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People buy into an obvious HOA neighborhood, sign the acknowledgement paperwork, then go postal when they can't run a welding shop in their driveway or park a broken down tractor in the front yard.
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People buy into an obvious HOA neighborhood, sign the acknowledgement paperwork, then go postal when they can't run a welding shop in their driveway or park a broken down tractor in the front yard.
IMO it's probably because there are more bad HOAs than good ones.
I disagree. My HOA has about 200 homes, and just 3 or 4 complain. These few who do complain are 100% wrong and unreasonable. Actually they are known trouble makers in the community. These are the type voices you hear.
That's a great question. Not much I would think. A quick search tells me for my whole zip,
Total households in 77523: 14,274
Renter-occupied households in 77523: 3,426
Thats about 25% for the whole Zip, and there are several large apartment complexes included, so my guess is its 5-10% for my neighborhood. I only know of one rental within a block of my home. Pretty stable here.
Section 8 stats are: Total in 77523: 14,274 Number of Section 8 households in 77523: 1,185, or 8% for the whole Zip.
So maybe one or two of the 200 homes in my subdivision, I would guess.
Have you tried drinking some beers with this neighbor? Perhaps something stronger?
If not that, then maybe get him some baked goods and bring it to him. Pretty much a peace offering. It’s worth a shot IMO
If he still acts the way he does after that, then he’s a lost cause and the troubles will never end between you two.
If not that, then maybe get him some baked goods and bring it to him. Pretty much a peace offering. It’s worth a shot IMO
If he still acts the way he does after that, then he’s a lost cause and the troubles will never end between you two.
This has to be one of the best answers I have seen.
For my wife and I never would we have moved south 18 years ago into a community without an HOA. First 16 years a smaller HOA community pool, playground.
2 years ago we downsized into another HOA community on the coast, same deal. I dont want to see cars parked on lawns, boats in driveways (we have a boat) abandoned cars with flat tires in driveways, overgrown lawns and shrubs. engine blocks laying in driveways and all other assorted junk. With that said, either does the 2000++ homeowners here want to see that stuff.
Also your siding needs to be kept clean and even your driveway reasonably clean of moss and algae
Our HOA also maintains countless lakes/ponds, multiple pools including an indoor pool, well equipped gym, two amentiy centers, main one has the gym, indoor pool, large outdoor pool, hot tub, ballroom, meeting rooms etc. Impeccably maintained. Our roads are private, so public not allow to drive around the miles and miles of the community.
Tennis courts, and the pickle ball courts, passkey community gates, 24 hour security guards, manned guard for the main entrance, cameras, license plate readers at every gate and I feel like I am on a resort (which I am) everyday of my life.
GOLF is another option but not required.Needless to say, no crime, heck we forget to lock our doors and cars most times, even though our house is automated for that too.
With that said, you dont read about this in the media, why do some people think in here? Of course out of the 370,000 HOAs in the USA, the media will always be able to dig up some dirt on someone. Actually out of any 370,000 or anything the media can dig up dirt but they will only do the ones that create "clicks" and ratings.
A crazy neighbor has nothing to do with the presence of an HOA. Same as a crazy spouse has nothing to do with the institute of marriage. The title is accurate. The first sentence not so much.
I told this true story on bitog before, but here's a repeat.
When my siblings and I were kids, the house next door had a big dog. Every Sunday they put it in the back yard and went to church and then to a restaurant with a local TV celebrity.
The dog would bark loudly the entire time they were gone. We asked them to keep it inside when they left but they would not.
I stuck the microphone for my taperecorder out my bedroom window and made a tape of their dog barking.
Then I used a variable resistor on wires to an earphone jack to reduce the signal and fed it into my brothers guitar amplifier and placed that in my bedroom window and played it loudly nonstop when they got home.
They called the police on us because their father who was an airline mechanic was only home on weekends and wanted to get some sleep and they asked the police to have us make our dog stop barking.
We told the police that we do not have a dog and we have to put up with there dog barking every Sunday when they are away, and we asked them to keep it inside but they won't.
The police went to their house and explained that we don't have a dog and we were playing back their dog barking that we have to put up with every Sunday.
After that, their dog was kept in when they left.
When my siblings and I were kids, the house next door had a big dog. Every Sunday they put it in the back yard and went to church and then to a restaurant with a local TV celebrity.
The dog would bark loudly the entire time they were gone. We asked them to keep it inside when they left but they would not.
I stuck the microphone for my taperecorder out my bedroom window and made a tape of their dog barking.
Then I used a variable resistor on wires to an earphone jack to reduce the signal and fed it into my brothers guitar amplifier and placed that in my bedroom window and played it loudly nonstop when they got home.
They called the police on us because their father who was an airline mechanic was only home on weekends and wanted to get some sleep and they asked the police to have us make our dog stop barking.
We told the police that we do not have a dog and we have to put up with there dog barking every Sunday when they are away, and we asked them to keep it inside but they won't.
The police went to their house and explained that we don't have a dog and we were playing back their dog barking that we have to put up with every Sunday.
After that, their dog was kept in when they left.
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I don't know if the neighbor is crazy but they definitely have a problem with OP's dog on their property. The legal framework in our country provides that pets should be on a leash or controlled by the owner otherwise. Even roaming pets like cats can be a liability for the owner if they do something on someone else's property.
It's a good thing to keep in mind before releasing your pet outside.
It's a good thing to keep in mind before releasing your pet outside.
I’ve lived in both non-HOA and HOA neighborhoods. We were selling our home (non-HOA neighborhood) and our next door neighbor drug in a junk car and set it on concrete blocks in their yard right in plain view of our home. What ya think that did for the sale of my property? Yes, spoke to them but they plainly told me “this is our place and we do what we want”….. Nothing could be done. Never lived in a non-HOA neighborhood since.
If I were a wealthy man I would live on a large property where I couldn’t see another house. I’m not so I chose to protect my investment.
If I were a wealthy man I would live on a large property where I couldn’t see another house. I’m not so I chose to protect my investment.
Ugh my sister is like that with her Lab mix. Cool dog and well behaved and all but that doesn't matter when she lets her dog out to do its thing, unleashed, and unfenced. Whatever, she'll get to enjoy the no leash fines and his head cut off for rabies testing if someone reports an attack.
I don't live in an hoa. Been in the same house since 1991. Other than the occasional neighbor kid that threw house parties when his parents weren't home which was rare nobody has painted their home neon green or has cars up on cinderblocks in their front yard.
Same here, and I don't have people driving up and down the street telling me when I need to replace my roof, or what color I can or can't paint my front door. No neon painted houses here either. HOAs can have their pluses, they can have a lot of minuses too. Many are corrupt imo. Flame suit on. FTR I might end up in one, but I will carefully vet the area, I've already ruled out quite a few in our ongoing search for a new place to live.
I applaud you and support 100% everyone right to NOT live in an HOA community. No one is ever forced into an HOA. Everyone who buys into one does it willingly, and they sign off on well documented disclosures they are buying into an HOA and will abide by its standards.
Then, a few totally forget what they just signed and want to store a junk car up on blocks and broke appliances in their front yard. Then they cuss and swear at the HOA? What the heck is wrong with some people?
+1 Regarding what the heck is wrong with some people? Simple, you can't fix stupid, and unfortunately there's a lot of stupid people running around.
Is that really what you think non-HOA neighborhoods look like? Or are you just cherry-picking the bad ones?
Kind of like when the media picks the bad ones from among 370,000 good HOAs.
Maybe the South is more rural and impoverished than I thought?
Not at all, I’m highlighting the protections you get with an HOA. Nowhere did I say that I think non-HOA communities look like this, your creating words to fit a statement.
I spent 40 years of my life in non HOA communities on affluent Long Island.
Please don’t try to convince me that out of 2000 homes in a Long Island community that some people don’t get stuck living next to neighbors under the conditions I described, including other posts in this forum from others
Your perception of the south is backwards the evidence is people flea those affluent northeastern and West Coast communities to come here. Not only that but they have their own HOA’s.
I’ve also highlighted all the benefits you get, private roads, multiple community pools, gymnasiums, tennis Pickleball courts well manicured public areas, ponds, and lakes, for the exclusive use of community members only
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I had this issue with my first house on Long Island and my neighbor’s dog. The dog was ruining our life. As much as the friendly next-door neighbor tried to control the dog. She had no control.
