What people ask before they send us the letter

Often yes. Many documents give a hearing or a written appeal, and the letter should say how to ask. We read the documents, write the request and keep the deadline on the calendar.

It can. Enforcement that falls on one owner and not on others is worth raising, in writing and with dates. It does not settle the matter, and your documents may say how the board decides which rules to enforce.

Usually, within limits your documents and state law set. We send the request in writing, note the date and follow up if the reply is late.

No. Most boards need an answer between meetings and a lawyer at the table for a few hard agenda items a year. We answer questions between meetings and sit in on the hard items.

Yes, and we would rather. A document audit shows what an amendment would need, including the vote your documents require, before the board asks owners to sign anything.

Write the steps down and apply them in the same order to every account or violation. A short policy adopted at an open meeting does most of the work, and we can draft it.

Mostly flat fees for letters, plans and documents, and a quoted fee for board advice. Where a matter has to be hourly, such as a court case, we say so and give a rate before we start.

One side per community. Matilda and Hiram act for associations, and Verity acts for homeowners in communities where the firm does not advise the association. We check before every first conversation.