Roof Leak, HOA Dragging Feet To Fix

[Jimmy Vance]

A tenant in one of my townhouses - which are all connected in a condo style within the community - advised my property manager of a leak which is coming from the roof.

These are 3 floor units and on the highest floor, there is water leaking through the bathroom light, above the shower, whenever it rains.

It barely ever rains in Las Vegas, but lately - with my luck - it's been raining here at least once per week.

The HOA is responsible for maintaining the roofs.

I quickly advised them of the issue, as did my property manager.

They sent a work order to a roofer. He sent one of his workers there to examine the roof, issues were found and he sent them his recommended fixes.

However, it's been two weeks and no fixes have been done.

I called the owner of the roofing company and he claims that he can't begin the work until the HOA gives him the green light to begin repairs and they have not gotten back to him.

I called the HOA, they are closed until January 3 - AND, there is rain scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday of this week.

The tenant is really being nice about it, because it's not creating major issues right now - but with the water coming through a light area it could create a fire hazard and might even create ceiling damage eventually.

I have spoken to the HOA more than once in the last 2 weeks - and I have several emails, including three sent today to various reps in the HOA, to create a long paper trail.

From what one of the HOA reps told, the community has a problem with roof leaks and they are looking to replacing every roof in the whole community (they raised our dues twice in the last two years, with the claim being it needed was to change the roofs).

If something goes sideways here, I don't want the legal liability to land on me because the HOA is taking their sweet time in handling this.

At some point should I get a lawyer involved? I know it's only been 2 weeks, but I can't allow this play out until the ceiling needs to be replaced or the electrical wires are damaged or something worse.