JACKSONVILLE — It's
one of the premier residential buildings in downtown
Jacksonville, but one condo owner at the Berkman Plaza has
major issues with Berkman's Condo Association. After
fighting for more than a year, Nick Rosado reached out to
First Coast News for help after he felt ignored by the
organization he pays to maintain his building.
Over the past few
years Rosado rented out the condo that he owned as an
investment property. But one night his tenant sent him a
video of water pouring into the condo from the ceiling.
"It was unsafe to live here," says Rosado, "we had to
terminate the lease, give her back her money and she moved
out."
Water came down from the 10th floor all the way into his 8th
floor condo. The water also affected the condo on the floor
below his; that condo owner also has issues with the Condo
Association.
The result of the
water damage was warped floors that were made out of
valuable imported wood, destroyed light fixtures and mold.
Rosado estimates that the cost to repair the damage will be
nearly $100,000. He reached out to the Berkman Plaza Condo
Association in the days after the damage in March 2021. |
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"We've paid our dues
and this is not the way we should have been treated after
paying our dues for so many years and having to experience
this type of damage and to this day we have no resolution,"
says Rosado. "It almost feels like we've been bullied
because we spoke up."
First Coast News also reached out to the person who was the
president of the Condo Association when the damage happened.
She is still on the Condo Board now, but did not return our
calls. However, in a response to a civil lawsuit filed
by Rosado, the Condo Association denied his claims.
"We've had water leaks coming from the pipes from the
drainage in the sink, we've had water leaks from this corner
over here," says Rosado as he points to various corners of
his condo.
Lawyers for the Condo Association offered Rosado a $2,500
settlement, but with repair bills totaling nearly six
figures, Rosado denied the settlement offer.