What the studies here spend time on
Downtown, it is the high-rise list: elevators, facades, garages and mechanical plant. In the suburbs it is the familiar townhome list, long on roofs, siding, private drives and parking, where one bad winter of frost heave can move a paving project up by years.
For a young community, the first study is usually the cheapest it will ever buy, and the one that sets the pattern.
Records to find first
The Dane County Register of Deeds holds the recorded statutory reserve account statement for condominiums whose instruments are recorded there. If the association was created after November 1, 2004, the declarant should have set up the account at creation unless it recorded an election not to. More on the rules.
Firms
At least one firm on our list has a Madison office, and others cover the county from Milwaukee or out of state. See the firm list, or let us choose one with the form below.