Tell Me Again How Awful HOA’s Are?

[bobzilla]

I just really doubt that if it was your $30,000, and maybe more, you guys would really be cool with this. It is easy to say when real money is not on the line.

And, as I said, you would be wrong.

 

[bobzilla]

That is what I would like as well. BUT, if I have to live twenty feet from the next house, I want an agreement as to how we will live.

I will not live 20’ from someone else. Nope.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Yep, if you join an HOA you should be prepared to participate and not be a freeloader. No one made anyone join the HOA. If one wants the protection of an HOA, one must be willing to work for it. If one does not want an HOA they should not buy into one.

It is good many of you know you do not want an HOA, but it is unlikely you will ever get a newer house unless you build one out in the country, which is super expensive nowadays…

So I guess all your complaining about government overreach is going to stop, because after all you chose not to get involved and remain a silly freeloader.

I'm not about limiting people's freedoms.
Call me crazy I guess.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

One of those typical agreement points is there will be no pink houses.

John Mellencamp does not approve of this message.

 

[Ingomike]

So I guess all your complaining about government overreach is going to stop, because after all you chose not to get involved and remain a silly freeloader.

I'm not about limiting people's freedoms.
Call me crazy I guess.

An HOA is NOT government. It is an agreement between property owners as to how they will live. You can choose to live with an HOA or choose not to. No one can choose to live without the feds no matter how much we wish we could.


If SHTF and CM invited a bunch of us to share a compound, would there not be an agreement as to how we would all live together? That is an HOA.

Think those tough individual ranchers that opened the Wild West did not have agreements as to how they would live together? Think they lived in anarchy? Nope, they had agreements, and still do.

 

[KLB]

That's nothing new in Texas.

 

[Lpherr]

Yep, if you join an HOA you should be prepared to participate and not be a freeloader. No one made anyone join the HOA. If one wants the protection of an HOA, one must be willing to work for it. If one does not want an HOA they should not buy into one.

It is good many of you know you do not want an HOA, but it is unlikely you will ever get a newer house unless you build one out in the country, which is super expensive nowadays…

It's just as expensive to live under HOA. I'm not going to pay annual dues, to belong to a dictatorship.
I purchased a home, to do as I please. If I want to paint my house purple with yellow polka dots, I will.
If my wife wants a raised flower bed that covers our front yard, I will. If I'm not feeling well, and my grass happens to grow a 1/4" over the strict guideline, while puking my guts out...too bad. If my grass turns brown, it's my grass and now it won't grow over that guideline.
When it's time to change my oil, it will be done in my drive.
If I wanted someone else to dictate and control my life, I would become a Liberal.
My freedom isn't for sale.

 

[Ingomike]

I will not live 20’ from someone else. Nope.

Then an HOA does not matter…

 

[Lpherr]

An HOA is NOT government. It is an agreement between property owners as to how they will live. You can choose to live with an HOA or choose not to. No one can choose to live without the feds no matter how much we wish we could.


If SHTF and CM invited a bunch of us to share a compound, would there not be an agreement as to how we would all live together? That is an HOA.

Think those tough individual ranchers that opened the Wild West did not have agreements as to how they would live together? Think they lived in anarchy? Nope, they had agreements, and still do.

That's a cult.

 

[WebSnyper]

This is about living in subdivisions on small close lots where you neighbors can intrude on you and can make things unsightly. The neighbors are losing market value because many folks will not buy next to this guy and some will not buy in the neighborhood he is in. He is literally costing his neighbors money and there is nothing they can do about it.


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I'm thinking that painting a roof like that is going to cause some real issues with how well those shingles do their job, but I am not a roofer, nor do I play one on TV.

 

[Ingomike]

It's just as expensive to live under HOA. I'm not going to pay annual dues, to belong to a dictatorship.
I purchased a home, to do as I please. If I want to paint my house purple with yellow polka dots, I will.
If my wife wants a raised flower bed that covers our front yard, I will. If I'm not feeling well, and my grass happens to grow a 1/4" over the strict guideline, while puking my guts out...too bad. If my grass turns brown, it's my grass and now it won't grow over that guideline.
When it's time to change my oil, it will be done in my drive.
If I wanted someone else to dictate and control my life, I would become a Liberal.
My freedom isn't for sale.

And you have every right to choose to live that way, and I support that right. I choose to safeguard my money by having an agreement with my neighbors they will not paint their house pink…

 

[Jaybird1980]

An HOA is NOT government. It is an agreement between property owners as to how they will live. You can choose to live with an HOA or choose not to. No one can choose to live without the feds no matter how much we wish we could.


If SHTF and CM invited a bunch of us to share a compound, would there not be an agreement as to how we would all live together? That is an HOA.

Think those tough individual ranchers that opened the Wild West did not have agreements as to how they would live together? Think they lived in anarchy? Nope, they had agreements, and still do.

Governing is Governing. You can pretend that the rules are just a simple agreement between the property owners, but if that was the case there would be nothing to enforce.

Enjoy your HOA, I'll enjoy my Freedoms or at least what's left of them.

 

[eldirector]

The neighbors should form an LLC, pool their resources, and BUY THE PINK HOUSE. Then, and only then, can they decide what to do with that property.

Too often people want to call the shots, but put no skin in the game.

 

[Ingomike]

The neighbors should form an LLC, pool their resources, and BUY THE PINK HOUSE. Then, and only then, can they decide what to do with that property.

Too often people want to call the shots, but put no skin in the game.

Novel solution to their problem…

 

[Jaybird1980]

And you have every right to choose to live that way, and I support that right. I choose to safeguard my money by having an agreement with my neighbors they will not paint their house pink…

Wait. You support the right to live that way? Then what the hell is this thread about? You are literally complaining about someone living that way.

 

[MCgrease08]

That is what I would like as well. BUT, if I have to live twenty feet from the next house, I want an agreement as to how we will live.

Great. So move to a neighborhood with an HOA. Why do you feel the need to convince the rest of the members here they need to do the same, or that somehow they need an HOA to protect them from stuff like this?

Side note: I'd rather live next to pink houses then listen to the John Mellencamp song of the same name. Yuck.

ETA: posted that last bit before seeing DD's Johnny Cougar reference.

 

[printcraft]

 

[mbkintner]

Owner of the house doesn't seem to like pink as much when he "paints" his skin.

 

[marvin02]

@Ingomike - when are you starting the thread about how it is counter productive to bash HOAs? HOAs must be protected from any criticism because they are saving civilization!

IMO, HOAs stink. You can live in one if you want but don't try to project your rules onto others.

 

[Mr. Habib]

This is about living in subdivisions on small close lots where you neighbors can intrude on you and can make things unsightly. The neighbors are losing market value because many folks will not buy next to this guy and some will not buy in the neighborhood he is in. He is literally costing his neighbors money and there is nothing they can do about it.


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Prove that his color choice has lowered anyone's market value.