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Q: My partner and I bought a condo in a historic garden apartment complex about 18 months ago. Individual-unit owners are responsible for construction and maintenance of the rear decks. When we moved ...

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Question: My husband and I purchased a beautiful townhome on Santa Barbara’s Upper Eastside a few years back that was recently built. There are two buildings, both three stories tall, built in what I ...