QVLOA — For Homeowners

What Homeowners Need To Know
The Association page on this website has some information about the purpose of the Quail Valley Lot Owners Association and its governance and operation. This page provides some clarifying and supplementary information. To recapitulate the Association page: Homeowners assumed control of QVLOA in May 2006 QVLOA aims to maintain quality of life and property values Board of Directors meets monthly in open meetings Homeowners obliged to observe DCCR and other rules and regulations It behooves homeowners to attend the monthly Board meetings on the fourth Thursday of each month in order to become acquainted with the QVLOA Board members and fellow homeowners, and to hear about the current and future activities of the Association. Recent Board meetings covered such topics as: Park landscaping and security improvements Developments in the turnover of the wastewater treatment plant to the City New system of fines for rule infractions Reports of committees studying clarification of the rules, especially parking and lawn care Progress in collection of the annual Association fee Progress in foreclosure proceedings against homeowners who have not paid fees Commercial development of the land above Quail Valley along Highway 27, and the impact on Quail Valley homes Success in obtaining compliance from owner of home with loose pit bull dog Establishing a Welcoming Committee to greet new residents and orient them to the Association and community Many homeowners in Quail Valley are new to the idea of belonging to a homeowners association (HOA). This element of unfamiliarity is sometimes reinforced by realtors' claims that Quail Valley does not have a homeowners association, and some homeowners seem not to have received the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions document (DCCR) when they closed on their homes. These factors make it important to emphasize that, by purchasing a home in Quail Valley, homeowners become legally bound to observe the DCCR document, as well as any additional rules or clarification of the existing rules the Association may bring into being. *Any homeowner in need of a copy of the DCCR is urged to contact the Board President. By reason of Article III of the DCCR, homeowners have a basic responsibility to pay the annual homeowner assessment. Currently the fee is $288.00, payable each January 1. Invoices are sent to homeowners at the beginning of December, and the bills become overdue as of February 1 (deadline for payment often extended to March 31, so pay attention to Board Meeting minutes. Fines are imposed for each month the assessment remains unpaid after the due date. Complete failure or refusal to pay the annual assessment will eventually lead to foreclosure. Homeowners have an additional basic responsibility, namely, to observe the restrictions spelled out in Article V of the DCCR, and there are additional restrictions which apply to Grassy Lake properties in Article VII. The Association has entrusted the enforcement of these restrictions in an Architectural Review Committee (ARC). This committee has the authority to approve or deny: Changing the exterior paint color of the house Color of shutters and door trim Erection of sheds and outbuildings Installation of patios and pools Lanai extensions Erection of fences etc. Basically, any change to the house exterior or property is subject to ARC review. Homeowners should become familiar with Article V of the DCCR as well as with any new rules and rule clarifications proposed or adopted by the Board of Directors. As mentioned above, changes to the rules are discussed at Board meetings and are brought to the attention of homeowners via mailings or the Association's newsletter. The City of Minneola Code of Ordinances must also be observed as municipal law, but it bears remembering that the QVLOA is empowered by its corporate charter to adopt rules that are more restrictive than those enforced by the City. The City of Minneola has taken over the Quail Valley sewer system as of September 2007. Cleaning rags are being flushed down toilets and are clogging the system. Please read this letter (JPEG format) from the City describing the problem and detailing possible consequences.* There are also points of common courtesy, or "being a good neighbor," which are covered in the "Do's and Don'ts" page on this website. Homeowners associations are legal corporations in the state of Florida, and Chapter 720 of the Florida Statutes deals specifically with this type of corporation (click here to view).

What Homeowners Need To Know

The Association page on this website has some information about the purpose of the Quail Valley Lot Owners Association and its governance and operation. This page provides some clarifying and supplementary information.

To recapitulate the Association page:

Homeowners assumed control of QVLOA in May 2006
QVLOA aims to maintain quality of life and property values
Board of Directors meets monthly in open meetings
Homeowners obliged to observe DCCR and other rules and regulations

It behooves homeowners to attend the monthly Board meetings on the fourth Thursday of each month in order to become acquainted with the QVLOA Board members and fellow homeowners, and to hear about the current and future activities of the Association. Recent Board meetings covered such topics as:

Park landscaping and security improvements
Developments in the turnover of the wastewater treatment plant to the City
New system of fines for rule infractions
Reports of committees studying clarification of the rules, especially parking and lawn care
Progress in collection of the annual Association fee
Progress in foreclosure proceedings against homeowners who have not paid fees
Commercial development of the land above Quail Valley along Highway 27, and the impact on Quail Valley homes
Success in obtaining compliance from owner of home with loose pit bull dog
Establishing a Welcoming Committee to greet new residents and orient them to the Association and community

Many homeowners in Quail Valley are new to the idea of belonging to a homeowners association (HOA). This element of unfamiliarity is sometimes reinforced by realtors' claims that Quail Valley does not have a homeowners association, and some homeowners seem not to have received the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions document (DCCR) when they closed on their homes.

These factors make it important to emphasize that, by purchasing a home in Quail Valley, homeowners become legally bound to observe the DCCR document, as well as any additional rules or clarification of the existing rules the Association may bring into being.

Any homeowner in need of a copy of the DCCR is urged to contact the Board President.

By reason of Article III of the DCCR, homeowners have a basic responsibility to pay the annual homeowner assessment. Currently the fee is $288.00, payable each January 1. Invoices are sent to homeowners at the beginning of December, and the bills become overdue as of February 1 (deadline for payment often extended to March 31, so pay attention to Board Meeting minutes. Fines are imposed for each month the assessment remains unpaid after the due date. Complete failure or refusal to pay the annual assessment will eventually lead to foreclosure.

Homeowners have an additional basic responsibility, namely, to observe the restrictions spelled out in Article V of the DCCR, and there are additional restrictions which apply to Grassy Lake properties in Article VII.

The Association has entrusted the enforcement of these restrictions in an Architectural Review Committee (ARC). This committee has the authority to approve or deny:

Changing the exterior paint color of the house
Color of shutters and door trim
Erection of sheds and outbuildings
Installation of patios and pools
Lanai extensions
Erection of fences
etc.

Basically, any change to the house exterior or property is subject to ARC review. Homeowners should become familiar with Article V of the DCCR as well as with any new rules and rule clarifications proposed or adopted by the Board of Directors. As mentioned above, changes to the rules are discussed at Board meetings and are brought to the attention of homeowners via mailings or the Association's newsletter.

The City of Minneola Code of Ordinances must also be observed as municipal law, but it bears remembering that the QVLOA is empowered by its corporate charter to adopt rules that are more restrictive than those enforced by the City.

The City of Minneola has taken over the Quail Valley sewer system as of September 2007. Cleaning rags are being flushed down toilets and are clogging the system. Please read this letter (JPEG format) from the City describing the problem and detailing possible consequences.

There are also points of common courtesy, or "being a good neighbor," which are covered in the "Do's and Don'ts" page on this website.

Homeowners associations are legal corporations in the state of Florida, and Chapter 720 of the Florida Statutes deals specifically with this type of corporation (click here to view).

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