aliandkeith
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Washington State
Hi,
I am going to try to sum up my situation. I live in washington state first off. I was behind on my HOA dues. I recieved a letter dated dec 12,2005 stating that i owe a total of $2742.00. $2492.00 was for my dues and $150.00 was attorney fees and $100.00 was a lien release fee.
I convinced the association to let me wait until jan 31st to pay this off. In the meantime the attorney stated via e-mail that i must include januarys dues in the amt owing, to them. Anyhting less would not be accepeted. he never sent me any formal letter, just an e-mail.
i sent in a pmt by jan 31st for the amt of $2857.00, the amt owing minus the fees. I did not have the whole pmt, as my cat was ill with cancer and i had an unexpected vet bill of $500.0
Two weeks passed and the check had not been cashed, I e-mailed 3 times to find out why. On the 3rd time i was told that the association refused my pmt and forwarded it on to the attorney. I immediatley called and e-mailed the attorney with no repsonse. I had told him i wanted to pay the balance owing. No respone from the attorney. 3 days later i get a lovely letter stating that due to my brazen disregard, i now owe over $6100.00 in fees for their corresopondence to me, which was one more letter, correspondence with the HOA, and costs.
My question is how can the fees go up so much in a month? it seems like they are trying to take advantage of us. Yes, i was supposed to pay it all by a specific date which i did not do. that i take responsibility for. Also, can they add january's pmt to the amt owing via na e-mail? Shoudn't hey have to send something via certified mail? Also, can they refuse my payment becasue of the non payment of the attorney fees? SO i did pay all of my association dues that were past due, just not the lien release fee and hte $150.00 in attorney fees.
Please help!!
Hi,
I am going to try to sum up my situation. I live in washington state first off. I was behind on my HOA dues. I recieved a letter dated dec 12,2005 stating that i owe a total of $2742.00. $2492.00 was for my dues and $150.00 was attorney fees and $100.00 was a lien release fee.
I convinced the association to let me wait until jan 31st to pay this off. In the meantime the attorney stated via e-mail that i must include januarys dues in the amt owing, to them. Anyhting less would not be accepeted. he never sent me any formal letter, just an e-mail.
i sent in a pmt by jan 31st for the amt of $2857.00, the amt owing minus the fees. I did not have the whole pmt, as my cat was ill with cancer and i had an unexpected vet bill of $500.0
Two weeks passed and the check had not been cashed, I e-mailed 3 times to find out why. On the 3rd time i was told that the association refused my pmt and forwarded it on to the attorney. I immediatley called and e-mailed the attorney with no repsonse. I had told him i wanted to pay the balance owing. No respone from the attorney. 3 days later i get a lovely letter stating that due to my brazen disregard, i now owe over $6100.00 in fees for their corresopondence to me, which was one more letter, correspondence with the HOA, and costs.
My question is how can the fees go up so much in a month? it seems like they are trying to take advantage of us. Yes, i was supposed to pay it all by a specific date which i did not do. that i take responsibility for. Also, can they add january's pmt to the amt owing via na e-mail? Shoudn't hey have to send something via certified mail? Also, can they refuse my payment becasue of the non payment of the attorney fees? SO i did pay all of my association dues that were past due, just not the lien release fee and hte $150.00 in attorney fees.
Please help!!