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When we were looking at houses 6 years ago. one of the things I told my wife is that I will not look at houses that the neighborhood had an HOA. I am completely against that junk. Its my house, i'll do what I want with it. If I want to paint my house canary yellow, dammit, I will. My wife's cousin lives where their HOA doesn't allow vehicles parked in the driveway overnight. they must be parked in the garage. sounds good if you only have 2 cars. when are married with 2 teenagers, that doesn't work well. now you have 4 cars, it causes a problem. Now he has to park two vehicles in the back yard, which is stupid.Also, you can't put your garbage can by the road before 5 am. Don't even get me started on my In Laws HOA, talk about a hot mess.one example. their neighbor got a letter saying one the bush's in front of the house needed trimming. so he trimmed it down ( had lots of large dead leaves) almost to the trunk to let it start over then he gets another letter stating that he needed to fix the discoloration on the bricks (where the bush had been up against for 10 years). But I don't want to get started on that hot mess of an HOA, I'd be here all day.
 
bigdaddysaints said:
When we were looking at houses 6 years ago. one of the things I told my wife is that I will not look at houses that the neighborhood had an HOA. I am completely against that junk. Its my house, i'll do what I want with it. If I want to paint my house canary yellow, dammit, I will. My wife's cousin lives where their HOA doesn't allow vehicles parked in the driveway overnight. they must be parked in the garage. sounds good if you only have 2 cars. when are married with 2 teenagers, that doesn't work well. now you have 4 cars, it causes a problem. Now he has to park two vehicles in the back yard, which is stupid.Also, you can't put your garbage can by the road before 5 am. Don't even get me started on my In Laws HOA, talk about a hot mess.one example. their neighbor got a letter saying one the bush's in front of the house needed trimming. so he trimmed it down ( had lots of large dead leaves) almost to the trunk to let it start over then he gets another letter stating that he needed to fix the discoloration on the bricks (where the bush had been up against for 10 years). But I don't want to get started on that hot mess of an HOA, I'd be here all day.
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bigdaddysaints said:
When we were looking at houses 6 years ago. one of the things I told my wife is that I will not look at houses that the neighborhood had an HOA. I am completely against that junk. Its my house, i'll do what I want with it. If I want to paint my house canary yellow, dammit, I will. My wife's cousin lives where their HOA doesn't allow vehicles parked in the driveway overnight. they must be parked in the garage. sounds good if you only have 2 cars. when are married with 2 teenagers, that doesn't work well. now you have 4 cars, it causes a problem. Now he has to park two vehicles in the back yard, which is stupid.Also, you can't put your garbage can by the road before 5 am. Don't even get me started on my In Laws HOA, talk about a hot mess.one example. their neighbor got a letter saying one the bush's in front of the house needed trimming. so he trimmed it down ( had lots of large dead leaves) almost to the trunk to let it start over then he gets another letter stating that he needed to fix the discoloration on the bricks (where the bush had been up against for 10 years). But I don't want to get started on that hot mess of an HOA, I'd be here all day.
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I was going to ask if anyone had had any issues with their HOAs

The garbage one would be a nightmare for me, I always put it out the night before
 
Optimus Prime said:
This seems like a terrible idea, can they even enforce this?

I asked years ago about how much power HOAs really have and more than one person said something along the lines of

"More than you think they do and less than they think they do"
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There are a lot of reasons to rag on homeowner's associations.

When they're not making you get rid of your World War II Sherman tank, they're forcing you to keep your garage doors open all day in a bizarre quest to root out illegal tenants.

Ah, the peace and quiet of the suburbs.

Fox 40 reports that the residents of Auburn Greens in Placer County, California were shocked to find notices taped to their doors informing them that their garage doors must be kept open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, effective immediately.

The punishment for violating the rule is a $200 fine and an administrative hearing.

The unwanted open door policy reportedly came about after the homeowner's association discovered a neighbor was letting tenants live in their garage.

Obviously, many residents have security-related concerns about the new rule, which offers no alternative means of protecting their belongings during the day. Some are ignoring the edict in protest, while others are getting proroactive................

http://www.thedrive.com/news/17496/...y-forcing-residents-to-keep-garage-doors-open
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If it&#8217;s not in the covenants you signed when you moved into the neighborhood, it&#8217;s probably unenforceable. HOA boards are typically composed of people with nothing better to do than mind everyone else&#8217;s business.
 
superchuck500 said:
The HOA probably has broad governing power that they all have consented to. And if the HOA followed its own rules about the new garage issue (probably requires a vote by a majority of the board after a publicized meeting), then yes - it’s probably legal.

Seems like a dumb solution that might invite liability.
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HOAs around here push the limit until someone busts them back into line. I would examine the covenants very closely before buying a home in a neighborhood with a HOA
 
Guess I’ll put this here
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In an effort to make this holiday season the best one yet for his family of five, Michael Moffa vowed to have their Christmas lights professionally installed and not miss out like they had the past two years.


To do so, Moffa agreed for a Tampa company to put up their lights earlier than usual on Nov. 6, nearly three weeks before Thanksgiving, as it was the only time the business had availability.

The early holiday spirit had brought joy to the family this month — until they got a letter from their homeowners association threatening them with up to $1,000 in fines for putting up their lights too early and violating their HOA agreement.

“I’m like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ It’s Christmas lights,” Moffa, 40, told The Washington Post. “I’m not taking them down, even if the guidelines said I put them up too early. Everything looks so nice and for them to be a Grinch like this, it’s just unheard of.”……..

 
Optimus Prime said:
Guess I’ll put this here
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In an effort to make this holiday season the best one yet for his family of five, Michael Moffa vowed to have their Christmas lights professionally installed and not miss out like they had the past two years.


To do so, Moffa agreed for a Tampa company to put up their lights earlier than usual on Nov. 6, nearly three weeks before Thanksgiving, as it was the only time the business had availability.

The early holiday spirit had brought joy to the family this month — until they got a letter from their homeowners association threatening them with up to $1,000 in fines for putting up their lights too early and violating their HOA agreement.

“I’m like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ It’s Christmas lights,” Moffa, 40, told The Washington Post. “I’m not taking them down, even if the guidelines said I put them up too early. Everything looks so nice and for them to be a Grinch like this, it’s just unheard of.”……..

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I think my attitude towards this would be to just completely ignore the letter. Is the HOA really going to want to waste money on taking him to court?

HOA or dumb neighbor knocks on door a few days after letter received…”oh yeah, I’ll get to it, no problem.” Another week passes and they get more irritated and come knocking again…”oh yeah, sorry, been so busy, I’ll definitely be taking them down” *close door, turn to family* “AFTER CHRISTMAS!” *laugh hysterically with family*. A few more days pass and suddenly it’s been 17 days and then you’re in compliance. Just politely piss off the couple grinches who care about something so dumb.
 
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saintmdterps said:
HOAs around here push the limit until someone busts them back into line. I would examine the covenants very closely before buying a home in a neighborhood with a HOA
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It isn't just the covenants. If they are acting outside the bounds of their authority, you still have to pay for a lawyer while they use HOA funds to defend themselves and run up your legal bills
 
they may not take you to court, they may just put a lien in your house if you don't pay. then when you try to refinance or sell, then you'll be pissed..
 
I have never lived in an HOA neighborhood and never will. I understand why they came about but it has become a lawyers scam in most places from the stories I have heard. I had a customer a few months ago tell me they pay $250.00 a month to the HOA and the are around 300 houses into the community. That comes to at least $75k a month it collects overall or about $2500.00 per year from each household. I can see where or how they get that much benefit out of their property values by any means.
 

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