I need to clarify 'overpayment of fees'

This is to offer additional information which I had not made clear on my first post. There are two seperate budgets--one for the master and one for the sub. Residentsd in the sub pay for landscaping on both budgets because there is two different companies. We also pay for the homes to be pressure washed on both budgets. The master association doesn't pay us anything for these services but we have to pay for theirs. As far as upkeep on pool and upkeep on clubhouse gate maintenance and so on I agree we have to pay for. The builder for these condos left two years ago and at that time it was decided to have these two seperate hoa's. But before that the fees were paid to the master and we received value for our money. Our insurance was also being paid. We think that we should have to pay for landscaping and pressure washing only once. Thanks to everyone for input.

Unless your dues are earmarked exclusively for the jobs you say they pay for, the dues just go into the big pot. Then the master association pays its bills.

Marilyn,

Are you saying that you pay for landscaping of the Master HOA common areas via the Master HOA assessment, AND, pay for the landscaping of the Master HOA common areas via the Sub HOA assessment?

How do you pay twice for pressure washing – what exactly is being pressure washed and by which assessment?

Bonnie

Marilyn - seems like the issue is that you don't feel that you are getting your due's worth.

There are so many other expenses, other than power washing, so the key is to study the budget and see what all the dues pay for. Heck, i imagine just the annuals planted around the entire complex, or the electricity bill is also quite a sum.

In any case, the master board needs to assure your board that the dues are reasonable and mutually contributing to all expenses.

yes--$100.00 to the master and $100.00 to the sub for the same service. And they have not used the 275 homes to determine cost per household.

Marilyn,

Perhaps the master assn pays for landscaping that benefits both communities and your HOA pays for landscaping that only benefits your community, ergo you pay landscaping fees twice. IMO,there would be nothing wrong with this. When you asked about these supposedly duplicate fees, exactly what were you told?

BTW, what is the power washing expense for? Normally power washing is only done b/4 painting and would be part of the painting contract amount, which in my assn is a reserve expenditure that does not appear in the operating budget.

Jeff,

Thx for the clarification. Marilyn is in SC so I guess they could have the same problems as FL.