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PJT
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Two years ago, a family member sold an empty lot she owned since 2004, located next to her house in a residential. The buyer recently began to construct on it and was stopped by the residential administrators because of “unpaid residential maintenance” fees of over RD$ 40,000 for this lot. The buyer is upset to say the least.
The family member at/near the time of the sale had gone to the administrators to ask if there were any outstanding bills/debts, if any, for the property. Their response was there is no record. They will investigate. There was no further response from them. At the time of the sale of the empty lot there were no liens on the title. It was clean. Note, it was before or just after the sale the administration/ownership of the residential had changed hands.
For all the years this family member had the two properties, the residential maintenance bill for her house in the “adjacent” developed lot did promptly arrive there and was paid immediately. No maintenance bill or debt notice for her next-door undeveloped lot was ever delivered to her house.
It is the belief in the residential community the new administrator is vigorously going after owners for fees, real or otherwise, it perceives as not billed or collected by the previous administration.
The question is: are the new residential administrators legally capable to do this, embargo construction and bill owners who were never aware or notified of their supposed debt?
Regards,
PJT
The family member at/near the time of the sale had gone to the administrators to ask if there were any outstanding bills/debts, if any, for the property. Their response was there is no record. They will investigate. There was no further response from them. At the time of the sale of the empty lot there were no liens on the title. It was clean. Note, it was before or just after the sale the administration/ownership of the residential had changed hands.
For all the years this family member had the two properties, the residential maintenance bill for her house in the “adjacent” developed lot did promptly arrive there and was paid immediately. No maintenance bill or debt notice for her next-door undeveloped lot was ever delivered to her house.
It is the belief in the residential community the new administrator is vigorously going after owners for fees, real or otherwise, it perceives as not billed or collected by the previous administration.
The question is: are the new residential administrators legally capable to do this, embargo construction and bill owners who were never aware or notified of their supposed debt?
Regards,
PJT