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Homeowner fined $2.8k by HOA over fence put up on own land – & threatened with losing home if she doesn’t pay in 13 days

A HOMEOWNER has claimed she was ordered to pay nearly $3,000 after she tore down a fence she alleges her HOA wrongly installed in her garden.

Patricia Dean, 58, a staff assistant in Atlanta, Georgia, said the conflict with her HOA first began in 2023.

Patricia Dean standing in front of the home she is now at risk of losingCredit: SWNS

A letter of complaint Dean said she was sent by the HOACredit: Patricia Dean / SWNS

Dean now fears a lien being put on her home (pictured)Credit: SWNS

Her association allegedly replaced a 75ft long fence in her backyard without permission – moving it a foot closer to her home.

In response, Dean took the fence down and reinstalled it along what she claims is the proper boundary – prompting the HOA to fine her $2,800.

She ignored the fine – instead her attorney sent documentation showing the fence had been professionally reinstalled in the correct place, on HOA property, she said.

She then heard nothing for an entire year, she claims.

But that changed in October 2024, when Dean submitted her name for candidacy to join the HOA board.

Almost immediately, the HOA suddenly began pursuing her again – this time for a $1,055 charge labeled “attorney fees,” which she understands is in relation to the initial fence fine which she still hasn’t paid, she explained.

She said she was given no explanation or itemized breakdown, despite repeated requests.

“They will not give me anything showing what that $1,055 is,” Dean said.

“I cannot resolve anything. It’s as if it’s a one-man show.”

She added: “This whole situation is a mess. All of this could have been avoided.”

Dean believes the charge is tied to a survey the HOA had to conduct after encroaching on her land – a cost she says she shouldn’t be responsible for.

Now, she’s being threatened with a lien on her home unless she pays the charge within 13 days, she claims.

“I worked very hard to have my first home,” she said.

“I’m feeling some type of way because I’m a single parent.”

Dean purchased her four-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath home in the Waverly Park Community in College Park for $116,500 in May 2010.

She now fears losing it due to what she describes as “fraudulent” HOA practices.

She isn’t alone.

Other residents have raised concerns about long-standing issues within the HOA, she claims, including corruption, mismanagement, and an alleged power grab.

She also claims the current president has held office since 2013 despite term limits in the HOA’s bylaws.

“She’s been on since 2013. When we mentioned to her that we only can serve for a couple years and then we have to go off, now she’s lying saying she’s been off,” Dean alleged.

Dean and other concerned homeowners are trying to gather enough support to vote out the current board.

But she believes newly elected members are being blocked from taking office.

“She will not let them be on the board,” Dean said.

She added: “They are in a leadership role. They need to act like it.”

The Waverly Park Homeowners Association did not immediately respond to request for comment.

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