If the condo board doesn't set aside enough money for future expenses, then there will likely be a special assessment for each condo owner when the 5
year reserve fund study is done.
Not exact matches
In other words, condominium corporations will have a three -
year grace period following each
reserve fund study, during which the corporation can plan for lump sum contributions or for annual contributions to increase beyond inflation.
The
reserve fund study must plan for all major repairs and replacements over at least a 30 -
year period.
In any event, condominium corporations may need to include a warning, in paragraph 12 of their status certificates, if there are common element features, or assets, that won't require repair or replacement until after the period covered by the corporation's
reserve fund study (whether the period is 30
years, 40
years, or more), and which have not otherwise been included as part of the analysis for the required
funding contributions.
Some
reserve fund analysts, and some condominium corporations, may prefer a longer
study period (say, 40
years or more) for their
reserve fund studies.
The amendments are expected to say that condominium corporations will have to plan for their
reserve funds to be «adequate» within a period of three
years following each
reserve fund study.
Reserve fund studies are conducted every three
years to determine how much money the corporation should have in the
reserve fund.
(k) all
reserve fund studies that have been completed or are required to have been completed at the time the meeting is held, other than the
reserve fund study that is required within the
year following the registration of the declaration and description;
Depending upon the particular condominium, this may mean that features not currently covered by the
reserve fund study will be covered (if and when the
study period increases to at least 45
years).
As mentioned in my blog post last November, the
reserve fund study period (currently required to be «at least 30
years») is also expected to be increased, likely to «at least 45
years», as part of the anticipated amendments to the Condominium Act and Regulations.