HOA's New Management Company

An emailed announcement from the HOA's office today informed Members that a new management company will assume its management role on September 30, 2025.

Contact information for the new company (but not its name) was given as "Julie Brickley, 803-205-0705, email: jbrickley@tcgrd.com"

The name of the HOA's new management company may be Town & Country Property Management, Inc., located at 132 West Cambridge Ave., Greenwood, SC 29646. Its website is https://www.tcpropertysc.com

I write "may be" because this is the business name associated with the domain name in Julie's email address. Its homepage describes it, generally, as specializing "in rental property management, community association management, and property maintenance services."

The transition from CAMS is set to happen in 25 days, even though the CAMS contract runs until December 31, 2025. There will likely be an cost for the HOA to exit the CAMS contract early. Was that disclosed at the Sept. 2nd Board Meeting? Does the Board even know how much that is and where the money will come from?

From Day 1 of his term as a director, Danny Trapp's goal was to get rid of CAMS. He had the votes to do it (5-2)*, thanks to "a little help from his friends" (four of them). Cross your fingers that the transition goes well.

The HOA should know to give the required and correct legal notice to CAMS "not less than ninety (90) days prior to the expiration date of the Term."

* If you remove the votes of three persons who are not legitimate board members (Pollin, Hill, Weatherbee), the vote was 2-2. A tie-vote fails.

SIDE NOTE: I usually get the emails sent out by the office. Today I did not. Interesting ...


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