Hudson Management Services

SHOULD BE ZERO STARS! I noticed that one of my realtors signs have been taken down because it was in front of MY front door. I understand that if someone complained about this which I highly doubt that it would be at the very least brought to my attention or a call to my realtor to have the sign taken down. I never received a call to take the sign down nor did my realtor. If there were calls made nobody left any messages to do so or it would have been taken care of right of way.
Instead it seems that someone just took it down without any contact to the owner. This is unprofessional on Hudson Managements part. I want the sign back in my possession as soon as possible. I called 2 days ago and was told that I would be called back with where I can get the sign and nobody has called back. I called today only to be told to email.
On a side not the light fixture in the ceiling of the «common area» near my front door is falling out that should get fixed at your earliest since it poses a safety risk. Since you took over the HOA for this condo area I have felt as if we were somewhat living as a prisoner in our own home. We had to complain for Hudson to take care of the things you were supposed to be taking care of already. Cleanliness of the common areas outside were always substandard along with paint work on shutters and other areas of the outside structure. Instead you go through the back door inside common area and take pictures of a couple of pairs of shoes that were in the common area in case there was an emergency and that stairwell had to be used to escape so we weren’t barefoot outside.
Then you use HOA funds to print COLOR photos and mail out to the owners. We are talking about a couple of pairs of shoes here that hindered nobody but you put more emphasis on this than the important things. Also raising our HOA dues should have been managed more closely than slapping a $ 40 raise in one year. If it was to be raised a little bit gradually over the past 7 years would have made more sense if our money was managed properly but then again this fits right in there with taking pictures of shoes not making sense. I hope the next owner wont have the headaches in the time that they are there that I have had over the past 7 years.
UPDATE: 27^th day of January 2015 and still no response as to where my realtors sign is. One of their workers said one of the board members must have taken it down. Since I know them and are friends I called them and none of them said they had taken it down and were in shock that it was in the first place. I will be going into their office tomorrow… should be fun.

I used to live in a nice neighborhood. The HOA would take care of major issues like garage doors painted fluorescent pink. There was a budget surplus, and a chance we could have built a long-​promised recreation center.
Then they hired Hudson. I compared, and Hudson charges nearly double the average fees for a property management company. They hired a lawyer famous for being the most expensive in town. Gardening costs tripled after they hired their own gardeners. Other expenses such as postage, office supplies, gardening supplies, accounting fees, and reserve study fees all went up exponentially.
Now, we run a deficit budget. Annual assessments have to increase by the maximum 20% every year just to try to catch up to the extra costs caused by Hudson.
Hudson sends out petty violation letters for everything. Nearly everyone in the neighborhood has received a complaint. This includes complaints for:
1. Having a couple of weeds in your lawn.
2. Chipped paint on a balcony railing that can only be seen from the street if you use binoculars.
3. Lawn not green enough.
4. Unauthorized window curtains in kids bedroom windows.
5. Trash cans left out for 8 hours after trash pick up.
6. Trash cans placed at the curb more that 8 hours prior to trash pickup.
7. Trash cans stored where, at a certain angle, they can almost be seen from the street.
8. Christmas lights still up after the holidays.
9. Ugly car in driveway.
10. Boat in driveway.
11. Large van (claiming it’s an RV) in driveway.
12. Commercial vehicle in driveway.
13. Trailer in driveway (even if being used for remodeling/​construction refuse).
They send other erroneous notices such as:
1. Stating that basketball hoops are not allowed (not addressed in CC&Rs, thus an invalid complaint).
2. Demands for removal of vehicles parked on the street (public roads are the jurisdiction of the county of San Diego, not the HOA).
3. Claiming that storage of furniture in a garage is illegal (What?)
4. Demanding removal of TV antennas (CC&R rule superseded by the FCC via Section 207 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996).
When you receive a violation letter, and respond by asking for clarifications, or to refute the allegations, Hudson refuses (literally refusing in writing in some cases) to clarify any of the rules, or what constitutes a correction to the violation. All you will get in response is another identical violation letter (except with «second notice» noted in the letter). This is very unhelpful.
The only nice thing I can say is that living under the repressive régime of Hudson Management is better than living in North Korea, or far better than Jews had it in Germany during WWII.

I agree with the other reviews 100%. Slow or unresponsive their employees do not seem like they are well trained.
If I owned an apartment building, I would definitely look to hire someone else.

So far, Melanie has been petty and on a rule enforcement crusade. Hudson uses a complaint-​based rule enforcement system, but I don’t know if that policy is coming from the Board or is Hudson’s policy. The board told us to comply with something in a week, and Melanie gave us crap about it before the deadline. As a scientist, I like facts and can respect rules, but don’t understand the need for attitude to be a part of one’s work. I’ll revise my review if Melanie takes this as constructive criticism, but she might be more likely to seek petty revenge.
petty [pet-​ee]
adjective, pettier, pettiest.
1. of little or no importance or consequence: petty grievances.
2. of lesser or secondary importance, merit, etc.; minor: petty considerations.
3. having or showing narrow ideas, interests, etc.: petty minds.
4. mean or ungenerous in small or trifling things: a petty person.
5. showing or caused by meanness of spirit: a petty revenge.
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Hudson no longer manages my complex, perhaps, for a reason. I was just going through some old mail and saw 3 letters form Hudson Management. No wonder they did such a bad job: they did no realize they were managing this condo complex!

According to the dictionary, the definition of management is as follows:
The organization and coordination of the activities of an enterprise in accordance with certain policies and in achievement of defined objectives.
HUDSON Management seems to have never heard this definition. In our case the Board of Directors defines objectives and pays Hudson to execute work orders and achieve these objectives. Unfortunately, due to reasons that are out of my reach, this seems to be a task that is impossible to achieve by Hudson.
They are slow, unorganized, unprofessional and in some cases I highly doubt, if their staff is even qualified to MANAGE anything. Work-​orders are late or the board needs to remind them constantly. Their MANAGEMENT SKILLS cause too many inconveniences within our community. Residents are getting more and more upset with them and as a representative of our community it will be our responsibility to replace them within a short but efficient timeline.
In my eyes they are not a management company. They are a provider of ‘community supporting services’ that stop way short of ‘MANAGEMENT SERVICES’.
If you are looking for a Property Management Company, look somewhere else!

Michael N must have his management companies confused. That or he is confusing the board of directors with the management company. The management company does not fire vendors; they only execute the requests of the board members.
I am the President of our board here in Rancho Peñasquitos. We have been with Hudson since late 2007 after leaving Walters Management. Since making the change we have been nothing but pleased. They are extremely responsive to our needs and act on any issue almost immediately. I highly recommend any association big or small to consider Hudson. They have a long list of references in which our association is a part of. I encourage others to ask for it and make some calls as the feedback you receive will be nothing short of wonderful.

I am the President of our HOA and have found working with Hudson a pleasure.. We originally brought them on board to replace our old company who kept finding ways to charge us additional fees (I was Treasurer at the time). We decided to add Hudson to our team in July of 2008 and have been generally pleased with them ever since. Our Association has 309 units and some commercial spaces… so it isn’t always a picnic in the park.
Like all companies and people, Hudson is not perfect. Any company who claims to be or doesn’t make a mistake from time to time isn’t actually working on your behalf. Those are the Management companies that you need to stay away from.
The most important attribute to our Association is HONESTY, and that is what Hudson is.