My question involves real estate located in the State of: North Carolina
For the last year, water has been entering my condo in two places - up front, under a large atrium window belong to my neighbor, and in back, under his patio door.
Multiple contractors and a building engineer have inspected the property (stucco, 1978). All of them agree that the causes are almost assuredly his window and door - either failure of their structures or their installation, and that the only way to know for sure is cut into the walls/remove stucco/remove portions of the window. I already removed a portion of my ceiling under the window 6 months ago to prove that the water was coming from directly above - and indeed, his subfloor is stained.
He keeps doing nothing, asking for more opinions, complaining he has no proof it's his property causing the damage, and refusing to move forward.
Our HOA rules say an owner has a duty to "promptly repair" any of his property affecting another owner. Lucky me, this guy is the HOA president, so the HOA feels like much less of a resource, as is the association management company we have (not a property management co) that works with him closely on other matters and has not demonstrated any willingness to push him to act.
Do I have to try to get the rest of the HOA to hold a hearing on the facts and then levy fines against him to get him moving? Can I go right to legal relief?
Input is much appreciated.

