HOAWatchman

The HOAWatchman site was developed to allow homeowners within a community to share information and concerns about interactions with their Homeowners Association.

HOA's typically set standards and guidelines that each homeowner should follow when they will be making important decisions about home improvements, landscape design, house color, and an array of other possible improvements that might be envisioned.

These standards and guidelines are crafted to enhance the value of your property and ensure consistency within a community. Your HOA typically supplies a great service to the community. Sometimes however they may not have the best interest of the community at heart. If the board of directors is controlled by the property developer instead of a community elected board of directors, then you do not have any input into the management of your community. If your community does not have a voice in the decisions made by the HOA, then you may not be happy with the direction that your community is going. Will these decisions affect your monthly dues, or will annual assessments be placed on your property if poor financial choices are made by HOA management?

This site allows community members to document issues that they think are important to a better understanding of how HOA monies should be distributed. You can also use this site to document developer to HOA transition issues if you are a new community. Normally when the community is near completion the developer will turn the community over to a resident only controlled board of directors. During this transition phase, it is important that the community document all outstanding infrastructure issues. If these documented issues are not addressed during the transition phase, the HOA may be financially responsible for any repairs in the community. If the HOA does not have a sufficient reserve fund, the HOA will need to assess every homeowner for the repair project.

To get started, you can click on Browse Communities to see if your community is listed.