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Condo building safety (milestone and SIRS)

Your condo is dodging the milestone inspection or the reserve study it is required to have, or hiding the results. Here is the path Florida owners generally follow, one step at a time. You decide which steps to take.

  1. 1

    Request the inspection and reserve records

    Fla. Stat. 718.111(12), 718.112(2)(g), 553.899association has 10 working days

    Send a written records request for the milestone inspection reports and the Structural Integrity Reserve Study. These are official records you are entitled to see.

    If they stall or the studies do not exist, demand compliance.

  2. 2

    Demand compliance

    Fla. Stat. 718.112(2)(g), 553.899after they miss the deadline or you learn the studies are missing

    Send a written demand that the association complete the required inspection or reserve study, or produce the results. Note that reserves for these items generally cannot be waived.

    If the board still refuses, take it to the state.

  3. 3

    File a DBPR complaint

    Fla. Stat. 718.5012if the board refuses

    Building-safety compliance is squarely within the DBPR's role. File a complaint so the state can compel the association to meet its obligations.

    This is the end of the building-safety ladder.

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