Condo association management in Chicago
Most Chicago condo associations are small, self-managed for years, with a volunteer treasurer carrying the books. We handle the financial, compliance, and administrative work that comes with them — reconciliations, filings, records, and the day-to-day owner correspondence — so the volunteers who have been carrying it can stop.
Illinois Condominium Property Act · Chicago Condominium Ordinance (Municipal Code of Chicago, Ch. 13-72)
What association life looks like in Chicago
Chicago is a condo town before it's an HOA town, though the metro has plenty of both. A large share of the stock is small — conversions and courtyard buildings across Logan Square, Avondale, Rogers Park, and the northwest side — and a building that size rarely has staff. The association is a handful of owners, a shared account, and whoever agreed to be treasurer.
That scale changes what goes wrong. Reserves stay thin because raising assessments in a small building is a conversation with your neighbors. Deferred façade and roof work arrives all at once. And the disclosure package a buyer's lender wants at closing turns out to be several years behind, which is when a quiet association discovers what it hasn't been keeping.
Chicago also adds a municipal layer most boards don't read until it matters. Buildings here answer to the city ordinance as well as the state Act — and in a market where deconversion offers circulate regularly, that combination decides what a board has to disclose and when.
City rules on top of state law
Chicago associations answer to a municipal ordinance in addition to the state Act — disclosure, notice, and sale-related requirements a board reading only the statute will miss.
Chicago Condominium Ordinance (Municipal Code of Chicago, Ch. 13-72)How we work with Chicago associations
Four things change the week your board hands them over. What stays with your board stays with your board.
Financial management
We run the association's money end to end.
- Dues collection, delinquency tracking, and reconciliations
- Payables, approvals, and quarterly statements boards read
- Reserve tracking and planning, so a capital cost never lands as a surprise
A tuckpointing or wood-porch bill on an Avondale or Rogers Park conversion lands on a handful of owners — the reserve picture comes first here.
Financial managementCompliance and recordkeeping
We keep filings, documents, and owner records current.
- State filings on a tracked calendar
- Governing documents and owner records
- Ownership transfers and closing packets
Inside city limits the municipal ordinance applies on top of the state Act. A building in Evanston or Oak Park has neither that ordinance nor the same paper trail.
HOA managementCommunication
Owner questions come to us first, not to your board.
- Portal, email, and phone intake
- Statements and balance requests
- Escalation only when a board decides
Buildings here turn over often, so lender and closing requests arrive constantly — from Pilsen two-flats to Edgewater mid-rises. They come to us, not the treasurer.
The hybrid modelBoard support
Support, guidance, and resources for the calls you own.
- Budget prep and meeting materials
- Templates and a document library
- Monthly training and Small Talk
Deconversion offers circulate through this market the way they don't elsewhere in Illinois. We bring the numbers and the document history; your board decides.
Board resourcesWhat it costs, before you ask
Three tiers by community size. Same essentials at every tier.
5 homes & under
6–20 homes
21+ homes
Around Chicago
Communities across the Chicago area, including:
…and communities throughout the metro. We work remotely, so the list is a starting point rather than a service boundary.
Chicago associations operate under Illinois law
The Illinois Condominium Property Act sets the baseline for every association in the state, and the city ordinance adds to it inside city limits. The state pages carry the statute detail, the filing calendar, and the resources worth bookmarking.
Questions boards ask
Tell us about your Chicago community
We'll walk through what we'd handle, what your board would keep, and what it would cost. If we're not the right fit, we'll say so.