[goldstategop]

I have complete freedom to furnish and customize my unit as I want. I knew what I got into when I bought it and so far the rules have been more than fair. Although that's not going to be true of every HOA. It pays to read the fine print before deciding you can settle down into a condo life.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[mylife]

True. but those associations can wind up with nazis in charge after the fact.

In ours you couldnt’t change out a light fixture to something nicer without hiring an electrician and getting board approval.
Then you would have to hire an electrician again to change it back to the old fixture, should you decide to sell.

All this was pending board approval. A royal pain in the rear.
I could swap out a fixture in 1/2 hour, but the board says, you might burn the place down. Hooking the white wire to the white wire is a complex matter L0L

You couldnt paint, couldnt paper, couldnt put out a windowbox.

I found it oppressive