LAS VEGAS (KTNV) – A $ 2,000 home paint job during a pandemic can cut your budget. Ask more owners who live in a Silverado Ranch community.
They are upset by a letter from the property manager asking them to paint their houses or face fines.
“I was shocked. I was shocked that it was a ten-day letter of compliance.”
Mary Koos has lived in the Silverado Place community for more than ten years and says she has always followed the rules as a homeowner.
She was amazed when she received a letter asking her to paint her house or face possible fines. The letter says he must respond within ten days.
Koos says other neighbors have received the same letter and they are all struggling with finances because many of them lost their jobs during the pandemic.
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“How are we going to budget this with my unemployed husband,” she said.
Koos says members of the board of the owner’s association are trying to help her and did not know the letters were originally sent. She estimates that a new painting job would cost between $ 1,500 and $ 2,000.
It’s an investment he says he can’t afford now.
“Painting our house would take away our emergency funds and leave us nothing,” she said.
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A Nevada’s Finest Properties property manager says about 30 homes have received the letters.
She says they were told the whole community that it was time to paint their houses by then.
The letters were then sent individually, when not done, saying it was the homeowner’s responsibility.
She says no one is obliged to paint their houses in a short time and has granted extensions of six months to a year.
Koos says there could have been better communication from property management about working with them.
“I think a follow-up letter saying they will be willing to work with them and give them up to a year would definitely help our community,” she said.
Finally, Koos managed to get a one-year extension from the property administrators to paint his house.