Understanding Association Directors’ Maintenance Responsibilities

A fundamental responsibility of condominium and homeowners’ associations is the duty to maintain, repair, and when necessary, replace the common areas. An association’s common area maintenance responsibilities include the following four different categories of maintenance:

1. Regular Maintenance
2. Preventive Maintenance
3. Deferred Maintenance
4. Emergency Maintenance

Regular Maintenance.

Regular maintenance is routine maintenance that is required on an ongoing basis and includes such things as mowing lawns, trimming trees, janitorial services, pool servicing, changing light bulbs, and washing windows, Because the expenses for regular maintenance are known to be required and expected, the cost of labor and materials for an association’s regular maintenance is estimated and planned for annually through the budgeting process.

Preventive Maintenance.

Preventive maintenance is maintenance that is: