BUILDING 9

This page is meant to be of use to Building 9 homeowners and is not an official document.

Building 9 is the only one of the nine buildings that make up University Terrace that already existed when the association was built. Building 9 homeowners need to know additional information in order to understand the budget for UT, their resultant homeowner fees, and how to get things done.

  • Shared utilities: Billed through our HOA fees to Building 9 only
    • EBMUD (East Bay Municipal Utility District): All bills are sent to and paid for by our management company. There is a percentage allocated to the overall UT budget because of the use of the Commons Room, which is common to all, not just Building 9 residents.
    • PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric): Bills are sent to and paid for by our management company. This includes the gas/electricity for the hot water, heating, interior lighting. There is a percentage allocated to the overall UT budget because of the use of the Commons Room, which is common to all, not just Building 9 residents. (NOTE: All exterior lighting should be part of the overall University Terrace budget!)
    • City of Berkeley: The dumpster in the garbage enclosure at the north end of the building is for the exclusive use of building 9 homeowners with the exception of those who have used the Commons Room or the custodial staff. A percentage of the monthly cost allocated to the overall UT budget for that purpose.
      NOTE: There is no cost for the recycling program so UT residents can use the recycling bins in either enclosure. They are both keyed to the same key.
  • Other shared costs: Billed through our HOA fees to building 9 only
    • Hot water heater maintenance
    • Furnace maintenance
    • Custodial costs, although a portion is paid for from common funds.
    • Elevator Cost and Maintenance: We have sole responsibility for the cost of maintaining and replacing the elevator, in building 9.
    • Paint for interiors/corridors: Excluding Commons Room and hallway on the ground floor.
    • Interior lighting: Cost of bulbs/fixtures
    • Interior carpet: floors 1 and 2 only
  • Costs covered by the entire UTHOA budget: Billed through our HOA fees to all homeowners at UT. In addition to the above costs, which Building 9 homeowners pay for exclusively, we also contribute to the common coffers to pay for any and all maintenance on all 9 buildings. Therefore, these things that we hold in common with the other buildings should be covered by the common HOA funds as well.
    • The roof
    • Any work on the exterior of the building, including painting, repairs
    • Brickwork, since building 9 residents pay for the stucco on other buildings
    • Balcony repair work
    • Exterior lighting (bulbs/fixtures)
    • Water laterals
    • Any plumbing costs not connected with the hot water heater
    • Fire alarm and safety costs
    • I have not listed all costs here, but this should give you an idea of the kinds of things that should be covered by common funds.

Budget – Building 9:

There are 3 formulas used in determining the homeowner fees for Building 9 homeowners

  1. Common expenses: based upon square footage of your unit as a percentage of total UT square footage.
  2. Common expenses: allocated evenly across 75 households
  3. Building 9 expenses: based upon square footage of your unit as a percentage of total building 9 square footage

Keys

Here are the types of keys and who has access:

  • Homeowner keys: These are yours alone. It is entirely at your discretion whether or not to distribute these to your neighbors just in case. Note, though, that the board, as noted in the CC&Rs, has to right to gain access to your place with notice (look at CC&Rs for exact language) if there is a good reason for it.
  • Building 9 key: Medeco, Reed Brothers Security, 4432 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland. You must work with our management company. (these are $25 last time we checked).
  • Front Door fobs: DoorKing is our current intercom system and each homeowner was provided with 2 fobs when the system was installed. Additional door fobs can be bought. Please request these of the Board.
  • South Storage Area Key: These are kept by the homeowners who have storage in those units. I’m not certain who they are and whether there are extras kept by the board.
  • Interior Storage Area:
    • Main Door (across from elevator): Any building 9 homeowner who has storage in that area should have a key.
    • Storage units: Originally keyed to the same as your front door. Keys treated as those to your front door are.
    • Telephone/Electricity Room: You need to get into the storage area and then you’ll need a key specific to the Telephone Room/Electricity. Check with the board on this.
    • Boiler Room / Furnace / Hot Water Heater Key: You need to get into the storage area and then you’ll need a key specific to the boiler room. Check with the board on this.
  • Garbage Enclosure Key: The locks to the 2 enclosures for recycling (north and south sides of building 9) are opened with the same key. Both padlocks are keyed to the City of Berkeley (City of Berkeley employees have a master of sorts – our keys are a subset of that and unique to UTHOA). If you call Rex Key to fix the padlock (the padlocks are fickle) they’ll use your key to key the new padlock, which means that no one will need new keys.
  • Commons Room Key: Follow the same guidelines as everyone else, spelled out here.