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Updated: 45 weeks 3 days ago
Condo auction stirs little excitement
When The Residences at Quorum Center announced last month that it would auction off its remaining 14 condominiums, it was hardly a surprise.
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Congrats message on fence faces mixed reaction
A proud Carlsbad mom who painted a huge congratulations message to all 2011 high school graduates on a fence bordering her property has found that not everyone is sharing her excitement.
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HOA board is reluctant to challenge homeowner
Q: We live in a Charlotte town home community. In 2010, the HOA board revised the community's existing "Rules & Regulations," taking special care not to be in conflict with the decade-old Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (CCRs).
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Residents spot coyotes in neighborhood
Jim Hall had heard the rumors. His neighbors in Winding Walk were hearing eerie howls in the evening outside their homes. Sometimes they would catch a chorus of yips.
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Judge won't dismiss 751 South-related lawsuit against Durham County
A superior court judge on Monday denied a request from a Durham County attorney to dismiss a civil lawsuit against the county and its commissioners. Several South Durham homeowners filed the suit late last summer, challenging the way the county handled approvals for the proposed 751 South mega-development.
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Residents want streets finished
Residents of a new neighborhood in the Oak Grove area want city officials to see to it that streets in their community left unfinished by a now-bankrupt developer receive their final coat of asphalt.
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Asheville condo flop hits buyers in wallet
But Zona Lofts turned out to be a strikeout. Construction stopped after some excavation work was done and the proposed site at 150 Coxe Ave. is just a muddy hole in the ground today.
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HOA's rules aren't being enforced
Q: We live in a Charlotte townhome community. In 2010, the HOA board revised the community's existing "Rules & Regulations," taking special care not to be in conflict with the decade-old Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (CCRs).
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Family's Go Kart Track Has Neighbors Upset
Several association members complained about the track last week at a meeting of the Kernersville Board of Aldermen. They asked the aldermen to shut down the track.
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Homeowners Associations stepping up legal pressure with foreclosures
Foreclosures by local homeowners and condominium associations more than doubled since 2008, though the filings have waned recently, a StarNews review of New Hanover County foreclosure filings found.
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Tossed cigarette butt sparks condo fire near South Park
An improperly discarded cigarette is believed to have caused a two-alarm fire which damaged three condominium units in Charlotte's SouthPark area late Thursday night.
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TROUBLESHOOTERS: Homeowner not getting what HOA promised
Buying a home is a big decision. A lot of thought goes into it, like the size of the home, the neighborhood and amenities. So when one woman bought a town home because of what the community offered, she was surprised to discover what she was promised is not what she's getting.
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Banned method of stopping beach erosion could return
To be sure, wealthy homeowners have pushed for these changes. The Figure Eight Beach Homeowners Association hired a lobbyist to work on the issue. Figure Eight is a private island along the coast. But the issue also affects long-time coastal residents who don't have second homes, said Ocean Isle Beach Mayor Debbie Smith.
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County water program comes to an end
Each of the respective homeowner's associations submitted an application for the program, and they did this just in time. The Self Help Program has now met its quota and will not approve further neighborhood requests.
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HOA's restriction on pool use is legal
Q. My neighborhood HOA limits the number of people from a single household who can use the pool to five persons at one time. The HOA distributes five pool bands per household regardless of the number of people living in the house.
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HOA fines without hearing
Q: My HOA charged me with a violation of the restrictive covenants. The HOA's property management company began assessing fines on my account on the same day the violation letter was dated
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Cumberland board sidesteps request to repair dam
president of the Point East Homeowners Association, asked the commissioners to assess 17 property owners with frontage on a lake in the subdivision to fund the repairs.
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Teen's school project henpecked by HOA
Kristen Sommerfeld, 16, built a chicken coop in her Raleigh backyard and began raising chickens for her International Baccalaureate project at Broughton High School.
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Fire damages 2 units at NoDa condo complex
Firefighters battled a two-alarm fire in the NoDa neighborhood around lunchtime on Tuesday.
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