This Executive Summary highlights some of the information that prospective condominium buyers are most interested in learning, as well as some of the information that they should consider when contemplating the purchase of a condominium unit. The following sections either briefly summarize pertinent information by answering the questions most frequently asked.
This summary,however, is not intended to replace the buyer’s review of the condominium declaration, bylaws and other condominium disclosure materials nor is it a substitute for a professional review of the condominium documents.
*Note: A “Statutory Reserve Account” is a specific type of reserve account established under Wis. Stat. § 703.163 to be used for the repair and replacement of the common elements in a residential condominium (optional for a small condominium with less than 13 units or a mixed-use condominium with residential and non-residential units). In a new condominium, the developer initially decides whether to have a statutory reserve account, but after the declarant control period ends, the association may opt-in or opt-out of a statutory reserve account with the written consent of a majority of the unit votes. Existing condominiums must establish a statutory reserve account by May 1, 2006 unless the association elects to not establish the account by the written consent of a majority of the unit votes. Condominiums may also have other reserve fund accounts used for the repair and replacement of the common elements that operate apart from §703.165.
This Executive Summary was developed and distributed by the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association (2004)
Drafted by: Attorneys Debra Peterson Conrad (WRA), Jonathan B. Levine, and Lisa M. Pardon (Brennan, Steil & Basting, S.C.)
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