3 Oct

To My Fellow Applegate Unit Owners – 12

Posted by burypensions in applegate, board of directors, legal system.

In the case of APPLEGATE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. v. APPLEGATE ESTATES, LLC Et Al late yesterday (Friday October 2, 2026) Mastrianni’s lawyersa filed a Motion To Set Aside Default For Failure To Plead as well as a Second Request To Revise Plaintiff’s Amended Revised Complaint. The main takeaway was this line from the motion:

Good cause exists because Defendants are actively advancing the pleadings, contemporaneously file a targeted Second Request to Revise directed to newly added Count Five, and seek to litigate the claims and defenses on their merits without prejudice to Plaintiff.

What this could mean for us:

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28 Sep

To My Fellow Applegate Unit Owners – 11

Posted by burypensions in applegate, board of directors, legal system.

In the case of APPLEGATE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. v. APPLEGATE ESTATES, LLC Et Al your lawyers on September 26, 2026 filed a Certificate of Closed Pleadings even though hearing is scheduled for October 26, 2026. What this could mean:

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20 Sep

HOA Transfer Fee

Posted by burypensions in Uncategorized.

Our HOA is looking to impose a transfer fee on resales payable to the HOA. .5% was floated which, for a $500,000 resale, would come to $2,500. This got some pushback (4 emails) so the vote currently going on is to have two months of HOA fees be the transfer fee which, for 2027, would make it $960. Voting is currently 30 for with another 29 needed to get to the 67% target.

The argument the HOA board is putting out there is that these fees are prevalent and the charge proposed is reasonable. But are they and is it?

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11 Sep

To My Fellow Applegate Unit Owners – 10

Posted by burypensions in applegate, board of directors, legal system.

In the case of APPLEGATE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. v. APPLEGATE ESTATES, LLC Et Al a motion for default – failure to plead has been granted. This means two things.

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2 Sep

To My Fellow Applegate Unit Owners – 9

Posted by burypensions in applegate, board of directors.

In the case of APPLEGATE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. v. APPLEGATE ESTATES, LLC Et Al your lawyers, Zeldes, Needle & Cooper, PC, filed a motion yesterday that will accelerate this case as well as the fees you will be paying them.

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27 Aug

To My Fellow Applegate Unit Owners – 8

Posted by burypensions in applegate, board of directors.

Vladimir Putin’s official presidential-election vote shares have ranged from about 53% to 87%, with his margins becoming much larger over time. His most recent official result, in 2024, was 87.28% of votes cast. Putin may never get to 100%.

But I did.

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25 Aug

To My Fellow Applegate Unit Owners – 7

Posted by burypensions in applegate, board of directors.

Of everything I have read regarding our judicial system this book has been the most helpful and happens to be relevant to the Applegate lawsuit, especially the parts on statutes of limitations

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7 Aug

To My Fellow Applegate Unit Owners – 6

Posted by burypensions in applegate, board of directors.

In the case of APPLEGATE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. v. APPLEGATE ESTATES, LLC Et Al your lawyers filed an OBJECTION TO MOTION FOR NONSUIT FOR FAILURE TO PLEAD yesterday with a hearing on this motion set for September 8, 2026 where they will argue:

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4 Aug

Declarant Responsibility For Reserves

Posted by burypensions in legal system, Reserves.

When perplexity.ai ($20/month version) was asked if reserve studies were required by law to be done and if there were a level of reserves that HOAs in Connecticut needed to set aside before a declarant has turned over the running of association to a board of unit owners it came out with:

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4 Aug

To My Fellow Applegate Unit Owners – 5

Posted by burypensions in applegate, board of directors.

In the case of APPLEGATE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. v. APPLEGATE ESTATES, LLC Et Al your lawyers filed a revised complaint on July 27, 2026 to avoid a hearing on a motion to have the case thrown out that was set for yesterday (August 3). That hearing was called off but last Thursday (July 30) your lawyers filed a Request For Leave To Amend that Revised Complaint cleaning up some typos and adding to three of the Counts:

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