We have 226 Villas at Medley
What's unique about Villas?
Villas are attached homes that share a common roof (not unlike condominiums elsewhere). As such, Villa homeowners collectively share expenses for maintaining their common roof/exterior and for providing water for weekly irrigation. Because the HOA manages the villa exteriors and irrigation, the expenses for roof replacement, painting and water costs and some insurance are passed on to Villa homeowners in monthly HOA assessments with Reserve funding. 
Villas Committee meets on 1st Wednesday at 5 pm in the Social Room
The next meeting is 5-6:30 pm January 14 (to not conflict with the Jan 7 Membership meeting)The Villas committee welcomes any homeowner to attend.
"We typically set aside time at the end for questions and comments from attendees. Please keep in mind that our committee's role is advisory—we review issues and make recommendations to the HOA Board. Only the Board has the authority to establish policy or make final decisions."
Addressing Construction Defects
For the first year, the builder warrantied construction. After that, there is another legal recourse for construction defects.
Membership Vote - January 7, 2026 -- Be sure to read about proxies first in this blog post -- Know the difference between a general and limited proxy.
The HOA membership as whole will need to vote whether to pursue defect claims at the January 7th Membership Meeting. So far, the law firm has worked on contingency (no upfront cost to us and shall be paid from the anticipated settlement award from Builder). However, we owners must undertand whether there might be any future costs associated with pursuing the claim.
December 30, 2025 - UPDATE- Construction Defect Attorneys Ball Janik presented and answered questions via zoom on December 30 in preparation for our vote on January 7.
December 30, 2025 - UPDATE- Construction Defect Attorneys Ball Janik presented and answered questions via zoom on December 30 in preparation for our vote on January 7.
February 2025 Retrospective -
An attorney from Ball Janik LLC presented to members at February's HOA board meeting. He described the process and timeline for investigating and pursuing builder construction defects. Essentially they would inspect and investigate construction defects on contingency (no upfront cost) and then offer to present a claim/litigate on behalf of the HOA.
These are one homeowner's notes from February 11, 2025 Meeting where Ball Janik presented:"The representative didn't say what they would inspect but we know it includes the roofs of the villas, and probably roads, runoff, irrigation etc. They would pull the permits etc from the county for work that has been done. Lennar is largely self-insured which means they have in house lawyers to fight claims but Ball Janik has said they have been successful before. There is a legal deadline (7 years from construction) to begin a claim. He said that once their inspection is complete, a "720" vote of homeowners is required to proceed with the claim/litigation which would include 'destructive testing', litigation, mediation, and potentially suit, judgment/settlement. Ball Janik would take a 40% contingency fee from the proceeds. He said it takes 18-24 months [unclear whether that's from February 2025 or start of legal claim] and that we would still need to make mitigating repairs in the meantime and then make final repairs using the remaining 60%."
After the February presentation, the board voted to engage Ball Janik to investigate Medley HOA's construction defects. Any future litigation claim can include both the Villas and Medley's open common areas, (but excludes both single family homes which are not maintained by our HOA and the Clubhouse/amenities which was purchased "as is".) At the December 9th meeting, it was announced that claims against Lennar will be by arbitration and claims against subcontractors may go to court. (Hopefully, those subcontractors are still in operation.)
NOTE - Section 10.11.2 of our Declaration differentiates between Villas ('Townhome Neighborhood') and Single Family homes (i.e. 'SFD neighborhood') specifying that expenses ard reserves must be separate between them. As such, any legal expenses or potential awards should be prorated between the Villas for the Villa homeowners and our Common areas which apply to all homes.
2026 Villa Monthly Assessments
Beginning January 2026, the combined assessment for Villas is $432.08 and also now includes the Clubhouse operations and amenities. (The regular annual budgeted assessments for Villas is greater than those of single family homes who pay for their own irrigation water, roof maintenance, etc.) Special Assessment for the Clubhouse purchase for all homes is separate at $108 month. (Check your mail for two separate coupon books.)Disclaimer- this is not intended as not legal advice. This website provides 'crowdsourced' infomation from members who attended the orignal Ball Janik meeting and enjoy researching further. Hope our neightbors find it helpful! Comments and questions are welcomed below.