Bridgewood Mid-Rise II, Boca West: two seven-story buildings, buyer approval and the Village of Bridgewood

Yes, and the master and the Club approve the buyer too (the master's section). The 1974 text reaches any sale "except to another Unit owner", every lease, every gift and any other transfer (Art. XVI.A, OR 2355/67, p. 14).

• Who applies. The unit owner gives notice with the buyer's name, address and any information the association "may reasonably require" (Art. XVI.B(1), p. 15). The declaration sets no fee.
• The deadline. The association must approve or disapprove within 20 days. A yes is issued as a certificate that the buyer receives and that is recorded (Art. XVI.B(2), pp. 15–16).
• If it refuses. The owner's notice may demand a substitute. The association must then produce a buyer at the contract price, in cash, closing within 30 days, failing which the sale is "deemed to have been approved" (Art. XVI.C(1), pp. 16–17).
• Entity buyers. A corporation, or a trustee for a beneficial owner, is approved only with an approved "Primary Occupant" (Art. XVI.B(3), p. 16).
• Exempt. An institutional mortgagee's foreclosure or deed in lieu, its resale, and a buyer at a public foreclosure, judicial, execution or tax sale (Art. XVI.E, p. 17).
• Void otherwise. Absent approval, any sale, mortgage or lease "shall be void unless subsequently approved by the Association" (Art. XVI.F, p. 17).

Membership in a second association. The Village of Bridgewood Association's declaration of 1974 makes every unit owner on its plat a member, and each owner covenants to pay its assessments (Arts. IV–V, OR 2295/213, pp. 2–3). They are a "continuing lien" and the owner's personal obligation. The condominium may collect them for the Village (Art. XVIII.F, OR 2355/67, p. 19), so we confirm in writing which estoppel shows the Village share.

A first mortgage amortized over ten years or more outranks the Village lien, though only for assessments that fell due before a foreclosure sale or a proceeding in lieu (Art. V § 9, OR 2295/213, p. 4). The Village's "written opinion" on subordination is "dispositive".

Village rules apply here as well. Since 2012 no truck, commercial vehicle, boat, trailer or windowless van may be parked anywhere on "Bridgewood Property", which includes this condominium. A pickup truck counts as a truck even when used only for personal driving (OR 25428/245, p. 2). A vehicle parked lawfully before then may stay until it is sold.

Nothing extra to this association under the declaration: no capital contribution or transfer fee is written into it. The master's capital contribution and the Club's Joining Fee are due, with whatever the estoppels show.

For 2026/2027 the master bills the association $59,696, against $52,805 the year before (master's adopted 2026/2027 budget, not recorded). The master's per-unit charges are billed separately, unit by unit. The condominium's and the Village's own assessments are in their estoppels.

The 2016 renovation amendment authorized new lobby and corridor finishes, elevator cab interiors and repainted unit doors for "the 1800 and 1900 Midrise II buildings", up to $160,000 (Art. XX.C, OR 28201/36, p. 2). It directs that reserve funds pay for it "so that no special assessments may be imposed" (p. 3). We still ask the estoppel about any special assessment.

Only the whole unit, and only "after approval by the Association" (Art. XV.E, OR 2355/67, p. 14). The lease must say it is subject to approval, and the association decides within 20 days. The declaration has no minimum term or yearly limit. The master's rules add a 12-month wait after buying and a four-month minimum term.

• The declaration counts 76 units, but the Property Appraiser shows 75 folios: 37 in Building 18 and 38 in Building 19, with no folio for Unit 1836. Unit 1835's legal names one unit only. On a Building 18 file we look for a combination or other instrument explaining it.
• The Property Appraiser groups Mid-Rise I and II together, so a legal must say "Condominium II" for units in Buildings 18 and 19.
• The 2016 Condominium Act certificate names "Bridgewood Midrise Condominium I Association" as the board that proposed it, though its title and members' recital name Condominium II (OR 28201/21, p. 1). We note it for underwriting.
• First-floor storage compartments are limited common elements of every unit except the eight in positions 71, 72, 74 and 75 of each building (Art. V.C(4), p. 4).
• Only an "Institutional Lender" may take a mortgage without approval; any other lender may be refused "arbitrarily" (Art. XVI.D, p. 17).
• Buildings 18 and 19 are seven stories and passed 30 years long ago, which puts them on the ten-year milestone inspection cycle of Fla. Stat. § 553.899. The buyer receives the inspection summary with the resale documents.