Bridgewood Townhouse III, Boca West: 43 townhouse units, sale approval and a two-leases-a-year limit

Approval from the association, then the master's Certificate of Compliance and the Country Club's approval. An owner needs the association's approval to sell to anyone who does not already own a unit here (Art. XVI.A(1), OR 2355/1, p. 15).

• The notice. The owner who is selling tells the association who the buyer is and supplies what it "may reasonably require" (Art. XVI.B(1)(a), p. 15).
• The answer. It has 20 days to approve or disapprove. Approval takes the form of a recordable certificate, delivered to the buyer and recorded (Art. XVI.B(2)(a), p. 16).
• The owner's safeguard. If the notice demands it, a refusal must be followed by a cash contract at the same price from the association or its approved buyer, closing within 30 days. Silence after the demand means the sale is deemed approved (Art. XVI.C(1), p. 17).
• Companies and trustees. Their ownership is approved only with an approved Primary Occupant (Art. XVI.B(3), p. 16).
• No approval needed. For an institutional lender acquiring through its mortgage, its resale, and a buyer at an advertised public sale (Art. XVI.E, p. 18).
• No approval given. The sale "shall be void unless subsequently approved by the Association" (Art. XVI.F, p. 18).

With the association's approval, under the 1974 text as amended on 28 September 2007 (Art. XVI.B(1)(b), OR 22147/110, p. 2):

• Approval. The owner gives notice of the tenant with a copy of the lease, which must say it is subject to approval. The association decides within 20 days (OR 2355/1, p. 16).
• Whole unit only. "No partial Unit leasing, assignment of the lease by the lessee, or subleasing is permitted."
• Twice a year. "No Unit may be leased more than twice in any calendar year."
• Two months minimum. No lease may run less than two months, and a renewal or extension "shall constitute a new lease".
• Documents. Every lease binds the tenant to the declaration, articles, by-laws and rules, whether it says so or not. The owner must hand the tenant the rules by the start of the term.

A condominium amendment banning rentals, changing the rental term or limiting how often owners may rent binds only owners who consent to it and those who take title after it (§ 718.110(13)). The twice-a-year and two-month limits therefore bind every owner who took title after 28 September 2007, and earlier owners who consented. In practice the master's rules are stricter on term: no lease in the first 12 months of ownership and none under four months. So the master's minimum governs the length, and this condominium's twice-a-year limit governs the count.

A third assessing association. Every unit owner on the Village's plat is a member, and its assessments are a continuing lien and a personal obligation (Arts. IV–V, OR 2295/213, pp. 2–3). Bridgewood Townhouse III's board may collect them for the Village (Art. XVIII.F, OR 2355/1, p. 20).

In 2016 the Village added a section saying its property and declaration are "subject to and governed by the Florida Condominium Act" as amended (Art. VIII § 7, OR 28181/263, p. 2). The Village is not itself a condominium. So whether its estoppel falls under § 718.116(8) or § 720.30851 is open. Either gives it 10 business days from a written or electronic request.

Townhouse III's declaration adds no buyer's contribution or transfer fee. At closing the buyer settles the master's capital contribution, the Club's Joining Fee and whatever the estoppels report.

For 2026/2027 the master bills this association $25,583, up from $21,285 (master's adopted 2026/2027 budget, not recorded). That is apart from the master's per-unit charges. In any voluntary conveyance the buyer becomes jointly and severally liable with the seller for unpaid assessments (Art. XVIII.M, p. 21).

• A tenant in place at closing must hold a lease the association approved. A third lease in the same calendar year would breach the 2007 limit, so we count the year's leases before a buyer signs a new one.
• Since 19 March 2010 a ground-floor owner may, with a Board majority's approval, put a hinged gate in the patio privacy fence and keep one electric golf cart behind it (Art. XX, OR 23751/1311, p. 2).
• Private or seller financing needs the association's consent unless the lender is an "Institutional Lender", and that consent "may be arbitrarily withheld" (Art. XVI.D, p. 17).
• Since 2016 the current Condominium Act governs the declaration (OR 28201/33), including the joint liability and lender rules of § 718.116.
• Milestone inspections under Fla. Stat. § 553.899 start at three habitable stories, so we ask how the association classifies these split-level buildings.