Multiventure Properties, Inc.

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The staff of Multiventure Properties takes pride in treating all of our clients and customers in a respectful and courteous mannerAs such, we are not in agreement with the statement that the caller was not treated in a courteous and
respectful manner when she contacted our after hours emergency matter call line on a Saturday
Wilderness Ridge II Association is a Common Owner Interest Community (CIC) and is governed under Minnesota Statue 515BThe Association has Governing Documents which dictate the operation of the propertyThose Documents are provided to potential buyers in which they have days to review and agree to abide by and move forward on the purchase of the home (unit), or if they do not agree to follow the terms of the documents they can cancel or not move forward with the purchaseI followed up with the Real Estate Agent that the owners worked with and the agent confirmed that a copy of these documents were given to the buyer for review prior to the purchaseThey agreed to the purchase
Multiventure Properties staff are well trained and experienced with Association living and the rules and regulations that govern each AssociationA staff member would not provide approval for any type of garden planting of any kindThis approval could only be obtained directly from the Board of DirectorsIn this case that approval was never requested from the Board
Multiventure Properties works at the direction of the Association through its Board of DirectorsIn this instance, the Board directed that a letter be sent to the homeowner requiring the removal of a personal vegetable garden that was planted on common area property (on the lawn in the back yard) and is in direct violation of the Association rules and regulationsThat letter was sent on May 18, On June 1, the homeowners sent me a follow up email requesting that they be allowed to keep the gardenThe correspondence was presented to the Board of Directors who declined the homeowners request to allow the garden to remain and as such directed me to send a follow up letter that was sent on June 25, indicating that if the garden was not removed by July 13, the Association would remove the garden and return the area to sod and the cost of this would be charged back the homeownerOn July 1, I received a phone call and an email from the owner's husband indicating that they would comply with the Associations directive to remove the gardenHe also requested that the Association landscaper go ahead and install new sodThis replacement is on the schedule for completion later this month as the month of July and early August are not the best times to install sod