HOA's. Hate them or love them?

[dailydriver]

MAKE SURE you find out if ANY car repairs are allowed as per the bylaws/rules & regs of the HOA ANYWHERE outside of your garage (IF you have one) IF that is important to you!!!
(Some might not even allow you to wash/wax your ride in YOUR driveway!)

My HOA just informed me that I can NO LONGER even have my hood open, EVEN IN MY OWN DRIVEWAY, as I face a $50.00 fine for the 1st offense, going up to $100.00 for the second, and then $250.00 for EVERY ONE after that!!

So, my answer is that I HATE these snooty, faux elitist, Oliver Thurston Howell the 10th populated HOAs, even MORE than most of the members of this site hate bleeding heart lefty liberals!! LOL

 

[Merkava_4]

Originally Posted By: dailydriver
My HOA just informed me that I can NO LONGER even have my hood open, EVEN IN MY OWN DRIVEWAY


That's crazy as heck. I can see that at an upscale apartment building, but not a residential home.

 

[04SE]

Originally Posted By: dailydriver
My HOA just informed me that I can NO LONGER even have my hood open, EVEN IN MY OWN DRIVEWAY


That is easy, take the hood off the car and then listen to them squeal!!!!

 

[hansj3]

I wish hoa's did not have to exist. I like a little variety in houses, and most of the houses in my moms hoa are the exact same. Good hoa rules make life easy and maintain home values without being oppressive. But the rules should be flexible within reason.
My aunt lives in a hoa that includes the inside of your garage as part of their reach.
One neighbor had a stack of boxes and got a reprimand
Another neighbor was a retired master tech and had a mobile hoist (harbor freight) for restoring his rat rod someone drove past while he was working on it and they made him get rid of both, the hoist because they suspected him of working out of his garage, and the rat rod because it was a "junk car"

Another reason not to buy that house is the golf course. My mom lives near a golf course and some of their houses butt up to it. The more drunk golfers slice and hit the siding. It all gets replaced but it looks terrible, complete mismatch

Then again I'm land bound, 5 acres with some hills and a stream or pond would be heaven.

 

[Oregoonian]

As a former Realtor, I've had dealings with many HOA'S.

My general opinion is that most people on HOA boards......have to much time on their hands, and get involved in many things they shouldn't.....sometimes making it difficult to sell your home.

 

[xxch4osxx]

Originally Posted By: Chris142
No way.i would never consider living in a place with a hoa
My thoughts exactly. Not that there is such a thing up here that I know of.

 

[Mr Nice]

Lots of nice houses in affluent areas without a HOA.

 

[WobblyElvis]

I was on a condo board for a few years. It was a thankless job. Some woman took us to court for something that was enforced by the board while she was on the board of directors. Went to court and she lost, so she sold her unit and moved in shame.
You can't fix stupid.

 

[Roadkingnc]

I looked long and hard for a house without a hoa and I live in a development. No city police, just the county and the highway patrol. The lots are all large, I can shoot handguns in my back yard without complaint, if I want a bonfire I can have it. If I want to work on a car I have at it.
Homes are well maintained and everybody minds their own business. I would have a major problem with others telling me what I can or cant do within reason.
And I can be in Charlotte in 30 minutes.

 

[spasm3]

Originally Posted By: 04SE
Originally Posted By: dailydriver
My HOA just informed me that I can NO LONGER even have my hood open, EVEN IN MY OWN DRIVEWAY


That is easy, take the hood off the car and then listen to them squeal!!!!


OHHH great idea! That would be hilarious.

 

[shrooms]

In my case.

Positive:

Gated, security, pools, large lake, snow removal.

Negatives:

Constant dues increase, too many fees, over aggressive security, (they think they're cops) bloated expensive projects that homeowners don't have a say, obnoxious board, too many build regulations, permits for home improvement projects, tree removal, and many more.

HATE IT

 

[JerryBob]

I have a neighbor up the street whose lawn is all torn up, has just dumped landscaping rocks on the sidewalk, and torn curtains on the windows.

We don't have an HOA. Wish we did.

 

[Mr Nice]

Some HOA board members hire family /friends as contractors and get kickbacks from all the work within HOA community.

 

[AZjeff]

The older sub division I'm in has a voluntary HOA, totally ineffective at enforcing any rules. A guy up the street has 7 cars in his front yard, some people down the street are hoarders. If you go to a meeting with anything they refer you to the county. We read the CC&Rs before we bought and saw nothing we couldn't live with, turns out it meant nothing. My daughter is having a house built in a newer sub-division that has an active HOA, she has no problem with any of the rules. Drive around the older areas and everything looks nice and well kept, no cars in the front yard with the engine out etc, no shabbily kept properties. Depends entirely on what you want to do and where you want to live. Every one is not the same.

Don't buy in an HOA then b!tch about the existing rules. Don't want to live in one, don't. It's a great country, we have choices!

 

[daves87rs]

Don't live in HOA, thank goodness. Going to have that neighbor (we do), but would rather have freedom to do what we want. Most of a neighbors are taking good care of their places...

Have a friend of lives in a HOA that has yearly house inspections, inside and out. No Joke....

Be careful what you sign up for....

 

[Kestas]

I live in an older 60s middle class suburb. There is no HOA. I don't see any weird neighbors around and everyone behaves. Simple living at its finest. I feel sorry for the folk who live in an HOA, or who need one.

 

[simple_gifts]

HOAs can regulate stuff like whether someone can install 7x24 spotlights on their property even if it annoys the neighbors...

So maybe 'what end' of the enforcement one is on whether they are good or bad.

 

[aquariuscsm]

Good news,the country club casa is a no go! She saw the taxes plus the HOA /CC dues and realized it's throwing money away. Found a few late 60s art deco houses we're going to check out. That's what my parents had,so that's what I grew up in and absolutely love them! I just can't get excited about those cookie cutter McMansion things where the entire neighborhood looks like a huge apartment complex,and it seems like 99.9% of houses for sale are those.

 

[Merkava_4]

Here's our official home owners association car.

 

[aquariuscsm]

Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
Here's our official home owners association car.

Haha awesome!!