The difference between a co-op and a condo is in a co-op, one owns shares in a corporation; in a condo one owns
the unit fee simple.
Not exact matches
With the rise of many wealth management service
fees being paid separately, consumers often pay a
simple household
fee based on total Assets Under Management (AUM) for their family
unit.
Unit is
fee simple and HOA covers all utilities, including electricity.
Unlike land held in
fee simple, common elements can not be dealt with independent of
units in the condominium.
Attorney St. John points out that since there is no
fee simple ownership of the
unit, it is sometimes difficult to obtain financing because the security for the loan is the resident's shares in the corporation.
The only things that
unit owners actually had contracted to purchase were the
fee simple rights to occupy the cubic feet of defined air space, the cheap floor coverings (not the floors themselves) the wall coverings (cheap paint jobs), and not the walls themselves (often including the drywall panels themselves), some kitchen and bathroom cupboards and fixtures, some appliances, some interior doors and door knobs on closet doors etc, but not the windows, not the service wiring, plumbing and heating / cooling duct work etc., etc..