By J. Graber | YourValley
Usually it’s the homeowners’ association that enforces CC&Rs against homeowners, but it’s playing out the other way around in Scottsdale’s historic Cuernavaca neighborhood.
Brad Blakeman as well as Robert and Nancy McLees have filed a complaint in Maricopa County Superior Court against the homeowners’ association and Marcus and Corryn Shotey over renovations to the Shotey’s home.
Cuernavaca is a walled community of 41 townhomes designed by architect Jeffrey Edmonds in a Spanish colonial style, but the complaint filed by Blakeman and the McLees claims renovations to the Shotey’s home is more of a modern nature — thus defying the CC&Rs, they say.
The Shoteys got permission for the remodeling improperly from the homeowner’s association, the claim states. The Shoteys did not get the proper approval from surrounding neighbors and one of the homeowners’ association board members who signed off on the renovations is Corryn Shotey, who is does not own any property in the neighborhood. What’s more, Marcus Shotey also created a conflict of interest when signing the renovation’s approval as a member of the homeowners’ association board, according to the claim.
