Civil litigation
HOA dispute — overcharged maintenance fees
HOA had been overcharging international owners for 4 years. Audit + civil action recovered overpayments and removed abusive board.
Recovered
$38K
Duration
10 months
Outcome
Favorable settlement
What the client was facing.
Foreign owners in a Tulum condominium discovered they were being charged maintenance fees 40% higher than Mexican-owner units. Forensic audit found four years of disparate treatment, plus undisclosed 'special assessments' that were never approved by the asamblea.
The strategy we deployed.
Filed civil action for daños y perjuicios against the HOA administration plus a parallel asamblea convocation challenging the board's authority. Used the financial audit as the centerpiece of the claim.
How it ended.
Settlement refunded $38,000 USD across 6 owners, removed the abusive administrator, and put new financial controls in place (mandatory annual external audit, owner-approved special assessments). Building governance reformed.
Your situation deserves the same rigor.
Every case is different, but the methodology holds: strategic pressure, credible escalation, recovery.