Home Owner’s Association Issues:

These issues can become as nasty as child-custody fights, particularly if it is between a single homeowner and the HOA. Usually these cases involve issues that affect the value of the property, most often view protection. One of the reasons these cases can become so emotional is because they involve factions that band together and sometimes “gang up” on an unpopular homeowner. These boards can be easily controlled by whoever wants to be elected to the board the most and is willing to do the work. Very few associations pay a lot of attention to their rules, which frequently creates problems, and they are very reluctant to spend money on an attorney. The rules are pretty similar throughout HOA and Condominium Owner’s Associations.

One of the most common problems after view protection in pet policy. Particularly in condominiums, people are not comfortable riding in an elevator with large dog, particularly a breed that has a reputation for violence, such as a Pit-Bull or Doberman Pincer. The cases that involve the behavior of these animals tend to be the most emotional.

Once again, people buy into these situations without realizing there is a board that controls a lot of your design decisions and behavioral issues. Inevitably there are disagreements about what kind of maintenance needs to be done and what kind of dues need to be assessed Many associations use property managers to handle the collection of dues and conduct the meetings, which lends some professionalism to it, but also it becomes a totally impersonal operation.

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