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I live in a HOA in Riverside county. Would you still be interested in that.
Posted Jun 5 2006 6:01AM CEST
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Lori Clough
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Wildomar, California |
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To: Name Withheld who wrote the following Comments:
• Update to Our Homes are Being Destroyed by Termites:
• Our homes are being destroyed by termites
Start by writing webletters to each one of your board members and vendors and publish them on AHRC so we can all follow the progress and advise you as needed.. You can copy these to your local authorites and the media. Goodluck.
See the following links for additional tips:
FINDING HELP ON AHRC - Publishing, Commuicating, Campaigning, Networking, and getting help
CAMPAIGN TO STOP PROPERTY THEFT IN AMERICA'S HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS - Exposing the crimes and the criminals - the ring leaders and the profiteers
Posted Mar 14 2006 8:56PM CET
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Update to Our Homes are Being Destroyed by Termites:
We would be extremely appreciative if the right person from the County of Orange or anyone from the media would come to our complex and inspect the structures we live in, as our homes are in jeopardy and they will soon start falling apart or collapsing in some of the worst cases.
Additionally, in the recent newsletter, we were advised that the HOA is working with the Irvine Ranch Water District to assess our water usage here and are working towards a tiered approach. I have been curious about this because none of the sprinkler systems that keep our lawns and landscaping alive have been going off for quite some time.
The HOA says that this could take up until September to resolve, which means the water that we pay for included in our monthly dues will not be used for our landcaping. This is even more scary as plants are already starting to die and will soon become fire hazards. Between the termite damage and the impending fire hazards of non-watered landscaping, these attached units will go up like paper during the hot months.
The backwards part of this whole exercise, is that there are areas that are used for maintenance purposes only behind our homes where the sprinklers go off every morning at approximately 3 a.m. These alley areas are mere walkways or shortcuts used by small children and are of no use to the community other than for our utility readers. Huge weeds grow in the spring and summer time that are left unchecked for long periods of time until they are already dried out and have gone to seed, which is also a fire hazard.
I have a horrible feeling that our misguided Board of Directors are trying to make up for funds that have been misappropriated by saving on water. We are all obligated to pay for basic cable television for every unit here, when most of us homeowners pay for our own cable television. Something very wrong has been going on here for many years and now our homes that we have all worked so hard for and are trying to protect are being overlooked by a very backwards thinking board of directors and their bidding is carried out by our PMC.
Furthermore, the same members of the board have again been voted back into their positions, with the exception of the VP, who has apparently moved. The reimbursement charges that the PMC has been charging me for (late fees included) and which I have refused to pay on the principal that every bit of repair required after the roofing contractors made the worst mess out of a job I have ever seen throughout this complex, have been dropped.
I wrote the board and told them that since I was the person who had to make all of the necessary telephone calls to have the repairs made, not the PMC, and that my own home warranty company was paid to diagnose these problems, should not be dangled over my head as a fee, that they could not be trusted to reimburse me due to the mere fact that they did nothing to help in replacement of my personal property or repairs needed to be performed on behalf of their roofing company.
I am still being billed for 3 late charges (highly suspect) which started last September when I confronted the PMC agent in charge of my case and told her I would never deal with her again. Additionally, the endorsements on the backs of these checks show that they were deposited before the given grace period.
Now I am being billed $80.00 for assessment charges which I have not been informed as to exactly what they are for. Whenever I have called the billing department at Seabreeze Management Company, as I have done so again today, I have NEVER spoken to a live person and no messages have ever been left to my inquiries.
Meanwhile, the outside of my home is still falling apart and there have been no letters or correspondence from either group to tell me when repairs will commence.
Posted Feb 28 2006 8:22AM CET
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Lake Forest, California |
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When you review the CCRs in our Association, it has nothing to protect the actual owner and a Member the community.
We live in a new world with no Rules for the people. The Boards are run by outdated unqualified power obsessed "Leader" that believe in promotion of Dictatorship and disregard to Constitutional Rigts.
This leaders have an old time belief that they have the right to implement "policies" by using morall whipping of low gread Members and use this peoples money to be defended by Law. The Board are run by inividuals who believe in their superiority based on the amout of years living in the community and no accent English,not on the communication and public relation skills
I have seen ignorance and responce from Board Members that was representing attitude of 'Untouchables', due to the believe that they are protected by our money.
It is no problem to take away Members Rights to vote on fonancial decisions,because the CCRs have nothing agaist it.
Nothing about disciplinary action toward unethical conduct by Board Members, only how to punish or obuse an Owner who does't subside to obuse,discriminating "Policies", double standard,favoritizm. The "leaders" are acting with belive, that the right to destroy People Dream an dignity is a good substitution to monetary compensation they don't receive.
This is just for the conclusion.
In November 2005, our former president of board was found in unethical conduct. The "Leader" was picking flowers on private properties in the neighborhood and using them to beautify our Association landscaping. The fact was recorded on video and presented to the Board. The fact was ignored and the above mention "Leader" received a Holiday Bonus in December 2005, according to Financial Statement received on February 23,2006.
Issuing a Bonus to a Board Member with such doubtful moral value,is a direct reflection of governing "Policies" in our HOA.
Due to our presure on the Board the above named had to resign, but we have to suffer now from the abuse by supporters and followers,who believe that the above named "leader" is a valuable asset in order to
Posted Feb 27 2006 7:40PM CET
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Anthony Stolyar
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Encino, California |
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At this time, I do not believe our Homeowner Association is using our CC&R's. They are extremely old and can barely be read. I do know that our homes are being destroyed by termites, so badly that they have used our dues to plant shrubs to cover up termite damage so obvious, it can be seen by the naked eye throughout this 321 unit complex.
Additionally, our property management company works in tandem with this corrputness. Any association related repair or work that needed to be performed on my home was made after waiting for weeks or months of waiting until I finally made the telephone calls to the respective contractor to fix the problem. My Property Management Company has been trying to get me to pay for ficticious late fees after I confronted the Account Agent at one of our HOA meetings and confronted her in front of the board about ficticious termite treatments supposedly performed on my home, sent on HOA/Property Management letterhead and signed by her on behalf of the board of directors and sent through our U.S. Postal System to my address in July of 2005.
A few days before I attended this HOA meeting in October of 2005,I discovered thousands of termite droppings in front of my home where the secondary treatment was supposed to have taken place. When I called the extermination company who came out to my home in July, they told me that they did not perform any treatment to my home, as they were never authorized to do so. That is when I told them to come out and perform the treatment.
I have 3 separate reports after inspection by two different companies recommending fumigation, but have been denied. The third company, Terminex, was sent out by the property management company for another opinion, and he gave me a verbal report that I my home should be fumigated. This was in November, and after many requests, the HOA and Property Management Company have still not provided me with a report. Additionally, the technician from Terminex also showed me that my door jamb was hollow due to the extensive termite damage. The front of my home, and parts of the neighbor's home connected are falling off and the window siding of my home was so full of holes the bottom came of easily.
The front of my home looks like it is crumbling apart and nothing has been done. Also, after confronting this Property Management Agent who had been sending me reports that were full of lies, my car was scratched very deeply with a sharp instrument or "keyed" down to the metal. This complex is deteriorating at a rapid rate and our board of directors say that upkeep for our homes is not in the budget. In the meantime, have replaced our roofs, which caused major damage to my attic, air conditioning unit, and plumbing.
Due to the heavy rainy season in 2004, I had no idea that my home had undergone so much damage from the roofing company until the rain stopped and I had a chance to look around. All repairs that had to be made were done after waiting for weeks and months until, again, I made the telephone calls myself. The present HOA and Property Managment Company have done nothing to repair the front of my home and they are up for re-election this week. I don't even know how they got elected last year, as I understand that no-one I have talked to voted for them.
The President has been on the board for 4 years and we are amazed at how this woman keeps getting back into seat. Every newsletter that has come out regarding any type of repair to our structures has never come to fruition.
We would love anyone from the media to come and look at the devastation that our homes are undergoing and the deterioration that has taken place so quickly due to total lack of maintenance. We have had new mailboxes installed, new entrance signs, new landscaping (most to cover up the horrific termite damage), partial carport replacement, new club house upgrades, new pool furniture, pool beautification, but no repair or maintenance having to do with our deteriorating homes.
The roofing phase caused damage to most of the units in this complex and attic cooling fans that some homeowners purchased through the roofing contractor were never delivered and/or installed. One elderly woman's plumbing gave out due to termite damage. Live termites and water were coming out of her ceiling. This woman is in her late 70's and the Agent whom I have mentioned above, charged her $6,000.00 to have the drywall in her ceiling replaced.
These people have been misappropriating our money in a horrible way and it is time for it all to come to a stop. Please come by Cedar Glen Condominiums in Lake Forest, California. Our Property Management Company at this time is Seabreeze Property Management.
Posted Feb 14 2006 1:20PM CET
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Lake Forest, California |
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Sun City Civic Association (SCCA) is a 4762 unit senior Homeonwers Association that has been corrupt without challenge for the past 30 or more years. It was developed by Del Web in the early '60's as an adult only community.
I recently sent an approximately 45 page document to the District Attorney of Riverside county accusing SCCA of collusion and conspiracy with a certain development company to sell off some of our common interest property.
I also accused them of election tampering to win the right to sell off the property. Those items among several other sserious issues are the tip of the iceberg. I started writing a protest news letter called SHOUT and I have a web site Spa-shout.org. Please check out this site.
Copies of the documents I sent to the DA are availabe upon request. There is a whole lot more than what is on my web site or what I sent to the DA. Thousands of seniors are being intimidated and abused. It's like living under a shroud of oppression. People here are so fed up they are almost violent. That is why the management office has a bullet proof wall.
Posted Feb 3 2006 12:17PM CET
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Therese Daniels
Santa Monica, California |
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I live in a large HOA where we had a recent election that was a fraud. I contacted the Property Management Company for the certified voting sheets and found that the announced results were in direct opposition to the actual results. I can prove this because their own records show the election results that were reported at a Board Meeting and in writing did not match the count sheets. This is not the first election where the results stunk.
In addition, the Board has been mismanaging our reserve funds. I have received reams of photo copies of our books and can prove that they have spent reserves to the tune of around 2 million dollars in direct violation of the CC&R's and in violation of Davis Sterling Act and California Corporate code.
I called one of my Board of Directors to ask when they would stop the fraudulent elections and start following the CC&R's and was told that he had no intention of reading the CC&R's and did not intend to do anything about the phony elections or expenditures stating; "that is always they way we have done it".
A concerned Homeowner in our association who documented all the violations has contacted the Attorney Generals office only to be told that the most of the reported actions were sustained by their review however that we would need to contact an attorney to do anything about it.
So there you have it.
HOA Board of Directors seem to be immune from criminal prosecution even though Bill Locklear says they have committed numerous violations in the Corporate Code. His office even notified our HOA of the violations but has not followed up on any of the reported violations or pursued any criminal charges against the HOA.
I have been informed it would cost approximately $40,000 in legal fees to pursue a legal case to do the Attorney Generals job (prosecuting criminals) for him by filing in a civil case in Superior Court.
Of course, I may be wrong but I thought it was a felony in this state for a public official to ignore citizens when they report that a felony or crime has occurred. Silly me, I thought at the very least this would constitute malfeasance of office, which according to a Google search, is in a felony in itself.
We have decided to sell our home and never buy again in a HOA community. In fact, we are considering leaving California for ever.
Why should Homeowners have to go to the courts when an HOA is violating the law?
Correct me if I am wrong.
An outraged homeowner in HOA hell.
Posted Jan 30 2006 11:24PM CET
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Banning, California |
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Sorry to hear about you getting targeted that way.
Unfortunately, it is not uncommon in homeowner associations for the person who might be the "whistle blower" to get targeted.
A mom in an Irvine homeowner association (Irvine California) got targeted over a swimming team issue. The board president kicked her, her kids, her friends and her friends kids out of the pool.
This poor lady had nails in her tires, her truck got egged, a rock went through her window, there was raw hamburger meat in the backyard that they believe was poison for the dog, she was threatened with her life and we heard she even had to get a phone trap due to the death threats, she was being framed for throwing feces in the pools and any other type of vandalism that happened at the pool, it was always her name that came up. One homeowner (the notorious alcoholic) swerved towards her in his cadillac while she was loading her baby into the backseat of her car that was parked on the street.
There were plenty of people who hated what was going on because they had to pay for all of the expenses and of course they took the great risks of liability too, not to mention any enjoyment of the pool was ruined.
There were a lot of nonmember swimmers on the team but then the board classified them as guests of the member homeowners.
It was and still is a big problem but there is nothing that can be done. Homeowners just continue to live with the noise, the dirty pool water, the dirty bathrooms all the time, the showers just run the entire time, the inconvenience, the fog horn at swim meets, the loud obnoxious announcements with the megaphones, the coaches screaming at the children, the parents yelling, the hot dog stand and barbecue grill and its residual grease and mustard and whatever else, there is no parking in the neighborhood and the parking lot is overloaded with cars and they park in front of people's driveways, they leave trash all over the pool deck.
Some of them are the most obnoxious arrogant selfish bunch of people. They act as if they are masters of these private homeowner association pools in Irvine because the city of Irvine is really into the Olympic swimming programs. Even city council member kids.
This is happening in many associations in Irvine California so if you are planning on buying property in Irvine California, be sure to ask if there are any swim leagues using the facilities. If there are, we would avoid it like the plague - because the pool is likely to give you the plague.
Posted Jan 29 2006 7:21AM CET
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I would love to talk to Mr. Glasser. I wonder, though, is this list building because they are becoming people he may not want to talk to. Could you get this info re phone and email to him.
I am in Texas, and although I realize he is in San Diego area, I have an amazing story for him, which might be better aired as a generic because if and when it gets out in my area (which it will because there is about to be a summary judgment in my favor)--it will bring a lot of corruption, abuse, mismanagement, selective enforcement, etc. to the limelight.
As for the other posters about swim teams--it's bad enough that they are using our facilities, but in our case over 30% are from outside. But, how would you like to be assaulted and defamed in order for them to get their way to shut someone up. It happened to me and to my young child.
I have a lot of factual, outrageous stuff that is going to go into a book I will also write.
PA
Texas
Posted Jan 28 2006 1:25AM CET
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I am writing a book on Homeowner Associations which covers 15 years of abuse by lawyers, property managers, and incompetent Directors.
Go to my website at www.court-house.com and hit the button under the title 18th District Court of Arapahoe County "Justice Denied"
Jim Burneson
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Been involved with the Dam East Homeowners Asst. 15 years. Served on all committees except ACC. Have been sued by the association and have sued the asst as a Pro Se Plaintiff. The only way to correct problems with HOAs is the state require all property managers of HOAs be licensed by Real Estate Commission. Lawyers claim to represent the assocition don't. They have created a money tree in collections against delinquent members with no defense against excessive legal fees.
Posted Jan 27 2006 4:30PM CET
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Jim Burneson
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Aurora, Colorado |
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