So I am in the beginning stages of a huge dispute with the management company that my HOA has hired to mange our community and curious if it is even a battle I want to attempt.
Long story short my condo community has been severely mismanaged as for the 1+ year I have lived here. I am a commercial property manager by trade so I know how things should be when it comes to vendors and in tenant space access so I am not completely ignorant when it comes to the trade. Today will mark the 2nd day over the course of a year I have had to juggle my work schedule or take a PTO day because required repairs or inspections were needed in my unit, this will also be the 2nd time the hired vendors by my HOA for these required inspections or repairs either failed to show up all together or were rescheduled at the very last minute. Every time I get the notices from my HOA for these visits there are heavy threats of massive fines if I am not home when the service vendor needs to show up.
After the vendor no show today (when I specifically took the day off) I sent an email to the property manager indicating I would be deducting their dictated fine from my HOA dues the upcoming month. In return I was threatened with late and legal fees as I could not do that because of the unforeseen circumstances of the vendor. Seems super convenient I am threatened with a $250 flat + $92/hour fine if I am not at home but they just get off willy nilly if their vendor doesn't show.
Has anyone successfully lit up and fought their HOA on their own? If so what was your angle? I naturally don't have the legal fund that my 3rd party HOA management company has and really my only damage I could incur is keeping this issue raised with my HOA board (I already started that dialogue).
Long story short my condo community has been severely mismanaged as for the 1+ year I have lived here. I am a commercial property manager by trade so I know how things should be when it comes to vendors and in tenant space access so I am not completely ignorant when it comes to the trade. Today will mark the 2nd day over the course of a year I have had to juggle my work schedule or take a PTO day because required repairs or inspections were needed in my unit, this will also be the 2nd time the hired vendors by my HOA for these required inspections or repairs either failed to show up all together or were rescheduled at the very last minute. Every time I get the notices from my HOA for these visits there are heavy threats of massive fines if I am not home when the service vendor needs to show up.
After the vendor no show today (when I specifically took the day off) I sent an email to the property manager indicating I would be deducting their dictated fine from my HOA dues the upcoming month. In return I was threatened with late and legal fees as I could not do that because of the unforeseen circumstances of the vendor. Seems super convenient I am threatened with a $250 flat + $92/hour fine if I am not at home but they just get off willy nilly if their vendor doesn't show.
Has anyone successfully lit up and fought their HOA on their own? If so what was your angle? I naturally don't have the legal fund that my 3rd party HOA management company has and really my only damage I could incur is keeping this issue raised with my HOA board (I already started that dialogue).