case study

Appeal In Homeowner Association Dispute

Issue:

Clients requested and received all necessary HOA and County approvals to build an exterior construction project at their home, but as construction neared completion, a neighbor complained that what was built did not match plan approved by the HOA. The HOA issued a cease and desist order and the order was affirmed by the County administrative agency. The cease and desist order required the deconstruction of the project.

Goal:

Overturn the Cease and Desist Order in order that our clients, project could be completed as designed. But the law requires that the courts generally defer to the expertise of administrative remedies. We needed to convince the Court that there was a basis to reverse the agency.

Success:

By emphasizing that the HOA approved the project without requiring the details that the neighbor later deemed objectionable, we argued that it was improper for the HOA and agency to reverse previously granted approval on the basis of details that were not material to the original grant of approval. The Court found in our clients, favor and reversed the decisions of the HOA and agency.

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