Homeowners Association and Oplan Tambay

In July 2018, the Homeowners Association in Lancaster New City Cavite headed by non-homeowner/Pro-Friends (Property Company of Friends) employees - Board of Directors has decided to "coordinate" with the Philippine National Police to its "Oplan Tambay", a nationwide drive to curb street crimes. Is this recent development a wise move by the HOA? Or is it something the homeowners should be worried about?

How Much Should We Pay for Association Dues?

How much Homeowners Association (HOA) fees should we really pay monthly? It is a question that lingers everytime we  have a property inside a gated community such as Lancaster Residences. LR, as we usually call it, is a 7-phase project inside Lancaster New City Cavite. This article is a guide to know if a community is over-charged.

HLURB Mocks the Magna Carta of Homeowners Association

Recently, a three-page decision has been made by HLURB regarding the first segregation request made by Lancaster Residences last May 2011 from the existing homeowners association due to its various anomalies on its incorporation and operations. It was a move by the then ADHOC Committee. The decision was that HLURB denies the segregation request. Let us see the reason why it was denied and how come we saw that HLURB mocks the same laws that is supposed to be there to insist the existence of their agency as a government institution.

Beech Gate Now Open After Being Closed for 4 Years. The Hidden Reason Unveiled

Lancaster Residences Gate 1 (Beech Gate) finally re-opens after four years starting October 17, 2014 through the efforts of several petitions from residents since 2011. It is a good news for vehicle-users of phase 1 homeowners. However, what could be the hidden reason behind it being closed and just being opened recently? Let us discuss the hidden reason behind it in this article.

No Sticker, No Entry for Homeowners of Lancaster New City Cavite

Homeowners of Lancaster New City Cavite may already know that starting today, the policy of No Sticker No Entry Policy for the homeowners should have already been implemented. Is there anything wrong with the policy? Most subdivisions already have the same policy so it is nothing new. But how come many homeowners in Lancaster Residences seems to be appalled with this implementation?

Several Executives of ProFriends are Facing Criminal Raps

Several high ranking executives of Property Company of Friends, Inc., the developer of Lancaster Residences and other real estate projects with its mother project, Lancaster New City Cavite are currently facing criminal raps for violation of PD957 of the Real Estate Regulations Presidential Decree.

A comparison of the HOA Dues we have at Lancaster Residences - An eye-opener to the community.

As you have already known, the homeowners association in our community, Lancaster Estates Homeowners Association (LEHOA) does not provide a financial statement and so our community will never know where the HOA dues we pay every month goes to. We have already exposed that this homeowners association collects HOA dues for about 27x more expensive than a higher class subdivision. Luckily, someone was able to hand us over a yearly budget of LEHOA. Take note that this is only a budget list and it is not the actual disbursements and payments the association made. Read more so you may have an idea on how this scrupulous "homeowners" association which is handled illegally by the real-estate developer ProFriends, makes a fool on all of us.

Ang kapahamakan ng eleksyon sa ating homeowners association sa kasalukuyang panahon.

Ang article na ito ay naisusulat sa Tagalog dahil na rin sa pakiusap ng mga tao sa aming komunidad na ilathala ito nang sa gayon ay maintindihan ng nakararami.

Bagamat inyo nang nabalitaan na ang LEHOA, isang homeowners association na pinahahawakan at pinamamahalaan ng developer ay illegal sa batas ng Homeowners Association (RA9904, PD957) ay ipinipilit na magkaroon ng election sa Nobyembre 23 at 24 ng kasalukuyang taon. Ito ba ay nakabubuti o nakakasama? Alamin ang iyong karapatan bilang homeowner; at ang pakay ng Pro-Friends mula sa mga ginawa nilang Master Deed of Declaration of Restrictions ng Lancaster Estates at By-laws of LEHOA.

How LEHOA was "legalized" to be controlled by the real-estate developer.

This is a follow up article on the comparison of LEHOA By-laws and the laws for the homeowners association stated in PD957 and RA9904 (previous article here).

From the previous article you may have already saw how the by-laws of LEHOA have contradicted with the laws that protect a homeowners association from the real-estate developer. On this article, let us pinpoint why even if the existence of the LEHOA by-laws contradicting RA9904 and PD957, it was still made to be "legal".

On-Going Petition to Stop Southlink Water Works, Inc. in collecting HOA dues for LEHOA.

As of June 2013, South Link Water Works, Incorporated, the water service supplier company of Lancaster Residences Phase 1-7 and other real estate development projects of Property Company of Friends, Inc., has already closed their Metrobank bank account which is the only venue for the home owners of Lancaster Residences to pay for the water service alone.

South Link has been incorporating the LEHOA association dues in their water bill as such their payment centers only allows acceptance of the bill if the water service and the HOA dues is paid. It is important to note that South Link Water Works is a water utility company and doing such move is a violation of applicable trade laws and of housing laws of the Philippines.

They also only send out a provisional receipt for the HOA dues which does not get a follow up with an official receipt which is also a violation for tax laws.

The homeowners needs everyone's support and we need to gather signatures to send them and the government agencies a stern message. Please sign the petition on the link below

http://chn.ge/19NyqNZ

Please also help spread the news and help our neighbors who have no internet access or capability to use the internet to sign the petition.

Frequently Asked Questions - Homeowners Association in Lancaster Residences

The following are a collection of questions asked to us, directly or indirectly via social networks and emails. We found it necessary to bring up this article so that this can be used as a one-click resource of your questions regarding this site, our village - Lancaster Residences in Alapan Imus Cavite, and our fight for an independent Homeowners Association without influence nor handling of any employee or stake holders of the real estate developer.

Feel free to browse through our sets of FAQs below and if you have more questions, you may ask them on the comments section below. And if you get lucky and we find your question very pertinent, we may add it up on this page.

Lancaster Residences Factions and why Unity is a Requirement

In every community, we can't deny that there are always divisions due to different principles, ideals, and preferences. In Lancaster Residences alone, if a neighborhood association is to be taken in consideration, there are three existing organizations. In this article, we will pinpoint each of their histories, why factions have shown up in the first place, why unity is needed and why unity must be attained at all cost.

Estimated Collections of LEHOA

Because of the absence of a financial statement given by Lancaster Estates Homeowners Association to its paying members we have come up with this probable value that they could possibly collect in a month from the paying members of the association. And the earnings have been compared to other subdivisions with bigger properties to give an objective comparison if this homeowners association is over-charging its members and if there are possible excess that the community could have used if there was any.

LEHOA By-Laws and PD957 and RA9904

As a follow-up article from our previous blog post about Homeowners Dues Being Illegally Collected by the Developer, we have explained point-by-point why HOA dues must not be collected by the developer. Now we will be tackling about some of the sections of LEHOA By-Laws that Pro-Friends use as the basis for its reason why there must be a developer involvement in the activities of a homeowners association.

Homeowners Dues Illegally being collected by the Developer

The Homeowners Association in Lancaster Residences is handled by the developer, Property Company of Friends, Incorporated (Pro-Friends) and its HOA dues are being collected through its water utility Southlink Waterworks.  Is it legal for the developer to collect HOA dues from its own customers, the homeowners of Lancaster Residences? Let us check out point-by-point if this act is legal.