Jesus,

After 7 years there comes a point where condo owners become OWNERS who are responsible for the upkeep of a building.
These "owners" are thinking like tenants and blaming city inspectors and long-defunct developers of not taking care of their building.

Once you become the owner, there's no LANDLORD to blame, no city inspectoors to complain to becasue it is YOURS. Live in it the way you want and remember, if you see a waterfall indoors, it is YOUR waterfall.

Yes I know this building is in the most god-awful part of town, and theowners got the place for a song, but it is still time for them to step up, or sell out to someone who will.

Sight unseen, I will offer to any of these people the exact same amount they paid.

Tip of the iceberg for this condo development and many other..............

View Larger Map At Jersey City City Council meeting, Grant Avenue condo owners charge fraud and corruption in damaged building Monday, July 12, 2010 By MELISSA HAYES JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Water-damaged walls and the remnants of an oil spill seeping through the concrete floor are still visible in the basement of a Grant Avenue building in Jersey City. Condo owners have had to replace faulty boilers and pipes and the sprinkler system is missing parts. When it rains, water seeps through holes in the brick and comes in through windows "like a waterfall" according to Eric Mason, president of the condo association at 149 Grant Ave., a four-story 16-unit building. Mason recently attended a City Council meeting where he accused Jersey City building inspectors who signed off on a certificate of occupancy for the renovated building seven years ago of being part of the problem. A limited liability corporation, which declared bankruptcy and went out of business two years ago, rehabilitated the building seven years ago and sold the apartments as condo units, Mason said. For the first year after the work was completed, the company diligently made repairs. But after that year was up, the company went AWOL, Mason said. The roof was never properly finished, he said. The sprinkler and intercom systems do not work properly, and cracks are developing in interior walls, he said. Mason said the condo owners have hired an engineer to fix the sprinkler system. "All of these issues originate from two sources: developer fraud and local government corruption," Mason said at a June City Council meeting. "There is no mistake about it." The former owners of the building could not be reached to comment. In a letter dated June 23, Carl Czaplicki, director of the city's Department of Housing, Economic Development and Commerce, informed Mason that a number of the items he is complaining about were not examined by city inspectors because they were not included in building plans submitted by the former owner. "The New Jersey Rehabilitation Code permits owners of property to determine the scope of the renovation," Czaplicki wrote. "Inspections were conducted based upon the drawings submitted and the permits issued." Czaplicki noted that the sprinklers were inspected and installed, but the condo association didn't maintain them on an annual basis. Mason said he is reviewing the documents and weighing the association's options. "We can't keep spending money on lawyers with all the emergency repairs," he said.