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Frank Albergo loves living at Wildcat Run Golf & Country Club in Estero. So that’s why he says he called me, Estero’s Community Correspondent, when he noticed something happening in their back yards that made him nervous. Albergo said he and his neighbors were concerned for the health of the animals that live nearby.   Read […]

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Q: A large percentage of the owners in our condo building live out of town for at least part of the year. The board posts notices of all meetings on the bulletin board in one of the common area rooms of the building. Is the Board required to give these notices to the owners who […]

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Stern’s supertall at 9 Dekalb, with its strikingly dark neo-Gothic façade, is now the most recognizable feature in the Brooklyn skyline — and perhaps its most divisive. But people in the real-estate industry have always talked about it for a different reason, with some speculating it was doomed from the start   Read the article…………………………….

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A man was arrested in Palm Beach on Wednesday after he allegedly threatened to blow up a residential building during a condo board meeting.  According to the Palm Beach Police Department, Paul Cataldo was arrested shortly after an April 3 condo board meeting during which made statements about blowing up the building. He was booked […]

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Filling open HOA board seats is a vexing and discouraging problem for some associations.  There may be reasons why neighbors are not interested in serving.  Could any of the below characteristics describe your association?  Do directors spend many hours each week on HOA business, inspecting the property, observing vendors, and otherwise dealing with the HOA’s […]

The post HOA Homefront: Why members won’t volunteer (CA) first appeared on Community Associations Network.

It’s an unusual problem for a Henderson neighborhood.  Hundreds of invasive goldfish need to be removed from a park pond and rehomed. Thursday, FOX5 spoke with the Cadence HOA about how they are addressing the problem.   Read the article…………………………….

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Q. Our townhouse style condominium unit includes a rear balcony that is a limited common element of the unit. I want to extend my balcony about a foot. Is this permitted?   Read the Q&A………………………………..

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Nearly 50 units at a condominium in Orange Beach were evacuated Wednesday.  Orange Beach city crews and the fire marshal determined that the east tower of the Wind Drift condos on Perdido Beach Blvd. is unsafe.  The city says occupants can not reenter their units until further notice.   Read the article…………………………….

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Q: The homeowners association (HOA) of our complex added language to the association’s rules and regulations that I believe is alarming and invalid. I read your column every week and wanted to get your take.  Our HOA has around 70 units. A section of the new rules was adopted without discussion and without consultation with […]

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Four residents of Crozet’s Westlake Hills have filed a civil suit against Stanley Martin Homes and two companies affiliated with Riverbend Development in a dispute over who controls a small parcel of land at the southern boundary of the neighborhood. The property is key to a proposed project called Oak Bluff that Riverbend plans to […]

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A group of residents living in a historic Buckhead condo complex are concerned about an apartment developer’s possible changes to the property after it bought nearly two-thirds of the units, but the company’s leader says it has no plans to demolish the buildings there.  The condo complex, Huntington Arms, is a set of brick buildings […]

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Less than two years ago, Hurricane Ian destroyed more than 5,000 structures in Lee County in Southwest Florida and caused major damage to 14,000 others. Now, from rebuilding efforts, more bad news has emerged: A federal agency says local officials weren’t following its rules, so more than 100,000 local homeowners will face spikes in flood […]

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Neighborhoods from Baltimore to Oklahoma City to Oakland are making news this year for installing security cameras that can read license plate numbers. And now we’re getting a question from a local viewer. Mary Ann wants to know: Is it legal for a neighborhood association to install speed limit signage with cameras that record vehicles […]

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For nearly a year, some homeowners at the Windsong neighborhood in West Harris County had to drive roughly a mile to the post office to pick up their mail. The cluster mailbox they used was damaged and postal workers wouldn’t deliver their mail worried someone could steal it.  Read the article…………………………….

The post ‘It’s a big deal’: HOA’s persistence pays off as damaged cluster mailbox gets replaced (TX) first appeared on Community Associations Network.

Realtor Leslie Pires of Bustamante Real Estate in Orlando remembers when condos were one of the less expensive ways to own a home.  “There was a time – even a few years ago – when someone could say, ‘I want a $1,500 monthly mortgage,’ and you’d show them a condo,” Pires said. “Now, I’d say, […]

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Last month, State Farm announced that it would not renew insurance policies for 72,000 California houses and apartments, about 2 percent of its total policies in California.  That announcement followed the company’s May 2023 decision to stop writing new policies in the state, citing “rapidly growing catastrophe exposure,” a move that was echoed by Allstate […]

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Mountain Green condo owners voted in favor of a $50 million assessment to bring the building into the 21st Century, but some longtime owners said their quarterly payments will be so high they can’t afford it and they will be forced out.  An $18 million assessment was approved in 2022, and another $29 million was […]

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Two residents of the Mission Viejo subdivision in southeastern Santa Fe have sued the city over its attempt to force them to demolish a part of their home that intrudes into open space in the development.    Read the article…………………………….

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The scheme was facilitated through the submission of falsified invoices that significantly overcharged the services rendered by Obedos’s company, leading to the condominium complex overpaying by $500,000.   Investigations revealed that the complex paid over $1 million for services that were, in reality, worth half that amount.  The inflated funds were then distributed as kickbacks, with […]

The post Hudson County Property Manager Admits Role in $470K Condominium Fraud Scheme (NJ) first appeared on Community Associations Network.

Maillet added that he was able to retrieve some information from the surveyor’s son to give to a second surveyor. Some repairs were made at the request of the condominium association and added to the plan.  While the drainage pipes are delineated on the plan, the drainage structures were not able to be marked, according […]

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