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On Dec 17, 7:40 pm, "Sanity" wrote:
He only has a case if the docs and bylaws were not presented to him. And I
guaranty he signed that he received and reviewed them before closing.

It's not unusual in a new development for HOA agreements to only be
partially complete when the first homes are sold. They add the rules
after the fact.

Unfortunately, you sign a document that says, "and any other rules
that this HOA may deem appropriate in the future" or some such
boilerplate.

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We do surveys all the time of properties that are not "built out". It is
impossible to get the projected areas 100% correct, but they have us do it.
On the one hand, this is a good thing, as the buyers of undeveloped
properties will have something to look at regarding projected costs and
dues, but on the downside, the people who already own do not have
established dues, and are buying a pig in a poke. In Nevada, the dues by
law can not increase more than 25% of the previous year's dues for the next
year. The other down side is that we may figure too high a dues fee, and it
is unlikely that any HOA will reduce their dues for any reason.

Steve