Rentals

How are we going to be informed if a home was approved for a rental? There is a home for rent on the corner of Oak View and Gatewood was that approved for a rental? I think there should be a percentage of rentals that it is allowed Within tamarron especially with all of the seasonal people that we have in Tameron there's a good portion of homes that could be rented for 6 months out of the year I did not buy in here to live Rental Community

I have been renting to a full-time tenant for the past three years. Must I get the Board's approval for a new tenant after he moves out? If so, what is the process?

I would like to see a maximum percentage of rentals that would be allowed such as 10% of the total Tamaron homes. This is of prime concern to me.

Rentals- As I know you are aware of the many homes that are being used for Airbnb in Sarasota county. Have we spoken with Sarasota county about that? I understood that you were not to be able to do Airbnb in Sarasota county. Obviously it is not enforced or the guideline has changed. Have we gotten that information concerning that? I do know of a number of maybe older single retired persons in Tamaron that are doing Airbnb style renting rooms of their homes. These are not seasonal home owners that I am referring to. These are year round residents of Tamaron that may live alone so they are renting out rooms by the day or week to help offset costs of maintaining their home. It feels like we are going to create a very unfriendly hostile community atmosphere with this kind of process. This was one of the things that residents were concerned about reviving the existing HOA rules and then not have have any willingness to make some changes to this issue. When Tamaron was created there was no Airbnb. It's a new day and many people do Airbnb.

When I bought my house in 2001 I did not intend to live here exclusively for the rest of my life. My intentions were to live here until retirement and then live elsewhere, maybe full time, maybe part time. If part time then I would be here half the year and elsewhere part of the year. Then in later years back here full time in this nice little house that is easy to maintain, near doctors, hospitals, shopping etc. Now as my wife and I near retirement we may in the near future exercise some of these options. I don't want Aibnb activity in the neighborhood, but that is not my fight. It shouldn't be the fight of the Tamaron Board either. Sarasota county and city, with their considerable resources have both adopted rules and policies to deal with this issue and struggle against the State of Florida to apply them. They also struggle to enforce them against people that break them, but when they get complaints they are pretty successful at controlling the issue. With Tamaron's limited resources and lack of authority in this matter, it would be wasted time and effort to impose this rule through deed restrictions. If a Tamaron resident knows of or suspects this kind of activity is going on they should call Sarasota County. Tamaron's board used to be good at making relationships with county officials and had contact numbers and names for association members to call to make complaints. It worked quite well, and used few resources. I take issue with the idea that THE BOARD should control to whom I would be able to rent my property. In my case, I would never seek to rent for less than 6 months. However, I don't want to wade through the bureaucracy of petitioning THE BOARD to be able to use my property in a reasonable manner to suit my needs. As far as THE BOARD determining to whom I may rent,,, RIDICULOUS. Again, the board has precious few resources, and less authority. Lets just say that Tamaron homeowners don't oppose this and the board gets to control how we use our properties and to whom we rent, what would that look like, really? After bringing 1,2,3 candidates to the board they finally approve number 3, and I rent to him. When it all goes wrong and he or she causes trouble, breaks rules, indulges in illegal activities, or is just generally a bad neighbor what happens??? THE BOARD calls me, the property owner, who is solely responsible for the property. Unless the renter is doing something illegal, not just a deed restriction infraction, the boards only source of remedy comes from me, the homeowner. I will properly vet my own renters and I will be responsible for him or her being a good neighbor. In the end it all comes down to the matter of enforcement. We have plenty of rules now. Some of them are outdated and overly restrictive, some are just silly. Others even put homeowners at risk. Rules are good for our neighborhood. It's easy to enforce the rules that make sense because, well, they make sense. I suggest getting a grip on the rules we have now. It may be an eye opening learning curve for the board. On the issue of community standards... This is not Palmer Ranch, The Oaks, or The Ritz Carlton Condos, with people on payroll to make decisions about rule infractions and how to enforce them. Also, lets also not forget the the five units of Tamaron are not all the same. They are different neighborhoods. They function at different economic and social levels. The people the have bought homes in different units made their decisions based on price, needs and a host of other things. But they bought in the neighborhood they wanted to be in. I suggest Tamaron homeowners should take these proposed changes seriously. Read the covenants for the 5 different units. Think about how these things will effect you now and in the future, when you may want to rent or sell your property, Do your research, talk to people, here, in other neighborhoods, your attorney. Regards, Bill Franklin