JACKSONVILLE — It's
one of the premier luxury condos in downtown Jacksonville,
however a resident at Berkman Plaza says his experience has
been anything but luxurious.
Nearly 3 years ago a pipe burst on the 10th floor of Berkman
Plaza and created massive damage in Nick Rosado's 8th floor
condo. Rosado is still trying to get his condo repaired and
says the condo board is standing in the way of the repairs.
Rosado bought his
Berkman Plaza condo in 2005 and loved owning a property near
the Jaguars stadium, but he says the burst pipe was just the
beginning of his problems with Berkman Plaza.
"This is where the water leak started," said Rosado pointing
to the ceiling, "it travelled all the way from here to the
master bath and in the walls."
Nearly 2 years ago Rosado was renting his Berkman Plaza
condo when his tenant arrived to the property to see water
pouring from the ceiling and down the walls. First Coast
News initially covered Rosado's issue with Berkman Plaza on
February 18th, 2022.
"it was really very unsafe to live here,"
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Imported wood flooring had to be
ripped out. Pictures show that pipes between his floor and
the floor below appear to be corroded. And that's when his
troubles continued.
"We peeled off a couple cabinets and it's everywhere," said
Rosado, referring to mold in the walls and under the floor.
"When you aired this 2 years ago we got a letter directly
from the association that we had to get this remediated,"
said Rosado.
The letter that Rosado received from the condo association
gave him 10 days to remediate the mold and was dated March
2nd, 2022.
But it wasn't until July 21st, 2023, more than a year later,
that he received a notice that his plan to remediate the
mold was denied by the association. One of their reasons was
because Rosado said 90 percent of the condo needed to be
remediated.
"No one deserves this type of treatment, 3 years of enduring
something that was not our fault, no fault of our own
related to this leak," said Rosado, who was similarly
frustrated when the original First Coast News story aired in
February 2022.
"It almost feels like we're being bullied because we spoke
up," said Rosado in 2022.
Rosado said that he's never missed an HOA payment in his
nearly 2 decades of ownership despite his HOA dues
increasing to more than $1,100 per month for a condo that no
one can live in because of mold that he's not yet allowed to
remediate.
When First Coast News reached out to the property management
of Berkman Plaza we were referred to their attorney for
future comment.
As of publication of this story that attorney has not
returned multiple phone calls over the past week.
Meanwhile Rosado hopes the condo association will let him
make repairs to his condo.