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  HOA/Custom Management Group troubles

  by Lina, about 1 year ago
  My husband and I own a first floor condominium at 15594 e. Arizona Ave in Aurora. June 12th of this year a water leak developed causing continuous water intrusion into our unit through the month of June, for most of July and the first part of August. It was not until mid August that a leak detection company identified a water leak from a common drain line. The leak was repaired but the board and management company have not moved forward with any plans to replace significantly damaged exterior siding and worn roof. By the time plumbing repairs were completed... Continue reading
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  Artificial Grass still being denied

  by ColDrSunshine, about 1 year ago
  

  In a state where water is a premium and the advancement in artificial grass is so good that you can rarely tell it is artificial until the winter months, I would think there wouldn’t be any issues installing artificial turf. However my HOA has denied my request (pictured here) because CO law says they can’t deny placement in the “rear” of the house but they don’t consider this the rear of my home. Ambiguous terms are allowing the HOA to continually play judge, jury, and executioner. This area certainly isn’t the front of my house and it can’t be seen... Continue reading
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  HOA Lifecycle: Permanently Shifting the Control from the Board to the Homeowners.

  by johncdean, about 1 year ago

  I would like to present this white paper in person to the HOA Homeowners' Rights Task Force. My contact information is attached to my registration info.

  
  

  White Paper: Home Owners Association Lifecycle Framework

  
  

  Home Owners Associations have a 3 stage Lifecycle that may be generally described as:

  
  

  Stage 1: Developer

  
  

  Stage 2: Transition

  
  

  Stage 3: Maturity

  
  

  Developer Stage 1: The developer has total ownership interest (subject of course to financing and similar encumbrances) in undeveloped real estate. The developer has a plan that they wish to implement on the real estate. To execute on that plan, the developer must have... Continue reading
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  Life Plan Derailed for Years

  by jwb, about 1 year ago
  This story isn't entirely new for DORA, as I've submitted complaints and such over the past few years, but I wanted to share it again in this form. We are currently in litigation with the HOA, after 4 years of non-cooperation to build a house on a vacant lot we own, so it is still unresolved.

  
  

  Years ago, the now wife and I were planning a future move to a ski town from the city, and in 2015 I bought the vacant lot in an HOA, as the HOA's rules seemed to be quite reasonable as written. In 2018 we... Continue reading
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  HOA Board Violates Policies

  by BillThom, about 1 year ago

  As the owner of a condo in Southeast Denver and consequently an HOA member, I was involved in a dispute with the HOA Board of Directors.

  The HOA in question held an election for the purpose of recalling a member of the board of directors. This election was not conducted in a proper manner and was in violation of the by-laws of the HOA and in violation of election procedures prescribed in the CRS.

  The election ballots were sent out a week for more before the board meeting where the board member who was being recalled was given a chance... Continue reading
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  Amateur Hour and Power Struggles Abound in HOAs

  by HOAIssues, about 1 year ago
  It would be nice if there were just one unifying problem within HOAs. Unfortunately, there are far too many. For starters, HOA attorneys should be required to represent the HOA as an entity. Instead, they represent the Board of Directors. Their involvement often helps foment dissension and encourages authoritian processes. They help write the HOA laws and they make money explaining the laws and/or often sending threatening letters to homeowners.

  
  

  HOA attorneys also turned themselves into debt collectors, charging their exborbitant attorney fees to homeowners already facing the prospect of foreclosure. Many times neighbors are willing to help work out... Continue reading
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  Potential homeowners should have to sign the house rules that they understand and will abide by them

  by MonicaNY, about 1 year ago

  I owned a condo in Breckenridge Colorado, I have one in Florida and I live in New York. I have a lot of experience with co-ops and condos. We don’t really have a choice per se, but they operate similarly. At each of those places I had a copy of the house rules prior to signing the contract, and when it got closer to the closing date, I had to be interviewed.(in NY and FL) By the board members. It was less of an interview -more of a meet and greet,- but one of the obligations was that I had... Continue reading
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  Nonresident owners rights?

  by MonicaNY, about 1 year ago
  After reading Richard’s remarks about corporations, buying up many units, and then impacting the quality of life for the local resident homeowners, I wanted to share this tidbit.

  
  

  
  

  Apparently in a condo that I own in Florida, we do have rental restrictions and a minimum rental term of three months. It’s in a beach community, so there are a lot of winter snowbirds coming down. If I rent my unit out for the three month minimum. I have to give up my rights to the common areas, like the clubhouse and pool, and those rights are, then transferred to the... Continue reading
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  H.O.A. Members Are → Not ← Neighbors

  by Robert Racansky, about 1 year ago
  

  the fact that after developer turnover all HOA members are neighbors

  - rlinquanti, "HOA Members Are Neighbors", September 30 2023

  Wrong.

  Some H.O.A.s -- especially condominium associations -- have a high number of non-resident investor owners. *

  Non-resident owners can make up a large plurality, or even a majority, of owners.

  Some owners are even corporate entities and not natural persons.

  The interests of non-resident owners do not necessarily coincide with the interests of the resident-owners who live in H.O.A.-burdened communities.

  • e.g., For investment owners, H.O.A. fees are a tax write-off and/or a cost passed on to... Continue reading
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  Who Are The Stakeholders?

  by Robert Racansky, about 1 year ago
  

  When the Founding Fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence, they did not ask for King George’s input.

  So why is an “H.O.A. Homeowners Rights Task Farce” made up of parties whom consumers of H.O.A.-burdened housing need protecting from?

  i.e., H.O.A. managers, H.O.A attorneys, H.O.A. board members, and developers.

  
  

  To add insult to injury, the “homeowner advocate” position has been filled by a board member of the local chapter of the Communisty Associations Institute; the lobby organization for H.O.A managers, H.O.A. attorneys, and other H.O.A. vendors.

  A task force to review issues related to a non-profit association of *homeowners*... Continue reading