KarenT (Washington)
Posts: 250
Posts: 250
Posted:
The past Board gave notice to a homeowner that services would no longer be provided until all dues and liens were paid in full. The new Board (who says they are not a "punishment" board) has then turned around and told this homeowner their servies would not be cut - totall undermining the past board.
The reason the old Board made this decision is that this homeowner has made no attempt to pay the 2 liens on her property totalling approximately $1600.00 and now has quit paying the monthly dues completely. This infuriates several of us homeowners and just lets this person know they can get away with not paying even more. The new President has only lived in Washington State for 1 year and has owned the house for 3 months. Her first comment to us was "If I knew my dues were going to increase I would never have bought in a HOA" She has no experience whatsoever and thinks she knows all the state laws and is quite good at quoting them, but totally out of context. She thinks the old Board made decisions to collect from this homeowner without consulting the HOA attorney. Everything for 3 years has gone thru the HOA attorney. There also was a special meeting of the entire membership (12) owners - to vote to collect and this homeowner was notified in writing from the HOA attorney that the majority voted to collect including foreclosure. This homeowner is now just laughing away because she now is playing this new board like a fiddle - the President is a total marshmallow and even said at the meeting when she volunteered that she would not enforce the rules. We are so frustrated we are seeing RED! No one else would volunteer (3 Presidents have resigned recently, one being me who was in that position for 6 years with no help - was Pres, VP, Sec and Treasurer because they all felt I had the experience. The other 2 resigned after one month each. This homeowner was also in foreclosure from her lender but evidently arrangements were made and the lender did not actually foreclose. This homeowner has had her utilities turned off, has several judgments against her and she is really working this new President. She is getting all services for free while the rest of us just had our dues increased to $150.00 per month.
Any comments or suggestions are welcome!
The reason the old Board made this decision is that this homeowner has made no attempt to pay the 2 liens on her property totalling approximately $1600.00 and now has quit paying the monthly dues completely. This infuriates several of us homeowners and just lets this person know they can get away with not paying even more. The new President has only lived in Washington State for 1 year and has owned the house for 3 months. Her first comment to us was "If I knew my dues were going to increase I would never have bought in a HOA" She has no experience whatsoever and thinks she knows all the state laws and is quite good at quoting them, but totally out of context. She thinks the old Board made decisions to collect from this homeowner without consulting the HOA attorney. Everything for 3 years has gone thru the HOA attorney. There also was a special meeting of the entire membership (12) owners - to vote to collect and this homeowner was notified in writing from the HOA attorney that the majority voted to collect including foreclosure. This homeowner is now just laughing away because she now is playing this new board like a fiddle - the President is a total marshmallow and even said at the meeting when she volunteered that she would not enforce the rules. We are so frustrated we are seeing RED! No one else would volunteer (3 Presidents have resigned recently, one being me who was in that position for 6 years with no help - was Pres, VP, Sec and Treasurer because they all felt I had the experience. The other 2 resigned after one month each. This homeowner was also in foreclosure from her lender but evidently arrangements were made and the lender did not actually foreclose. This homeowner has had her utilities turned off, has several judgments against her and she is really working this new President. She is getting all services for free while the rest of us just had our dues increased to $150.00 per month.
Any comments or suggestions are welcome!