An Orlando homeowner says he was told to pay more than $13,000 for a new roof he believes his townhome doesn’t need. And when he looked through his homeowners association’s financial records, he found a check for $232,000 that appeared to have been issued before the board voted on the project.
Kenneth Yuret, who has owned his unit in the Vistas at Phillips Commons community for 20 years, is now among a group of homeowners suing the association and its property management company over the roofing project.
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The dispute centers on whether the work and the special assessment used to pay for it were properly approved.
Homeowners doubt when the roofing deal was made
Earlier this year, residents of the 160-unit townhome community in Orlando’s Dr. Phillips area were told they could each face a special assessment of $13,157.73 to help cover the roof replacement. A meeting notice Yuret provided to WKMG News 6 said the total assessment would be approximately $2.1 million.
Yuret told local station News 6 that his roof was in “great condition” and he believed it was still years away from needing any repairs…