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Property Maintenance Company Cannot Foreclose on Condo Units

Feb 6, 2018

Originally posted on February 27, 2012 by Ryan

Parc Central Aventura E. Condo. v. Victoria Group Serv., LLC, 54 So. 3d 532 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011).

A Florida court of appeals determined that a company providing cleaning, concierge and security services to a condo association could not foreclose on individual units when the association failed to pay $290,737.27 for services under three separate contracts.  The trial court issued a judgment in favor of the maintenance company and an order of foreclosure on the basis that the individual owners consented to and authorized the services through the contracts entered into by the association. The trial court relied on Florida’s mechanic’s lien statute to order the foreclosure of condo units.

On appeal, the court held that the maintenance company did not have a valid lien under the mechanic’s lien statute.  The court held that the services provided by the company were not permanent improvements, and maintenance of property is non-lienable.  Under Florida’s Condominium Act, “if a valid lien encumbers multiple condominium parcels, each owner of an encumbered parcel may exercise the rights of a property owner . . . .”  The court reversed and remanded the case with instructions to issue a monetary judgment instead of foreclosure.

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