Residents of the DNP “Idyll” near Troitsk near Moscow appealed to the editorial office of “MN” for help.
“We are afraid for our lives. We ask for the assistance and participation of journalists,” residents, including pensioners and young families with children, plead.
WE PROMISED THAT WE WOULD LIVE TOGETHER AND HAPPILY
Idyll is a small gated community. About 20 km from Moscow. Since 2012, the territories have become part of the capital. People bought houses here before 2012 and after.
– Very nice nature, fresh air. And the village itself is pretty. In other circumstances, live and rejoice, – emphasizes pensioner Svetlana I. (the resident asked not to specify her personal data out of fear for her life. – Editor’s note), who moved to Idyll from old Moscow in 2019.
– As we found out, the developer of the village was a large family of K. from neighboring countries – the former Soviet republic, – continues Svetlana, who is also a disabled person of group III. – I, who was born and raised in the USSR, do not divide people by nationality. And I was very happy when the head of this family (he sold me the house) assured me when buying: “We have Russians, Armenians, Jews, and Chechens living here. A friendly multinational village!” According to the official contract, I was promised a house with all communications, as well as gas. But in the end, I spent the gas at my own expense. Then she sued the developer and won the court. But these are small things compared to what started next.
“WHO ARE YOU? GIVE ME YOUR PASSPORT AND USRN”
– Since its formation, the settlement has been listed as a DNP – a suburban non-profit partnership. There is no management company. The developer himself, his sons and nephews keep order. They all live in the same village. Emerging issues, according to the charter of the partnership, should be resolved through a general meeting and voting, – says Natalia Sych, a resident of Idyll. – Every month residents receive bills: bills for communal services, as well as for the maintenance of the village. In 2019, payment cards with new figures suddenly began to arrive. Then the amounts in the payments grew even more. We turned to the developer (he is also the head of the DNP), asked for an estimate. We wanted to understand what our money is being spent on, because snow and ice in winter, for example, are poorly cleaned: last winter several residents in the village broke their legs. Garbage is taken out irregularly. There are power outages. Etc. We didn’t make any claims, we just wanted to figure out what was going on. But they actually declared war on us.
– Tariffs in the DNP, according to the charter, can be increased only by a decision of the general meeting. There should also be financial statements. We cannot achieve either. The head of the partnership starts screaming every time: By the way, we, the tenants, transferred the money not to the account of, for example, the organization, but to the personal card of the head of the partnership or his sons and nephews. Or in cash to the cashier, while receiving a receipt, not a cash receipt,” adds Svetlana I.
The residents, having received no answers, appealed to the court with a statement of claim for the provision of documents. The decision has not yet been made, the documents have not been provided.
– The entrance to the village is through a barrier. There’s a guard there, CHOP. When buying houses, we were promised that the owners would be given key chains that would open the barrier, – Natalia Sych’s husband complements the overall picture. – They were not given to us. And after we have requested an estimate, we have to fight our way to our own homes every time. You drive up to the barrier, and the guard tells you: “Who are you? Provide a passport and a copy of the Unified State Register of Legal Entities stating that you are indeed the owner.” Chopovtsy themselves explain: we were told that now there will be such rules. I would like to emphasize that we, the owners of the houses, hand over the money for protection, and the staff of the service obey the incomprehensible rules that K. introduced. as the head of the partnership. It’s like you go to your own apartment, and you are required to have ownership documents near the entrance. Why on earth?!
“THEY DIDN’T EVEN LET THEIR DAUGHTER AND GRANDCHILDREN IN”
– K. introduced a paid entry for trucks, – the residents say. – For example, Gazelle arrives with kitchen furniture. The head of the partnership declares that the car will be launched only after paying the money for entry. On what basis, if this brand is not even considered a cargo one? “That’s what I decided,” says K. Another time, a gas leak occurred in one of the houses. The gas service was also not missed for a long time.
– Everyone here says that the heads of the partnership and their relatives themselves do not pay utility bills, do not hand over funds for the maintenance of the village. How can I verify this fact? – asks another resident of “Idyll” Leonid Grivko. – Well, the cherry on the cake: we, the residents, accidentally find out that in 2022 the DNP changed the charter, despite the fact that any changes to this document under current legislation should also be submitted for general discussion. There are many “interesting” innovations in the new charter. They all boil down, in fact, to a single point – bring money on demand and do not ask questions.
– Just the other day, my daughter and grandchildren, the youngest of whom is only a few months old, were not allowed through the barrier to me on the grounds that they are not owners. We repeatedly wrote statements to the police, the staff came. After that, the barrier was opened, in their presence it was stated: “There are no obstacles …” An abominable situation! It’s a shame that we ended up in it,” Natalia sums up.
A COMPETENT OPINION
Maxim Glushkov,
lawyer:
– The Constitution of the Russian Federation guarantees every citizen the right to access information and protection of property rights. The owners of DNP Idyll have the right to receive information regarding the procedure for calculating and justifying the cost of monthly contributions. The documents were not submitted. They were not even handed over to the court, where one of the tenants filed a lawsuit. You can’t help but wonder: are there any at all?
There are many violations: illegal restriction of the rights of tenants to enter the territory of their own land plots, lack of financial and economic justification for increasing membership fees, voting procedure and counting of votes at the general meeting, accounting, etc. We will sort it out.
Residents have the right to hold a general meeting and put on the agenda the issue of conducting an audit by a third-party company. But earlier it is necessary to amend the charter of the DNP in terms of the voting procedure and counting of votes.
An audit can be conducted by a third-party organization by decision of the DNP members or as part of an audit by the OBEP or the prosecutor’s office. The state body has the right to independently involve a third-party organization to conduct an audit.
Victoria Kataeva.
Photo: LEGION-MEDIA
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