Homeowner stunned after HOA tries to stick them with $3,000 bill: ‘If I had known ahead of time’

One woman in Georgia’s DeKalb County said her condo’s homeowners association neglected to send her water bills for months and she ended up with a shockingly high bill.

According to WSB-TV 2 in Atlanta, Cynthia Brentley was astonished when she received a water bill for almost $3,000. She told the news outlet that she hadn’t received any water bills for around five months before one came in October. It showed she’d used over 100,000 gallons of water.

Brentley said there was a plumbing issue in her building that the HOA wouldn’t let her address. She hired a plumber who found red clay backing up her water system, creating a toilet leak. The plumber said the issue could have begun when the HOA changed the property’s water meters…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS