Apr 10, 2019 | Associations, Community, Community Manager, Q&A, Residents
Q: The board of my condominium association seems to always be stacked with seasonal residents who want things nice for the few months they are there, and to cut costs for the rest of the year. A group of year-round residents would like to start a petition to change...
Apr 2, 2019 | Associations, Board of Directors, Community, Meetings, Property Managers, Q&A, Residents
Q: My condominium association recently solicited bids for major repairs to our condominium buildings. The cost of the project is several hundred thousand dollars. At the recent board meeting where the contractor was selected, the board discussed all of the bids and...
Mar 28, 2019 | Associations, Community Manager, Property Managers, Q&A, Residents
Q: We have an owner who stopped paying their assessments to our condominium association. The association recorded a lien against the unit and foreclosed. The association was the only bidder at the foreclosure sale. Now some unit owners are saying that the board of...
Mar 20, 2019 | Associations, Property Managers, Q&A, Residents
Q: What homeowners’ association activity is allowed within “access easements” and “lake maintenance easements?” We own the title to our lots but these easements against our property are set forth in our documents. Does this give the association or other owners the...
Mar 14, 2019 | Associations, Property Managers, Residents
So your community association has survived Hurricane Irma and completed all the repairs. In celebration of this milestone, the association decided to hold a community wide cookout with live music. The celebration was a success and thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. Now,...
Mar 5, 2019 | Associations, Board of Directors, Property Managers
A common defense raised by owners who find themselves on the wrong side of a covenant enforcement action is to allege an association’s failure to enforce the covenant at issue against all violators and instead only selectively enforcing it. The defense of selective...