Comments on: What is a Condo Reserve Study?

By: Carey

Carey — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:44:57 +0000

Thanks for the links.

I expect the cost to be prohibitive for our 2 unit Condo in Kirkland. I’ll check it out regardless.

The problem will be that in this real estate environment, not having one may literally make our units a tough sell.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:52:25 +0000

Our site has used HOA Services Group in the past and this year had Building Enclosure Design & Inspection Corp do our reserve study. We found that BEDIC’s study was much more in depth and easier to navigate. I would highly recommend using their services to any HOA. HOA Services Group was pleasent to deal with and their product was ok but we will continue to use BEDIC for our community needs.

By: clara

clara — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:39:32 +0000

As we found out, you need to be very careful of reserve study companies who are willing to give you a proposal over the phone without doing a site visit. That is like a doctor making a diagnosis without seeing the patient. We got 4 proposals and HOA services group were the only ones that came to our complex to look. They were not the lowest proposal but were by far the most thorough.

By: Nora

Nora — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:04:42 +0000

Clare,

I used them too and everyone was amazed at the attention to detail they have in their reserve studies. They were great about explaining everything so you can understand & they even put in the things that need to be fixed now!!

By: Clara

Clara — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:00:40 +0000

The best Reserve Study company I have come across was HOA Services Group, they did ours and were very professional and timely. If you need their info let me know, I have their card here somewhere.

By: Joyce Vanderpol

Joyce Vanderpol — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:34:46 +0000

I am the President of a 12-unit condo complex in Blaine, WA, and would like to obtain the
names, fone numers of reserve specialists in Bellingham or the closest thereto.

Thanx.

By: Jeff Pajor

Jeff Pajor — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:01:50 +0000

Are there any special qualifications to be a “reserve study specialist?” How can I be sure that a study meets state and lender requirements?

By: Ben_Kakimoto

Ben_Kakimoto — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:33:18 +0000

JoLene, here's a list of reserve study specialist from the Washington State chapter of the Community Associations Institute. Click here for list

By: JoLene Parks

JoLene Parks — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:28:33 +0000

Can you provide a list of reserve study professionals in the Seattle Area. We have a small condo building housing 6 units, simple systems built in the 1980 time frame.
Thank you

By: Ben_Kakimoto

Ben_Kakimoto — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:01:24 +0000

Mike - here’s a list from the Community Association Institute:
http://www.wscai.org/Reserve-Studies~17405~294.htm