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HOA wants to hold me responsible for cost of treatment if I rent to someone and unit gets bedbugs

By tony

I dont see how this can be my expense. How do I know my renter brought them in. Not all condos are on the rental program. Maybe one of the owners brought them in. Is it legal in the state of New Hampshire for the Home Owners to ask me, an Independent Contractor to pay for the cost of treatment. This could be thousands of dollars. Since there is no guarantee on how the bedbugs got there , isnt this an association expense?

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Edited on: Saturday, January 29th, 2011 10:41 am
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Doug

September 12th, 2012 10:49 pm

A condo is not an apartment complex where the HOA is responsible for everything. Owners have responsibility for what goes on in their units, and they have liability to the other units around them. Those owners who are renting their units may be obligated by the implied (or in Colorado, express) warranty of habitability to make a reasonable response to infestations of pests and vermin, and if they want to fight with the tenant about who caused the infestation it is up to them. I would say the HOA should stay out of it, and has no obligation to pay.

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