General Advise

Our HOA hires a landscaping co. to take care of the common grounds but the common area adjacent to my propery is not being mulched. I've contacted our HOA whose response was "they didn't know why that wasn't being done". What are my recourses for getting the work done. Can I backcharge them for completing the work myself. Did I say that the landscaping co. is my neighbor.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Hung out to dry in Indiana

Thanks Tim,
We have addressed the HOA to contact the landscaper 2 weeks ago and still are awaiting any response. Since first addressing this issue almost a month ago we have had little if any response to our emails. We pay quite a bit in HOA fees and are not and never have been deliquent in any of these fees. Typically we have had issues in the past about maintaining this area. I have never really brought this to the attention of the HOA but have taken care of it myself. It just seems that every year less and less is done. We have several dead trees and shrubs that need to be replaced as well as the beds are full of weeds and are never edged. This is all in the contract with the HOA to maintain these areas and is done through out the neighborhood. I would draw draft the area on paper but it is quite obvious due to the condition. I'm always concerned when HOA's selectively inforce CCR's. especially when the contractor may live in the neighborhood.

Thank you for your response. Our HOA is responsible for the plantings, decorative (flowers) and pruning , mulching , ferlization and weed control. This is contractual with the landscaping company of which I have a copy. Futhermore we built this house and have been the only owner and have never made any request other than when we resodded a portion of this area abutting our property (our own dime) that we would maintain this small section of grass. Not the area in question. I appreciate that you are trying to address any other possibilities and we are a bit stumped and can I say frustrated in trying to get this resolved. At this point my time is very limited and well, can be better utilized than caring for an area of which I don't own and pay fees to have maintained.

DW6, without knowing more information I don't know whether it is a problem with your Board or the landscaper.
First I would determine who is in charge of inspecting the Community and who is monitoring the work of the Landscaper? Is it a Board member or a property manager? Are there policies and procedures established by the Board in regard to landscaping?

After getting that information, if it is a problem with the landscaper and not the Board's policies and procedures, I would ask the Board to do a better job of monitoring the landscaper; and to get this problem corrected promptly. That may or may not include the need to get other landscaping bids.

Ummm... well you can sue.... but no judge will grant you compensation. You need to discuss this with the HOA and they need to discuss it with the landscaper.