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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
Why can't The Villages hire someone to maintain the outside, and bill it to the homeowner? Then, if it is not paid, they can put a lien on the deed. But, in any event, it seems as though they should have a process in place to deal with this situation that occurs frequently, instead of waiting a year and providing inadequate answers to neighbors who complain. Totally incompetent.
The Villages has nothing to do with this.

The CDD, working with Community Standards, *does* have a process for this:
- A violation occurs
- A complaint is filed
- Community Standards verifies the violation
- The homeowner is notified
- If not corrected then a public hearing is held by the CDD
- If still not corrected a service can be hired to maintain the property with the cost assessed against the home
- If enough fines are built up the CDD can file to attach a lien to the home

But first, there needs to be a violation and a complaint. As long as the neighbors are cutting the grass there is no violation.
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