How to change your management company in Maine
Written by a party with no management contract to win. Nearly every other guide ranking for this in Maine was written by a management company. Maine associations operate under 33 M.R.S. ยง1601-101 et seq. (Condominium Act), and the mechanics below assume that framework.
Find the termination clause before anything else. Most agreements require 30 to 90 days written notice and many renew automatically if that window passes. Missing it can cost you a full year.
What went wrong is not the same as what you need next. A Board leaving over turnover may actually need capital project expertise. Those lead to different companies.
A significant share of Boards use a competitive process to renegotiate and stay. That is a legitimate outcome. Invite your incumbent unless you are running a confidential search.
Per-door, flat, and percentage-of-budget quotes cannot be compared as written. Insist on a common scope and a complete ancillary fee schedule.
This is a fiduciary decision. Record the method, the quorum, who voted, and the basis, and attach the comparison to your minutes.
Notice letter, records and funds handoff, bank signatory changes, vendor reassignment, homeowner communication, and a check-in at 90 days.
Before you start: pull your current per-door rate and compare it to the Maine median for your size band. If it has compounded past the market, you have both the reason and the number. Maine fee benchmarks
Start with what you already know.
You know your unit count. You know what your current management does well and what it does not. That is enough to begin.
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