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NOVA Condo Owners-It Might Seem Like a Simple Change But Read Those Docs First
Sometimes what you think to be a simple change turns out to be a condo violation...or even an HOA violation.  Those condo/HOA documents are given to you for a reason.  Consult them before making any modifications to your condo unit.  Even some interior changes could be violations.  Just depends on the condo association.
Almost everyday in Northern Virginia an excited condo owners moves in and contemplates the changes they want to make to their new home.  Before you spend a dime make sure you have read the condo documents.  This owner thought they were making a simple change.  Switch out the lock on their front door with a coded entry so they didn't need a key.  Guess what?  The condo documents, given to them before they purchased the unit, say NO CHANGES can be made to the entry doors of the unit.  The reason is simple.  To keep a uniform look and feel in the hallways.
 
After spending hundreds of dollars on the lockset and a locksmith they now have to spend hundreds of dollars to reverse the work done.  Hopefully they won't have to buy a new door as well.As boring as those hundred page condo documents appear they are ... more

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