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Anonymous
"You mean the people who cited him for a bird feeder and garden flag ?  "
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Anonymous
Frank — you knowingly bought in an HOA. Sorry, buddy, gotta follow the rules. Maybe an HOA isn’t for you. Why not move? Any who not post your complaint? Those are the big questions that he refuses to answer. |
Anonymous
The entire crux of the case was because the HOA wasn't playing by the rules. Try and keep up. |
Anonymous
“Rules” as interpreted by Frank. Meanwhile, not a single other resident joined his silly lawsuit or sued the HOA themselves. I guess he’s just a legal genius — literally the ONLY resident who spotted this “issue” or cared about it. Meanwhile, he refuses to even post the complaint! What a joke. |
Anonymous
| First, you started a propaganda website to excoriate another resident for filing an HOA complaint regarding unlawful parking spaces on Van Valkenburg lane. Additionally, you falsely state that Alexandria City requires ungaraged homes to have assigned parking spaces on HOA common areas. |
Anonymous
We can all see how scared you are. |
Anonymous
I am sure the real estate sign in front of 1434 Van Valkenburgh is coincidental. |
Anonymous
| After reading this thread, the lawsuit, and the association pleadings, I believe Virginia needs to enact a Whistleblower Act for HOAs. I am concerned about how militant people can get in these situations. |
Anonymous
The laws of Karma will shine favorably on Frank. |
Anonymous
Garage and Parking Parking Features: Assigned |
Anonymous
| Why not just move? |
Anonymous
Moving can be more expensive than suing. RE agents make a killing on $1M+ homes, plus it's thousands to a moving co. to pack and haul. Major expense, major hassle. Lawsuit is easier. |
Anonymous
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There is no path to recouping your realtor fees. However, you have great odds of doing so by bringing clear-cut cases against the HOA
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Anonymous
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What is the story with this ungarage owner?
Gary Bockweg Potomac Yard · 24 Sep 23 · Van Valkenburgh Parking Thanks to Pete Cromwell for the link to the Virginia Supreme Court case. It shows how one community--all the homeowners combined--lost about $400,000 in legal fees ($200,000 for the plaintiffs and assuming about the same for the HOA.) While the plaintiffs split a measly $6,000 for their victory. The situation in that case is very different, pretty much the opposite of what we have here. There, the HOA was taking spaces that had been designated common spaces and assigning them to homes without garages. And 3 homeowners with garages sued the HOA. Here, some are proposing that the HOA take spaces assigned from the beginning by the builder to garage-less homes and declare them common spaces. In which case, many homeowners without garages would be forced to sue the HOA. As the court also finds (p. 17-18), the values of ALL the homes increase if the homes without garages have assigned parking spaces. And the values of ALL the homes decrease if the homes without garages do not have assigned spaces. It would be a foolish and costly mistake for the HOA to try to take away the assigned spaces. It would lead to massive legal costs and the HOA would most likely lose in the end. It would be even worse if the HOA won. We would still have the massive legal fees, and we'd also all have diminished home values. Plus, we'd have the general public parking in our spaces to attend events at the school and soccer fields, and to walk to Braddock station for their daily commute. Let's hope the HOA leaves the status quo. |
Anonymous
| Oh dezr God. The "general public". Would the HOA have to sanitze the spots after their use by commoners? |