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429 Firstside

429 Firstside is a condo association in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This profile tracks monthly dues $550/mo, built in 1900, reserve study status not yet verified, along with amenities, reserve questions, and document-r...

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HOA dues, reserve study, and community facts

Units —
Year built 1900
Monthly dues $550/mo
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Active listings 1
Median sale price $434K

Amenities

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Board and management

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Reserve study and funding

429 Firstside has no reserve study on record. Without one, there's no way to know if dues cover what's coming.

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5-year outlook

Will you get hit with a special assessment?

Special assessments can run into thousands per unit when major work outruns reserves. We model that risk for 429 Firstside based on reserve health, building age, and Pennsylvania requirements — so you see it coming before the board votes.

Special assessment risk Planned dues increases Reserve shortfall forecast
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Values used: scaled defaults where community data is unknown — unit count (default 100 — unknown for this community); starting reserve (scaled from unit count at $15k/unit); annual opex (scaled from revenue at 84%).

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A mid-size urban condo, five years out

Starting reserve $1.5M · $500K/yr dues revenue · $420K/yr operating expenses · $1.5M of reserve-study capital work over five years. Switch on the levers your board actually controls and watch where the reserve lands.

5-year ending reserve$706KReserves tight — thin margin
$0HEALTHY TARGET · $1.0M202620272028202920302031$706K
Annual dues increase+5% compounding · $660K/yr → $842K/yr by 2031
5%
Operating expense growth+4% YoY · insurance, vendors, utilities · $554K/yr → $675K/yr by 2031
4%
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About 429 Firstside

429 Firstside is a condo building at 429 1st Avenue in Pittsburgh’s downtown Firstside district, originally built around 1900. The building sits in the heart of the city’s central business corridor along the Monongahela River.

What we know

  • Year built: 1900
  • Monthly dues: $550/mo
  • Active listings: 1 as of April 2026
  • Median sale price: $434K

Reserve health

Reserve health hasn’t been verified for 429 Firstside yet. Before you approve a budget, pay a special assessment, or close on a unit here, Pennsylvania law defines exactly what reserve records a condo must keep and what owners can request — see Pennsylvania condo reserve funding rules.

What’s still missing

  • Unit count
  • Management company name
  • Amenity details
  • Reserve study date and reserve balance
  • Special assessment history
  • Board roster
  • Community photos

For board members

If you serve on this board, you can claim this page to add accurate reserve data, board roster, and community photos.

Pennsylvania laws that apply here

Condo board meeting notice

Pennsylvania condo board meeting notice rules, in plain language

How Pennsylvania's Uniform Condominium Act handles board meeting notice — a 10–60-day statutory window — and the same structural gap as the HOA act: no apparent statutory open meeting mandate for condominium executive boards.

68 Pa. C.S. § 3308 — Uniform Condominium Act, meetings Condo reserve funding

Pennsylvania condominium reserve funding rules, in plain language

How Pennsylvania's Uniform Condominium Act actually handles reserves — through mandatory disclosure of the reserve amount or its absence in offering statements and resale certificates, with statutory protection against pledging reserve funds, but no reserve-study mandate or minimum funding rule — and what that disclosure-driven posture means for a board, owner, or buyer.

68 Pa.C.S. § 3402(a)(6) (public offering statement reserve disclosure), § 3407(a)(5) (resale certificate reserve disclosure), and § 3302(a)(2) and (17) (association budget authority and reserve fund protection) — Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act HOA board meeting notice

Pennsylvania HOA board meeting notice rules, in plain language

How Pennsylvania's Uniform Planned Community Act handles board meeting notice — a 10–60-day statutory window — and the critical gap that makes Pennsylvania an outlier: no open meeting mandate for HOA boards under current statute.

68 Pa. C.S. § 5308 — Uniform Planned Community Act, meetings Reserve funding

Pennsylvania planned community reserve funding rules, in plain language

How Pennsylvania's Uniform Planned Community Act actually handles reserves — through mandatory disclosure of the reserve amount or its absence in offering statements and resale certificates, with statutory protection against pledging reserve funds, but no reserve-study mandate or minimum funding rule — and what that disclosure-driven posture means for a board, owner, or buyer.

68 Pa.C.S. § 5402(a)(7) (public offering statement reserve disclosure), § 5407(a)(5) (resale certificate reserve disclosure), and § 5302(a)(2) and (17) (association budget authority and reserve fund protection) — Pennsylvania Uniform Planned Community Act

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