Jennifer Kendall got two letters from her homeowners association. One said the trim on her garage needed paint. The other, this spring, said a tree in her yard needed pruning.
She fixed both. She was never fined. Then she found legal fees posted to her account.
Current Publishing reported the story in its piece on the Westfield HOA legal fee pushback. Residents of the Countryside neighborhood in Westfield, Indiana, are unhappy that the HOA hired a law firm to draft covenant violation notices and then billed individual homeowners for the letters, even when the problem was fixed on time.
“I Got Lucky. They Only Charged Me $352.90.”
Countryside includes about 1,100 homes off Spring Mill Road and 161st Street. Kendall, who recently sold her home and moved out of state, says her first notice came in November 2025 and her second this spring…