Things are changing rapidly and I can't quite comprehend the gravity of it all just yet but things are going to be tight budget from now on. Fairway is being let go but they are determined to hang on tooth and nail to get us to do their dirty work for as little to no money as possible. We resigned on the 10th and it's only today that we received a letter from the Board.
They are threatening to sue. Which is ludicrous, they have no money, everything goes to their utility bills and the gardener/handy-man who has taken the liberty of doing and charging for whatever he desires. Mom had wanted to fire him for insubordination and that's when shit hit the fan. She thinks the Board has been conspiring against her since before her falling out with him. They've accused us of embezzling $225 from the HOA, crediting it towards Mom's homeowner account, every month for the past 8 years simply because her personal checks are imprinted with "Fairway Park HOA" on the payee line.
I cannot fathom the amount of idiotic reasoning they put into this because I'm sure if I attempt to do so I will go insane.
They are also refusing to acknowledge our resignation letter as it "violates the 30-day written notice provision of our contract with Fairway Park." The resignation letter does not state explicitly a termination of service effective immediately; therefore, what they received over the weekend counts as a 30-day notice. Furthermore, the contract does not necessarily have to stand at all in this case as they breached it by refusing to pay for expenses we already paid out of pocket for the month of September. Twice they refused to sign the check because of "questions" over certain charges, like file storage and a single dues coupon book. Yes, we did start going electronic with the filing system as of 2013, that does not mean everything from the past 7 to 8 years has been meticulously gone through and scanned into the system so there are still file boxes in a storage compartment. Dues coupon books cost us money, even the generic ones. People lose their originals all the time and we are within the right to charge for replacements. If it is a charge on the billable, wouldn't they be able to put two and two together?
No. Clearly, they are not adept at this line of reasoning. They refuse to raise their dues, and have refused for the past 8 years, and wonder why they don't have any extra money after all the bills, which have consistently raised their prices over those years due to inflation, have been paid. It seems their solution to the problem is to cut down on management's fees and to threaten us with lawsuits if we do not comply.
I knew it would not be so easy to be rid of the toxicity of Fairway Park but our leaving is long overdue and I just want them gone. That's all I've ever wanted for the past year was for them to leave us alone but they are indignant. Fairway has been a long, drawn out mistake that I think we're too deep in to escape from.
