LoriM15 (Florida)
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I'm on the board of a large HOA in Florida. Hurricane Irma came through here in September 2017. After the hurricane, the roof contractors used the "assignment of benefits" scheme to many of our homeowners (and to the previous board for the roofs of the clubhouses). Basically, you sign a contract to assign any money from the insurance company to the roofer and they will submit the claim and go to mediation and/or trial if necessary to get you a new roof. Your only out of pocket expenses would be your deductible. Needless to say, the roofers have to make money somewhere so the new roof claims are highly inflated, costing all of us huge increases in our insurance premiums. And the number of roof claims being fought by the insurance companies is huge. Many of these people don't have leaks - they just jumped on the bandwagon and were told they have broken tiles so they qualify.
Living in Florida with concrete tile roofs means that they get moldy and unsightly and need to be cleaned about every two years. That's the homeowner's responsibility. If their roof starts to be a problem the PM sends them a courtesy letter, then an official letter and then we follow the fining policy.
However, if someone gets a letter and calls the PM and says they have a roof claim filed, she puts them on an extension list. The problem is that we are 4 years from the storm and we have many roofs that are really unsightly, but their claim is still in process.
My question is how long do we have to wait before we put these people on notice? I understand they have a roof claim in, but does that mean they are exempt from maintenance while they wait - and that may be for several more years?
Obviously our documents don't take delays for roof claims into account. Is this something as a board we should just wait out? I can see both sides of the issue.
For our clubhouses, we are two years on from the claim being filed. Mediation just got postponed because the roofer changed attornies. The roof had some leaks in the vallies that were fixed. It does not need to be cleaned yet so we aren't violating the rules as of now. But one of our sub-associations (condo) does have a dirty roofs on several buildings.
Just wondering how others would handle this. Thanks!
Living in Florida with concrete tile roofs means that they get moldy and unsightly and need to be cleaned about every two years. That's the homeowner's responsibility. If their roof starts to be a problem the PM sends them a courtesy letter, then an official letter and then we follow the fining policy.
However, if someone gets a letter and calls the PM and says they have a roof claim filed, she puts them on an extension list. The problem is that we are 4 years from the storm and we have many roofs that are really unsightly, but their claim is still in process.
My question is how long do we have to wait before we put these people on notice? I understand they have a roof claim in, but does that mean they are exempt from maintenance while they wait - and that may be for several more years?
Obviously our documents don't take delays for roof claims into account. Is this something as a board we should just wait out? I can see both sides of the issue.
For our clubhouses, we are two years on from the claim being filed. Mediation just got postponed because the roofer changed attornies. The roof had some leaks in the vallies that were fixed. It does not need to be cleaned yet so we aren't violating the rules as of now. But one of our sub-associations (condo) does have a dirty roofs on several buildings.
Just wondering how others would handle this. Thanks!