We live in a carriage home (condo) in Fort Myers, Florida. Our community is a mixture of condos and single family homes. There are a total of 552 doors of which 200 are condos, and the rest are made up of estate homes and villa homes. Up to this point (the past seven years) there were separate associations for the condos, villa homes, and estate homes. Besides there is a community association governed by HOA rules while the condos are Condo rules. We received an e-mail stating from the Board of Directors stating that all of the boards have voted to merge all of homeowners and Condo associations into one association. First of all is this legal? We are under the understanding that condos and single family homes operate under different rules, HOA and Condo rules. This a community with a private golf course which was turned over to the membership last July. Membership IS NOT MANDATORY to live here BUT rumors are flying that the members what to make it a bundled golf community. All of the different associations are placing golf members on the different boards. We (community) feel that this latest attempt to consolidate is a further move to control the community. Shouldn't there be a community vote first to consolidate the different associations and second, to have total membership vote to change it to a bundle golf community?
