Does anyone live in an HOA community?

[Lionfish Lair]

Anyone here ever have to deal with a defunct HOA community?

Mine is driving me off my head and would love to hear war stories from others.

 

[cmcoker]

I don't live in one but I work in one. The hoa dictates to our business, lab boxes can not be visible to Street, getting the lab courier to go to the back of the building is a challenge every time they change drivers.
My boss said This hoa used to require wood shingles on all the homes, people finally got together and sued after several incidents of a house fire spreading to neighbors so easily with tinder on the roof..

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I have an inactive one. So, they don't do anything to enforce the rules and no one outside can come in and enforce some rules because it's private property. I've been fighting with them for some time now, but it all just flared back up, so it's about to be "go-time".

 

[cmcoker]

I have an inactive one. So, they don't do anything to enforce the rules and no one outside can come in and enforce some rules because it's private property. I've been fighting with them for some time now, but it all just flared back up, so it's about to be "go-time".

So like the city couldn't do anything about a neighbor with a 3ft tall yard, for instance?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Nope.

And I have horrible low-class type neighbors.

 

[Reefer_mon_]

We have an HOA in your neighborhood cost about 120$ a month extra, but it keeps are home value. You don't get the guy/cat woman next door who never clean or has oil stains in their drive way. Sometimes the HOA can be a pain in the rear, like when they came and looked over my fence to say I can't have metal pips layed up against the wall. But I simply told them they were for the park port that was still in transit.

 

[cmcoker]

Nope.

Oh, that is ridiculous.
Personally think some of the hoa rules are such that I wouldn't want to live in one, but also don't want to live where it's a free for all...

 

[jsker]

The way HOA are setup are with the bylaws set by the builder of the community, the bylaws can be changed by the board and vote the changes by a majority of the community. HOA's also have to adhere to the state HOA laws. The broad is responsible to in force the bylaws I f the association. If the board deviates from the bylaws the the association can force a proxy vote for a new board.

Most of the time with associations, the day to day business is managed by a managment company.

Most of the time the board members have no idea how to run a busines and are in place for the reason no else stepped up to be on the board.

I ran our association for 6 years and our association was the most profitable in the history of our association. I was ask d to come on the board for the reason it was mis managed. I cleaned house Then I step down after 6 years for two reasons. I believe in term limits and the new board felt that they could do a better job and run the association the way they felt. They soon learned the could not. One of the conditions when I left is that each new member had to be state certified.
:)

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Before I bought this house, I lived next to junky loud neighbors. Now I still have loud junky neighbors, but no recourse.

 

[Scopulum Zombie]

I deal with one where I live in California. I cant wait to move. They changed mailbox regulations three times last year causing me to have to buy three mailboxes. Not the cheap kind. The cast iron/aluminum decorative kind. $$$

 

[jsker]

Nope.

And I have horrible low-class type neighbors.

Is it a gated community?

 

[Frop]

I never want to be in hoa. We do have shopping carts show up infront of our house. Some times trash from the neighbors non running car infront of my house makes it to our yard still. But I figure the extra $100 a month in home payment is going to save me like $24,000 in interest and pay the home off 8-9 years faster. 24k is an entire year of someone's life just working at minimum wage to pay interest.

 

[jsker]

Most communities are set up as 501c3 corporations, which make them private. But code inforcement, the EPA can come in and inforce local codes, I would call your county commissioners and bend there ear.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Is it a gated community?

Yes.

 

[den75]

Why anyone would want to live in an area with an HOA is beyond me. I'll stay on my 80 acre farm with no neighbors where I'm free to do what I want thank you very much.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Most communities are set up as 501c3 corporations, which make them private. But code inforcement, the EPA can come in and inforce local codes, I would call your county commissioners and bend there ear.

I've been to a lawyer. They recommended I sell and get the hell out, because it was such a mess. Things simmered down, but they are starting back up again.

Why anyone would want to live in an area with an HOA is beyond me. I'll stay on my 80 acre farm with no neighbors thank you very much.

No offense, but why someone would want to live on an 80 acre isolated farm is beyond me. Remember we are all different people and luckily do not all want to live in the same place. I would love living in this space, if the HOA would enforce some rules.

 

[becks]

What's a hoa community?

 

[Frop]

Why anyone would want to live in an area with an HOA is beyond me. I'll stay on my 80 acre farm with no neighbors where I'm free to do what I want thank you very much.

That's some space.... I like being in the city.

 

[jsker]

If there is not a charter, that the HOA is it own city, then the county and state codes and laws are inforced by the county and state. It an election year, call or email your commissioner and ask them what they think. And get a copy of you bylaws

 

[Frop]

What's a hoa community?

Home owners association.