District condominium boards carry obligations that differ from suburban Maryland in ways that matter — and we manage on both sides of the line. AAMC-accredited, family-owned since 1989.
The District’s housing stock skews heavily toward condominium and co-operative ownership rather than the single-family HOA structure common in the surrounding counties. That changes the work: shared building systems, a master insurance policy that has to line up precisely against unit-owner coverage, and reserve obligations tied to a building envelope rather than to roads and common grounds.
DC also has its own condominium statute and its own regulatory bodies, separate from Maryland’s. A management company that treats a District condo the way it treats a Montgomery County HOA will get the compliance calendar wrong.
Our DC Metro work runs out of the Columbia Pike office alongside Owings Mills — two of the four insured offices we operate.
Kate oversees the direction and professional development of the Community Association Management team across the Owings Mills and Columbia Pike offices, and co-leads the developer management program. 15+ years in the industry.
Yes. Washington, DC is one of the six jurisdictions we serve, and roughly half our portfolio is condominium associations rather than single-family HOAs.
Yes. Tidewater holds the Accredited Association Management Company (AAMC®) designation, CAI’s highest company-level credential, and our managers hold CMCA, AMS and PCAM designations. Tidewater pays credentialing costs up front for staff who pursue them.
Our emergency line is answered by Tidewater community managers on a rotating on-call schedule, not a third-party answering service. The callback standard is 20 minutes, contractually guaranteed at 30.
Portfolios are capped at 8–12 communities per manager. That cap is the reason a board gets a manager who knows its documents rather than one juggling thirty accounts.
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Tell us a little about your community and the right person will be in touch within one business day. No pressure, ever.
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