A roof is supposed to keep the rain out. For homeowners at Vistas at Phillips Commons in Orlando’s Dr. Phillips area, it has become the center of a lawsuit. A group of Florida homeowners is suing its homeowners association and property management company after a community-wide roof project left residents facing bills of more than $13,000 per home, according to reporting by Yahoo News (The Cool Down), which cites WKMG ClickOrlando.
Records, the lawsuit alleges, show the contractor had already been paid a $232,000 deposit before a public vote on the project.
$2,105,237.34 Total, Or $13,157.73 Per Unit
The development has 160 units. Several residents told WKMG ClickOrlando they do not believe the board handled the project transparently.
Resident Kenneth Yuret and several other homeowners filed suit over the special assessment linked to the roof work. The assessment totaled $2,105,237.34, or $13,157.73 per unit…