Our co-op renovated the building relatively recently, and our renovation committee recommended to the Board of Directors that they chose a designer, other than Andrea Bunis Management, who also submitted a proposal to do the entire renovation project, which came as a surprise to the committee.
We felt that to hire the management company to perform such a large project, would cause a conflict of interests (amongst many other potential conflicts) and graciously passed on their offer.
Since we didn't hire Andrea Bunis Management, we received 0 = absolutely NO support through this entire process which was lengthy and detailed as you can imagine.
Our Property Manager, despite being accommodating to us, was absolutely, positively forbidden from being involved in any single aspect of the project, even when problems arose, as they surely did with a large scale project like this.
A Board member shared that Andrea Bunis explained to them, in not so nice a fashion, that we were on our own with this project as she had 'warned them'.
Not being a Board member, I didn't know there was such an advanced notice issued.
I asked my fellow committee members and several Board members, 'what are we paying management fees for if the owner herself refuses to assist us in such an important project?'
The other poster got it right. They weren't kidding - if you don't chose Andrea Bunis or her contractors, you are one your own - be prepared - we found out too late.
It will be interesting to see if our Board of Directors will renew their contract.
As a very involved and concerned shareholder, I will recommend that they do not.
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