Rodent to ruin: Who deals with a house mouse?

My townhouse unit has mice. There are gaps in our exterior walls through which the mice enter. I found mice in my bedside table drawer. What can I do?

It is your obligation to maintain and repair your unit. A townhouse unit might include the exterior walls and that would make you responsible for sealing gaps through which the mice are entering.

If the exterior walls are common elements, you might advise the board of directors that the maintenance and repair of those walls are the obligation of the corporation.

If the corporation refuses to act, it might be necessary for you to commence a court action to obtain an order requiring the corporation to comply with its maintenance and repair obligations. Does the Condominium Act prevent an owner from selling their parking unit to a person who is not an owner of a residential unit in the building?

There is nothing in the Condominium Act to prevent such a sale.

The corporation’s legal declaration could stipulate that a parking unit may only be sold, or otherwise transferred, to an owner of a residential unit in the condominium — although the declaration could also permit such a sale to a tenant of a residential unit. Acontractor damaged our air-conditioning unit, which caused water damage to a wall and ceiling of the unit below. The corporation paid for the replacement of the wall and ceiling. But the corp. then said the owner of the damaged unit was responsible for the costs of repainting, since it was an improvement. Shouldn’t the contractor have been responsible for that cost?

If the wall had to be repainted because of the damage, it would appear that the negligent contractor should be responsible for the cost. Repainting a previously painted wall would not be an improvement.

It is unclear, however, why the corporation paid for the repair of the wall and ceiling if the wall was part of the unit and not a common element. Payment for the repair would have been the obligation of the unit owner who would have been entitled to claim against the negligent contractor for the cost.