Community Association Law Day is always one of the most popular programs of the North Carolina Chapter of the Community Associations Institute. This year there are TWO: Charlotte on Friday, February 28 and Raleigh on Friday, March 13. Attendees include HOA/condo board members, community leaders, and community managers. Speakers include many of the best community […]
License plate cameras upgrade community watch – and intensify privacy concerns (NC)
Hang a left out of the parking lot of Spring Valley Elementary, down Northern Durham Parkway, and you’ll probably spot the sign before the camera. In red-and-white lettering, it warns the area is protected 24/7 by video surveillance from Flock Safety, an Atlanta-based company on a mission to solve crime. Nearby, small devices strapped to […]
Garner HOA says military mom’s ‘holiday lights’ supporting son must come down (NC)
Garner homeowner Nancy Turner has been in a back and forth with her HOA due to a string of lights hanging from her front porch. Turner said a recent email from Sentry Management essentially said: “You need to take your holiday lights down.” “Until he’s back home, we are going to support him,” replied Turner. […]
How To Handle Increasing Member Assessments (NC)
Having a proper, fiscally responsible budget in place is necessary for the successful operation of any homeowner’s association. Just as with any budget, income and expenses must be considered ? for an HOA, this income mainly comes in the form of owner assessments. When projecting yearly expenses for an association, those serving on boards of […]
Water leak causes ceiling to collapse at Raleigh condominiums (NC)
Three families were forced to leave their homes overnight after a ceiling collapsed in Raleigh. The Raleigh Police Department said a water leak at the Stoney Hollow Condominiums, located on Longstreet Drive in north Raleigh, caused the collapse. Read the article……………………………
Hotly-Contested Fearrington Village-Briar Chapel Wastewater Transfer at a Standstill (NC)
Following the North Carolina Utilities Commission’s decision late last month to delay a decision on a proposed transfer of wastewater systems, residents of both Briar Chapel and Fearrington Village are waiting on their sewage’s future. The Old North State Water Company, based in Raleigh, had filed for a transfer of Fearrington Village’s wastewater to the […]
Briar Chapel, Fearrington continue to wait for wastewater decision (NC)
The North Carolina Utilities Commission has postponed a second public hearing on a proposed transfer of Fearrington Village wastewater operations to Briar Chapel. The decision was made after the Commission’s Public Staff filed a motion Jan. 21 asking for the delay, stating investigators needed to see Old North State Water Company, the firm behind the […]
Raleigh residents claim neighbors, state officials ignoring deteriorating dam (NC)
This isn’t about just fixing an eyesore. Instead, residents living on the other side of the Winchester Lake Dam consider this a matter of life and death. “Too late is when that dam breaks and the tidal wave comes down the spillway,” said Tim Throndson, whose home in North Raleigh sits only a few hundred […]
Fire destroys waste treatment facility at Pine Knoll Shores condo complex (NC)
Firefighters from three departments battled an early morning blaze at a condominium complex. Read the article………………………
Questions Raised About Rhino Times Article On Lawsuit (NC)
Greensboro City Attorney Chuck Watts said he thought the article in the Rhino Times about the Point South Homeowners Association lawsuit gave an unfair representation of the city’s position. Point South is suing Greensboro because, in 2019, the homeowners association discovered that it had paid for dumpster service on a dumpster it didn’t have from […]
Greensboro Admits It Overcharged, Won’t Refund Money (NC)
Imagine you discovered the city had been double billing you for garbage collection. So you contact the city and the city agrees that through a clerical error, you had been double billed and for years paid twice as much as you should have for garbage service. Do you think the city would? (A) Refund the […]
4 people displaced after Fayetteville condo fire (NC)
Four people were displaced Thursday morning after a fire at Briarcliff Condos, the Fayetteville Fire Department said. Read the article………………………..
Fire at condominium displaces three residents; no injuries reported (NC)
A fire at condominium Monday night displaced three people living there, but no injuries were reported, authorities said. Read the article……………………….
Hovey trespass case on hold until lawsuit settled (NC)
While the beach is considered public, access in Duck has been limited to private property and paths controlled and owned by homeowners’ associations. But Hovey has taken issue with that notion. In a complaint filed in Dare County Superior Court in August, Hovey and his wife Tanya contend that the recorded subdivision plat confirms that […]
Waxhaw HOA says ‘Christmas Vacation’ decorations need to go (NC)
A Waxhaw Christmas display has one homeowner’s association upset. They’re asking the homeowner to take down part of their Christmas display because it is considered “abnormal”. When you drive through the Millbridge Community in Waxhaw you’ll find typical Christmas decorations, then there is one home depicting two classic scenes from the movie National Lampoons Christmas […]
Taxes As Relating To Associations (NC)
Tax season isn’t just a fun time for residents and businesses in North Carolina, it’s also a big piece of the financial puzzle for homeowners associations (HOAs). As complicated as federal and state income taxes may seem to everybody else, they can also provide some twists and turns for HOA board members and are something […]
1948 neighborhood covenant banning people of color still in effect (NC)
Today there is a Homeowners Association (HOAs), but decades ago residents relied on neighborhood covenants to govern subdivisions. Eyewitness News found two such covenants still on the books at the Wake County Register of Deeds and, unbeknownst to most residents, they contain language that today is widely considered offensive. Read the article……………………..
HOA Meetings are for More Than Board Members (NC)
If you live in a community with a homeowner’s association (HOA), you no doubt have seen signs, received emails, or even had people knocking on your door to alert you about HOA meetings. There are many of different types of meetings — annual membership meetings, board meetings, committee meetings, executive sessions and special meetings — […]
Mother of mass shooting victim wins partial victory vs. HOA over flag honoring son (NC)
There’s movement in a battle over a flagpole, and it’s not caused by the wind. A grieving mother in North Carolina has been in a months-long dispute with her homeowners association and property management company after they said that she was violating their rules by putting up a flagpole in her front yard. Read the […]
HOA Meetings are for More Than Board Members (NC)
If you live in a community with a homeowner’s association (HOA), you no doubt have seen signs, received emails, or even had people knocking on your door to alert you about HOA meetings. There are many of different types of meetings — annual membership meetings, board meetings, committee meetings, executive sessions and special meetings — […]
Some homeowners in High Point blaming drainage issues, flooding on nearby NCDOT project (NC)
Some High Point residents are blaming a North Carolina Department of Transportation road widening project for drainage issues and the subsequent flood damage on their property. Read the article………………………….
Who is Responsible for Repairs and Maintenance? (NC)
Homeowners often have differing views of their individual homeowner’s associations (HOA). One thing everyone can typically agree on is that one of the primary responsibilities of an HOA is to maintain common areas throughout a neighborhood or development. If a storm trashes a playground, pool or clubhouse, walking trails or pond, the HOA and its […]
Wake Forest family balks at HOA rule against flag pole (NC)
A Wake Forest family grieving the death of their son in a Feb. 2019 mass shooting in Illinois installed a flagpole to honor him – with the American flag at the top and an “Aurora Strong” flag below – only to find themselves at odds with their homeowners’ association. Read the article……………………..
News 13 Investigates: Property Pitfalls (NC)
A News 13 investigation exposes a developer that’s facing hundreds of foreclosures and buyers who are faced with losing their investments. It’s happening in one mountain community development. Read the article………………………
2 decades of reports show Marion dam needed repairs before condo complex sank (NC)
An empty basin is all that’s left of a lake that sits beside the Westwood Chateau condo complex in Marion. News 13 has found inspection reports for Lady Marion Dam dating to 1995 that show owner G. Byron Phillips had been notified of breaks and problems. Some problems were labeled as high severity in a 2016 […]
Hovey files lawsuit over Duck beach access (NC)
Three months after his confrontation with homeowners over beach access in Duck went viral, Bob Hovey, and his wife Tanya, have filed a complaint in Dare County Superior Court against the Sand Dollar Shores Homeowners’ Association (HOA) and the Town of Duck over their right to use the Sea Breeze beach access in that neighborhood. […]
Neighbors react after fire destroys Greenville condominium (NC)
Neighbors have mixed reactions as to whether policies need to change after a fire displaced 15 residents in a Greenville condominium complex. Greenville Fire Marshal Bryant Beddard says the fire was started by misuse of smoking materials like cigarettes. The National Fire Protection Association says nationwide cigarettes cause about five percent of house fires, but […]
Greenville Firefighters investigating cause of condo fire (NC)
The American Red Cross aided 13 individuals who were left homeless by a fire that fire destroyed and damaged units at Spring Forest Condominiums on Spring Forest Road on Friday. Greenville Fire-Rescue is investigating the cause of the fire, public information officer Rebekah Thurston said. As of 9:30 p.m. Friday, the department was finalizing information […]
Raleigh veteran evicted after unpaid HOA fees gets keys to home back (NC)
A veteran who got evicted from his home for failing to pay his homeowners’ association fees, got the keys back to his home this week thanks to help from CBS 17 viewers. Keith Williams Jr. lived in his home in southeast Raleigh for 10 years. A few weeks ago, he said the sheriff’s office came […]
State DOT officials, Battle Forest residents still at odds over Urban Loop aftereffects (NC)
Residents of Battle Forest Village might have to repave a fragmented parking lot on their own dime, but state highway officials are considering other ways they could help fix some of the lingering aftereffects from nearby Urban Loop construction. Homeowners in this townhouse community of about 150 units are complaining that after construction, private contractors […]
Got a complaint about your HOA? You could be out of luck (NC)
Q: Could you provide the appropriate North Carolina entity to make a complaint about a Home Owners Association not properly carrying out their duties as defined in declaration of restrictive covenants or bylaws? Read the Q&A………………………
Woman says she was harassed, assaulted, and then put on trial, sparking 15-year court battle (NC)
Nearly twenty years ago, Virginia Radcliffe moved into Avenel, a neighborhood just north of Wilmington with tree-shaded houses, a pier onto a floating dock onto the intracoastal, and a homeowners association………A year later, that HOA informed Radcliffe her property was in “non-conformance” with the association’s guidelines, a violation that came with the potential of daily […]
Oak Island street end dispute heads to mediation (NC)
Oak Island’s Board of Adjustment has recessed a street right of way dispute while the town and a homeowners association attempt to mediate the issue at NE 54th Street. Read the article……………………The issue arises as town officials begin a systematic sweep to discover and remove intrusions and obstructions in road rights of way, starting with […]
Woman says she was harassed, assaulted, and then put on trial, sparking 15-year court battle (NC)
Nearly twenty years ago, Virginia Radcliffe moved into Avenel, a neighborhood just north of Wilmington with tree-shaded houses, a pier onto a floating dock onto the intracoastal, and a homeowners association………A year later, that HOA informed Radcliffe her property was in “non-conformance” with the association’s guidelines, a violation that came with the potential of daily […]
Ask SAM: How can I complain about HOA board activities? (NC)
Q: Could you provide the appropriate North Carolina entity to make a complaint about a Home Owners Association not properly carrying out their duties as defined in declaration of restrictive covenants or bylaws? Read the Q&A……………………
Durham community blends farming with suburban lifestyle (NC)
Home construction and pre-sales begin in two weeks at a new agricultural neighborhood which blends suburbs and rural farmland. Wetrock Farm’s developers plan to have 141 houses at a 230-acre site about 20 minutes north of downtown Durham. Pegasus Land Co. will build the first dozen homes in the subdivision’s initial phase. “It hasn’t taken […]
Confrontation Stirs Beach Access Debate (NC)
If there is one philosophy uniting the long string of communities along the Outer Banks, it is that their beaches should be open and free. And accessible. But the town of Duck is one of the few communities along the entire coast of North Carolina that provide no public access to the ocean shoreline. The […]
Property managers learn new ways to prepare for hurricane season (NC)
Community Associations Institute NC hosted an Emergency Preparedness Down East meeting in downtown Wilmington Wednesday. Community managers and board member attending the event learned how to better prepare their communities for disasters and emergencies. Read the article……………………..
Displaced condominium owners frustrated with time frame of repair work, evictions (NC)
A new beach season is on the horizon but dozens of homeowners in Carolina Beach are still displaced from Hurricane Florence. Condominium owners on the island’s north end are beginning to get frustrated with how their eviction was handled. Read the article……………………….
Stallings woman upset with brightness of fence her HOA put up (NC)
Joyce Hartis’s HOA put up a fence a few months ago. “I didn’t know it would be so bright and reflective,” she told Action 9’s Jason Stoogenke. “It hurts your eyes extremely.” So she keeps the blinds on the back side of her house closed and puts paper on the windows that don’t have blinds. […]
Florence flooded their homes, so they’re rebuilding. Now a billion-dollar bridge looms (NC)
While still overcoming a natural disaster that severely flooded their homes, residents of Stoney Creek, Snee Farm, Planters Walk, and The Farms at Snowfield in Leland are now fighting for a voice in Cape Fear Crossing. Read the article…………………………
NC Community Association Legislative Update – May 10, 2019
Yesterday, May 9, 2019 was the “crossover deadline” in the North Carolina General Assembly. In short, that means that bills not related to taxes or spending must have passed one chamber to be eligible for consideration during the two-year legislative session. Read the article……………………
Perception vs HOA Rules: Greensboro Woman Racks Up $7,000 in HOA Fines (NC)
Joyce Pennix didn’t think her yard looked that bad but her HOA felt otherwise. Several notices were sent out but Pennix says she never saw them until a collection notice came in the mail. Read the article……………..
Homeowners want some refund after builders win lawsuit (NC)
Thousands of new homes are built across our area every year and in the process, homebuilders pay cities and towns fees to install water and sewer systems. Some homebuilders felt they were paying too much so they sued and won, getting a lot of money back. Anchor Blaine Tolison went to Harrisburg where the mayor […]
Lake drain in Marion expected to reveal dam problems (NC)
It’s been six days since two pumps were installed at the lake adjacent to Westwood Chateau condominiums in Marion. The goal is to drain the lake a foot a day and have empty in six weeks. Condominium owners and renters were told the move out of the complex in February after a ground shift had […]
Leasing in a Community Association (NC)
Maybe you bought your property as an investment. Perhaps your circumstances in life have changed, and you now need to downsize – or go bigger. Or your job could be relocating you across the country. Whatever the reason for wanting to lease your home or condominium, if you live in a community association, it might […]
Marion condo owners worried they could lose everything (NC)
Owners of 32 condominiums in Marion are worried they could lose the entire value of their properties that state and engineering officials have deemed unsafe because of soil erosion under the complex. The apartments, built in the mid-1960s, sit over a dam that moves water off Westwood Lake. The complex is located on Westwood Chateau […]
HOA, engineers, inspectors work to find solution to sinkhole beneath Marion apartments (NC)
More moving trucks sat in the parking lot of the Westwood Chateau Apartment Complex in Marion on Wednesday as people carrying bags of their belongings loaded them up not knowing when or if they’ll ever return. Read the article…………………. The people who live in the Westwood Chateau condominiums are being told they need to evacuate […]
Jervay developer promises homeowner involvement in HOA, meeting by early spring (NC)
The developer that owns and maintains much of the public-private Jervay Communities housing development is addressing the issue of the neighborhood’s homeowners association, and the fees it has charged for over a decade, answering questions in an attempt to clarify the situation. Read the article………………….
Voluntary evacuation issued for residents of Marion apt. complex due to possible sinkhole (NC)
A voluntary evacuation notice has been issued for residents at a Marion, NC apartment complex due to safety concerns about a possible sinkhole forming underneath the complex. According to a McDowell County Emergency Management news release, they were notified by Westwood Chateau HOA about safety concerns related to the possible sinkhole. Read the article…………………..