HOA Drama

[berettafan]

Originally Posted by Rawknees'Turbo

The real purpose of HOAs, and the reason they were created in the first place, is to create a means for inadequate personality types to feel like they matter.

Ha! They are also a quick way to identify who the crazy people in your neighborhood are.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Oh and, our HOA meetings, closed to residents unless they have an issue to discuss and then have to submit it and get permission to attend.

Ours are open, but you are not allowed to petition the board at that time. You have to submit your issue ahead of time.

This SOUNDS like a bunch of BS. But as much as the board of the HOA is a bunch of pricks, the homeowners are a bunch of twatwafffles...

[legion]

One of the houses I lived in had covenants but no HOA. The developer created covenants to make sure all of the houses looked a certain way, then simply did not ever start an HOA. Once the developer was gone, there was no enforcement mechanism for the covenants, so they are effectively moot.

Years ago, my parents bought the 7th lot in a 400+ lot subdivision. The developer didn't get around to founding an HOA until about 50 houses were built. My parents refused to join the HOA, pay dues, or follow the covenants. The HOA filed liens and tried to collect past dues and fines (as my dad put a satellite dish on the house which violated the covenants) when they sold the house, but their real estate attorney got them out of it as joining the HOA was not part of their purchase agreement (and didn't exist at the time of their purchase).

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by legion

...(as my dad put a satellite dish on the house which violated the covenants)...

They can't fine you for that.

FCC trumps covenants.

[pmax]

Unless you're sharing a building, HOA's are a joke.

Dump the place and move on.

[legion]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

They can't fine you for that.

FCC trumps covenants.

FCC rule was not in place at the time.

[A930Rocket]

I’ve never had an issue with an HOA until this year. The HOA bills are sent out in Nov and to be paid in Jan. Well, we never got one last year and didn’t think about it until we got a letter from a lawyer saying there was a lien on our house for not paying it. I was not a happy camper.

Turns out the new HOA rep was sending it to our old house and not the house we lived in for 3 years. They had our address, email and phone number, but couldn’t contact us. BUT the lawyer was able to send the lien right to our house.

After getting nowhere with the HOA, we paid the yearly fee and $500 in late fees. We still don’t have the lien released after 30 days.

We’ve still not received this years HOA fees invoice...

[porsche4life]

Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. You got any clown attorney neighbors?

[red-beard]

That only works if they paint your wall baby poo yellow and you know the Hottie Judge!

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. You got any clown attorney neighbors?

I know first hand some residents have filed complaints with the State AG office already.

Primarily the new owners who were presented with a bill at closing that that was eluded to be for the upcoming year but was really the sellers as yet unbilled debt from the prior year.

[pmax]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. You got any clown attorney neighbors?

... and the poor sops aka remaining HOA members get the legal bills.

Suing a HOA you belong to is like suing yourself.

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

They may be able to do a lien.

And they will.

[T77911S]

Originally Posted by KC911

I just click on these threads to see how other folks live. That reminds me.....I need to move my empty toter that's next door in a few days

i clicked on it to remind me of how good I have it with no HOA and some retired old fart telling me what color my house has to be and that my grass is 1/2 an inch too tall.

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by legion

... they often morph into a place for overbearing busybodies to impose their will on the neighborhood.

Hell is run by a HOA

[Rawknees'Turbo]

Originally Posted by berettafan

Ha! They are also a quick way to identify who the crazy people in your neighborhood are.

Exactly! If they are on the HOA board, or are one of the neighborhood watch dogs for the board, then you know that they are harboring some major psychological issues (probably have many physical shortcomings, too)!

[pmax]

In their defense though, they don't mess with everyone in the neighborhood












... only the normal folks.

[Rawknees'Turbo]

Legalized extortion!

[pmax]

Originally Posted by Rawknees'Turbo

Legalized extortion!

You're either too much trouble or not trouble enough !

[GH85Carrera]

We have a great HOA. In fact we are having a meeting and Christmas party next week.

We had a problem at one house where the single mother home owner got a new boyfriend. She moved in with him, and turned her house into a rental. Five single guys moved into a house with three bedrooms. Each one had a car or pickup. The three car garage was full of crap, so they all parked on the street every night. Regularly parking on the street is not allowed, and it is a single family home, so 5 adults are not allowed. We sent them a letter. The boyfriend went nuts and threatened lots of problems. We paid a lawyer to send a very specific letter on the next steps we would take with the force of law on our side.

The 5 single guys moved out, a nice family moved in, and all is back to love and harmony. We can only surmise the boyfriend was told to back off.