inspections

What is a single-family attached unit? A town home?

I can see a reason for plumbing inspection this if the association pays for all the water. Or maybe if there are been past problems where one unit flooding impacts another unit.

I would have voted against this on the grounds that plumbing problems are usually apparent.

Now in a multistory condo...with old plumbing...this might make excellent sense.

These are like single family homes that are attached at 1 wall, they share no plumbing, and you have no one above or below you. I have heard of condos that have color rules and plumbing rules and can understand that as they are typically stacked like apartments but in these town homes everything is separate for utilities, nothing shared only common point between adjoining units is the fire wall between you and the neighbor.

I really don't have an issue with the inspection and just felt they were intrusive and also they are not paying for the inspections as far as I know. All plumbing is copper no pex and most units have crawl spaces or basements or garages under them. Water is included in the hoa fee and it is the same fee for houses that have 1 person and houses that have 9 people living in them it is not by bedroom count, people count or bath count they just get the bill and divide by 92. My unit has no leaks and is completely updated in the past few years so I have no worries. If the board is trying to reduce or conserve water they could do so by using sub-metering which is allowed in the town and then each unit would pay the fair share which would also make them fix stuff if leaking in the unit they live in or pay for it in the water bill they get. This has been suggested to them for years but they don't seem to want to take any action on it.

Please clarify ... Is it a BOD implemented Rule OR did the Membership vote to Amend the CCR’s?

Either should apply when future change requests take affect for each unit ... especially if it is a BOD implemented Rule, If the HOA attempts to make every owner all of a sudden at the BOD’s whim / choices ... due to pulling a new rule out of their tail end ... to replace window coverings ... the HOA could have a huge problem.

Let’s say I bought a unit one year ago and potentially spent ALOT of $$$ on New Window Blinds which were allowed at the time I spent all that money. And then here potentially a year later the BOD (which is not the majority of owners) decides they want to screw my family over and make us again pay many $$$ again for something different ... LOL ... my response would be “Bite Me” and “Sue Me”.

The leak report I have no issue with when you have more than one unit attached to another. Potentially you should want to know your neighbor pipes may not potentially interfere with your property due to having been inspected. This also could possibly help keep insurance premiums possibly lower by having these inspections. However, I also would contend that I would have to get completed potentially within the next “two” years as you have noted.

The issue the HOA will run across is potentially many items which cost $$$ should be voted by ALL members with the CCR’s amended to incorporate those changes. The Courts tend to frown on a few handful of owners (a.k.a. BOD) trying to force owners to pay $$$ when they have not had the right to vote on such items and are being forced into those situations at the whim of potentially 3-5 BOD individuals.