VA:
Vote on Home Day-care Goes
Forward
A Loudon County Circuit
Court judge denied a request
Friday for an injunction to
block a community-wide
referendum on a proposal to
restrict the operations of
home day-care providers in
Landsdowne on the
Potomac....
VT: As
An Energy-Saver, the
Clothesline Makes a Comeback
In
fact, Vermont is the latest
state to introduce a bill
that would override
clothesline bans, which are
often instituted by
community associations loath
to air laundry even when
it's clean. Now, clothesline
restrictions may be headed
the way of bans on parkin...
CO:
Cottonwood Creek residents
want HOA
Terrence Moore wanted to
live in a neighborhood where
covenants governing parking,
the appearance of homes and
things such as trash-can
storage are strictly
enforced....
AZ:
Private subdivision road
upkeep bedevils Gilbert
The
problem comes after several
years of wear and tear start
to show and residents start
wondering when the town's
government is going to get
around to fixing their
streets. But in developments
with private streets,
residents or their
homeowners associations ...
TN:
Homeowners may face liens
from city
The codes department has
placed a lien on the North
Park homeowners association,
but since it effectively
dissolved last year - after
years of diminishing
efficiency, residents say -
it has no way to collect. In
a letter to the
neighborhood's 250-plus
residen...
OH:
Problem ponds
But
what happens when the
retention pond doesn't
function properly? Who's to
blame when the ponds leak or
sediment builds up? And who
fixes the problem when algae
blooms begin to stink?
Homeowners in several local
communities have learned the
hard way that get...
OH:
Dog owners countersue
Columbiana condo group
The
Columbiana couple being sued
by their condominium
association over where they
let their dog go to the
bathroom has filed a
counterclaim....
FL:
Habitat sues condo group
over play area
Habitat of Humanity of
Sarasota is suing the
Rosemary Park Condominium
Association over the rights
to a three-quarter-acre
playground....
FL:
Mold problems can be
aggravated by slow-moving
condo associations
Ron
McDonald, owner of a
townhouse in Tamarac's
Woodglen community, said he
filed a lawsuit two years
ago to force his association
to fix a mold problem. Unit
owners sometimes find
themselves in conflict with
homeowner associations over
dealing with mold....
FL:
Condo chief stole $50,000 in
fees
Miami-Dade detectives with
the economic crimes unit
have arrested a condominium
association president who is
accused of stealing the
association's money for
personal use, officials
announced Friday....
AZ:
Mesa HOA vote to build $8.5M
luxury center tossed out by
judge
A
Superior Court judge has
ruled against a homeowners
association in east Mesa,
halting its plans to force
residents to pay for the
construction of an $8.5
million luxury community
center....
VA:
Growing Associations,
Growing Controversy
As the investigation of
Koger Management Group, Inc.
continues, there is a
growing question among home
and condominium owners if
there isn't a better way to
get action on problems with
homeowners and condominium
associations or real estate
management companie...
NJ:
Three charged with thefts
from Aberdeen condo
association
A
Monmouth County grand jury
returned a 21-count
indictment Aug. 13 charging
a woman, her husband and
mother with multiple
offenses stemming from an
investigation of thefts and
mismanagement of an Aberdeen
condo association's
money....
IL:
Building something?
Covenants, conditions and
restrictions may apply ...
I
often have discussions with
clients who want to build,
remodel, tear down and
rebuild or are concerned
with neighboring
construction projects.
Typically, in the case of
their own projects, the
clients have already spoken
to the city and feel that
once they h...
OH:
Sentencing won't stop
investigation
Kathleen DeSalvo's
sentencing may have ended
her criminal case, but it
did not end the
investigation of how she
bilked 43 condominium
associations in Northeast
Ohio of about $3.45 million
the last seven years....
AZ:
Surprise homeowner battles
HOA over backyard Tiki hut
But
the Surprise resident says
his experience with the
Greer Ranch South Homeowners
Association, which has sued
him to remove the hut, have
been just the opposite.
Harman built the 8-foot-tall
hut on a raised platform in
January 2006. He concedes he
made a mis...
NJ:
Mediation can help residents
live under condominium rules
There
are more than 10,000 people
living in that East Windsor
complex. Even if they are
restricted in some of the
rights they would otherwise
have if they lived outside
of the community, they are
still likely to have
neighborhood spats,
encounter problems with...
FL:
Condo, insurer duel over
storm costs
Nearly two years after
Hurricane Wilma blew out
windows and buckled walls at
the Chalfonte Condominium in
Boca Raton, residents of the
21-story twin towers are
still waiting for their
insurance company to pay
them for the roughly $13
million they spent on repa...
NJ:
Court backs fence ruling
A higher court has upheld a
ruling that prevents a
township man from putting up
a fence on "common" property
behind his home....
CA:
Lakers radio broadcaster
sues homeowner's association
over plumbing problems
A
Lakers radio broadcaster is
suing the homeowners'
association at his West
Hollywood condominium
complex for allegedly
failing to detect and
correct plumbing problems
that caused water damage in
his unit....
FL:
Mold Problems Plague Town
Center Condo
Karen Donges, a 35-year old
communications instructor at
UNF, moved into the
Esplanade at Town Center
earlier this year. While the
renter liked the grainite
counter tops and stainless
steel appliances, she didnt
like the black mold spores
climbing up her bedro...
CA:
Foreclosures hitting all
communities
The HOA's board of directors
instructed staff to try to
get the bank or real estate
agent to pay for the upkeep,
and has budgeted about
$15,000 for the program,
which involves paying for a
court order allowing them to
enter the grounds. The
association has ...
AZ:Springs stands by
decision HOA rules in
dispute over common-area
improvements
Leaders of the homeowners'
association at The Springs
are trying to maintain a low
profile in a dispute over
unapproved plantings and
landscaping made by some
homeowners to a common area
near their dwellings....
TX:
Condo residents told to move
out of seedy complex
The
city on Wednesday moved to
close a northwest Houston
condominium complex,
declaring the buildings
uninhabitable and forcing
residents to move....
DC:
Beware Of Condo Association
Bylaws
Realtors are warning people
interested in buying condos
to be careful of condo
association bylaws.
(Video)...
GA:
Condos Add Pet-Friendly
Amenities
A lot of empty-nesters are
moving from single family
homes, where their pets have
been a key member in their
family life, Reese
explained. While they're
ready to park the lawn mower
and live in a more
manageable space, they
remain devoted to their
furry friend...
IL:
Koehler tries to referee
dispute over sliced line
Usually, a mechanical
waterfall feeds and helps
clean the pond, but for the
past year that scenic
feature has lacked water.
The waterfall is out of
order because the electrical
wiring for the lake's pump
was sliced last summer
during a widening and
reconstruc...
CO:
HOA suing homeowners for
living in driveway
Three
years ago, he Brandaw's
moved out of their house in
Willow Park when they
discovered a mold problem.
Eric and Tracy Brandaw and
their 5-year-old son all
have health problems as a
result....
CT:
Condo complex in Shelton
gives pets eviction notice
A once
pet-friendly condo complex
is now changing its policy
and many tenants are
peeved....
FL:
Mom in need in middle of
condo tiff
Now she is at the center of
a legal tug of war. On one
side is a man who says he's
trying to do his part to
help the less fortunate by
opening a building to the
homeless. On the other is
the Marina Club homeowner's
association, whose members
say the man, Dwayn...
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