Too bad, so sad

[telophase]

Email to our former HOA, in re a violation letter we just received via certified mail:

Hello,

We received the violation notice from your July 22, 2024 inspection.

We sold the house at [address] on July 15th, 2024, as you can see in the Closing Verification document I have attached.

As such we will not be correcting the violation, as it is the responsibility of the current owners, [Names].

Thank you

Yes, yes, I know plenty of you would never buy in an HOA. Let's not have that discussion here, and instead just enjoy the pleasant sensation of telling off the HOA for giving us a violation on a house we don't actually own. If for some reason they attempt to clap back, our next step is contacting our real estate agent and asking if we can hire her attorney to write a letter explaining why it's not our responsibility.*


* As the attorney advised her before when the issue was brought up pre-closing. I have no idea how it was brought up pre-closing and yet the letter we got ~certified mail~ clearly states the inspection date is July 22nd. Either way, not our problem.

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[havocthecat]

What the fuck is WRONG with them?

That's my only question.

[telophase]

No clue! They knew the house was selling as they did an inspection two weeks before and complained about the missing bushes and grass! The title company emailed us and went "Oh noes you need to fix this ASAP before the closing!!!" and we asked our real estate agent, who asked her lawyer, who went "Uh, no, the buyers accepted the house as they saw it and did not ask for that to be fixed in the contract so it's their problem," so we ignored it. Yay for not having to fix it! :D

At any rate, we got a reply to the email above that basically said, ok, you're right, we'll complain at the current residents, you're off the hook.