. I need advice. I cannot move out, though I would like to. Daily harassment. It is only two units. So under another deed, it would be three units or more, we could easily kick her out. It is my home. I don't want to give up everything, and also am now out of work due to injuries from a serious accident. This has prompted more abuse from this Unit Owner. Suggestions?
