Meadowbrook Condominium Ass'n v. South Burlington Realty Corp.

*18Peck, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Chittenden Superior Court that awarded damages to plaintiff for, among other things, defects in certain “common areas” of the Meadowbrook Condominium in South Burlington. We modify the judgment and affirm on that basis.

In 1974, defendant South Burlington Realty Corporation (SBRC) began construction on the Meadowbrook Condominium project. Over the next four years, SBRC completed and sold thirty-one townhouse residential units.

Under the condominium plan, an individual purchaser obtains outright ownership of the interior of his or her unit only.…