I am curious as to how the HOA are able to verify that people are not flaunting the rules about property changes.
For instance, if someone built a deck in their back garden without approval, how would you ever know?
If someone made an extension to their fence without approval, how would the management people notice it when they drive through the neighborhood?
Would it be possible to post past approved architectural changes on the web site so someone can tell if permission was requested by their neighbor before they did something and that what they did was actually what was approved.
Secondly that would help others who wanted to do a similar thing as they could use the same plan layout, saving the HOA time approving something as they would know it already met their requirements and help others who were not sure how to define what they wanted to do in an architectural plan map.
Just some things I think would help us all to be clarified.
Dear member, there are many times that the Management Company cannot verify when a homeowner makes an improvement to their property, especially when it was done in the backyard. In those instances it may take the next door neighbor to report it to the management company as they can see it and hear the construction. The management company will check their records to see of an ARC request was filed and if not then they will contact the homeowner to let them know they are in violation of our CCR's. The ARC committee has a system called the ARC manager that contains all the ARC requests filed for our HOA. We can check to see if the homeowner is in violation or not. As for posting on the web-site, we have hundreds of requests listed. The best thing would be to contact the management company and let them check. As for expediting requests, unfortunally each homeowner needs to file an ARC request and the ARC committee will try very hard to get them an answer with-in two weeks. We pride ourselves on trying to be fast and clear (only if all info is given) as to what the homeowner needs to get their approval on their project. Each request is unique in that you must check impervious cover limits and any thing that pertains to the City of Austin's codes and permitting process. Thank you, Kez Lemerise(chairperson)
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