What part of entering into a contractual agreement don't these miscreants understand?
Solution - don't move in to one of these places. Simple.
I seriously consider knowingly not doing business with people that are on HOA committees.
I would live in a dumpster before I would allow some tinhorn, power crazed, politbureau to have any say over so much as a single blade of grass on my property.
a homeowners association is what people join to be big shots and to feel better than everybody else. it allows them to stick their noses into everybody's business.
people sign into them in order to lord over the common folk. When they find out that the rules apply to them, or if they run afoul of someone on the board, they whine.
if you make your bed, you sleep in it.
i for one prefer freedom and minding ones own business.
My new neighborhood has a homeowners asociation. I got the list of rules for my house (fences type, outbuilding, mailbox type, etc.) I threw it in the trash.
Done.
HOAs suck. Everyone has a God-given right to park their car on the lawn and to store burned out appliances on the front porch.
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HOA - your property isn't yours anymore. It's the ultimate form of liberalism. :)
HOAs are the tools of the Devil.
Anthony,
I am very upset at what I perceive as a bias in the enforcement of deed restrictions in my subdivision in my city.
I just recently refinished my front door per my notice of Jan. 18, 2006.
I asked you if you had a file on me that included an email I sent on my first notice to paint way my house 5 years ago!
In that email I was bitching about the same thing, very same item!!! You call me out for deed restrictions but ignore my neighbor.
Are you people on the take? …getting paid off? …is my neighbor “connected” ?
If not, then why the hell has my neighbor not been required to replace this shutter that has been missing FOR YEARS!!!!!!!
Look in my file at the date I was required to paint my house, one year after I moved into it.
That’s how long my neighbor has gotten preferential treatment by not being held to the same standard that I seem to be.
I am not kidding!!! I’m going to try to find that email on my old computer. You should have a copy of it!
Why am I held to one standard and my neighbor held to another?
Who does these inspections? Are school kids hired to do these inspections, maybe my neighbor has kids they are friends with?
I have no idea other than some homeowners get notices and others do not. ….and do not for years!
This picture (attachment) was taken from my property, so it shouldn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out the address.
Please tell me why my neighbor has not been required to fix his home, this home has been in this state for many, many years and who-ever does the inspections, year after year, do not send out a notice.
I am really mad and you are lucky you didn’t get a worse ass-chewing!
I hope I see my neighbor fixing his house soon and stop bringing down the valve of the homes around him.
That is what I pay my dues year after year for!
My husband and I want to move. We would never even look at a house that might ever be in a homeowners association.
I was on the board of an HOA ( it was a voluntary HOA, and as such had no teeth ) but I was amazed at the little dictators that reside on such boards. With my experience on one, I would never live in a community that had a mandatory one, EVER...........
These homeowner associations can be rather NAZI-esque, but there is never an excuse for beating up an old woman.
My HOA is worked out OK, although I admit to having major problems with it when I moved into my neighborhood 3 years ago.
the HOA assures me that my neighbors can't paint their house pink or drop the engine of their camaro in their front yard. Which would do nothing for my property value.
And the value of my real estate is what matters in the long run.
Those kind of places are designed for people who don't mind simplicity and want someone else to do the maintainance. If you are an action person and like to be in charge of your property, you would be crazy to be in one.
If you don't understand the difference, you (or the rest of your neighbors) will be in continual pain.
I am on the board...and sometimes when they call me....my mouth is literally hanging open at the boldness, ignorance, threats and just plain stupidity at some of the homeowners phone calls. One moron called me at 10am sunday night b*tching about something....and I couldnt' get a word in edgewise....so I just hung up. If she would of came to my house, I'd of dialed 911. Don't these stupid people realize that I am a VOLUNTEER trying to save us money, get the good bid, make the place look nice...and trying to keep our HOA FEE down? They look at me as an enemy. I'd gladly quit if other people would help out. BUt volunteers are scarce..... All they want to do is criticize and b*tch. Now you got me started. When I move, I'm selling my house to a bunch of illegals.
Unfortunately, HOA and convenants and restrictions are a neccessary beast in todays world if you wish to maintain the value of a subdivision. 99.9% do almost nothing and have little or no problems. It's that 0.1% that make life hell for everyone.