Consumer complaint received 2024-08-15 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other debt
Issue: False statements or representation — Attempted to collect wrong amount
Company: The Law Offices of Gregory Alexandrides, LLC
State: MD

Complaint narrative:
On XX/XX/XXXX I reached out the The office of Gregory Alexandrides the listed attorney of my HOA to get balance of my account. I was instructed to do so while attempting to make payment online. I spoke with a representative of the office and she sent me an email stating I owed {$1200.00}. I then drafted a letter requesting a payment plan which I include a check in the amount of {$310.00}. I received a letter from the attorney 's office date XX/XX/XXXX confirming receipt of the letter and payment ; confirming the HOA accepted my request for a payment arrangement. The letter stated that the next payment was due on or before XX/XX/XXXX. I sent the payment of {$370.00} on XX/XX/XXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX I noticed that the check had not been deposited so I reach out to the attorney to inquire about the delay in depositing the payment. I was told by the attorney that the first check was received and deposited but they had not received the second check. At this time I informed the office that I was reissuing another payment which I did in the amount of {$370.00}. As of XX/XX/XXXX I had sent 3 payments and only 2 checks were deposited. In XX/XX/XXXX I received a letter of intent to of lien against my property. Letter stated that this was because they made an attempted to collect a debt and we had not responded. Not only had we responded but we had made 3 payments. The attorney stated that his client was exercising their right to file the lien, which I later found out that the client knew nothing of the decision. At this time the attorney added addition fees stating that there were filing fees for the lien and title search. After searching my dead on land of records we found that no lien was filed in XXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX I sent a payment of {$900.00} the full amount due at the time. The attorney returned the check which I later found out by the board members that they were unaware of the attorneys decision to do so. After receiving the check and a letter from the attorney stating they will not except payment I contacted XXXX XXXX to request a meeting with the board member to get a resolution. XXXX XXXX XXXX the representative of XXXX delayed answering emails and phone messages. I tried for 6 months to resolve this matter. The attorney later filed a claim in the court system for the the exact amount of the check that we sent in XXXX plus and additional XXXX for attorney fees for service provided on XX/XX/XXXX after the return of the payment. Instead of the {$900.00} they are now stating that we owe {$1300.00}. In addition 10 day before our court date we received a letter from the attorney offering a payment arrangement for but we now owe {$1900.00}. Again we sent the payment on XX/XX/XXXX it was refused by the attorney without the consent of the board members. They are now trying to collect and addition {$1000.00} that would have been avoid if the payment was applied back in XXXX. I do not feel we are responsible for any legal fees post XX/XX/XXXX when we sent the payment in full. In addition a lien was filed against my property on XX/XX/XXXX, 3 months after the payment was sent and refused.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation