Don’t live where people are so close?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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Man Paints His Dream House In Pepto-Bismol Pink & Disgruntled Neighbors Can’t Do Anything About It
When you're looking for a house, there are many things to consider such as how much room you need for your family and the quality of nearby schools. For some people in Texas, having a pool is a m…www.apost.com
Hey. I’ve been on an HOA board. You just try to tell them they’re not a governing body. You’ll get a bit of Karen all over you.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.
The HOA board can pass new rules. Think of it like the US, you have the constitution then congress which makes the federal code. The covenant is the "constitution" and the ccr is the "code" and the HOA board is "congress".“As strange as this open-garage-door policy may seem, many HOAs do indeed operate a lot like small fiefdoms, passing whatever laws they see fit.”
This puzzles me. Under what authority do they have to do this? They can only enforce what is recorded.
Not that I have ever heard off. And no, an HOA board is far from a congress…The HOA board can pass new rules. Think of it like the US, you have the constitution then congress which makes the federal code. The covenant is the "constitution" and the ccr is the "code" and the HOA board is "congress".
Can they not pass new "legislation" that is in line with the covenants? Are not the board members voted in by the property owners in the HOA?It that I have ever heard off. And no, an HOA board is far from a congress…
Yeah, if everyone’s right about why it’s so bad to paint the house pink, they’ll get it for cheap.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.
If the mailboxes were in the covenants, like several neighborhoods I am aware of he would have lost but because they BS’d the rule the board lost. They cannot just make up stuff that is not in the covenants you receive by law before you close. The biggest dispute usually is over architectural review of changes or additions. The boards have a lot of latitude there.Can they not pass new "legislation" that is in line with the covenants? Are not the board members voted in by the property owners in the HOA?
Man Battles His HOA for 7 Years Over a $500 Mailbox—and Wins
Imagine being forced to buy a $500 mailbox. That's what happened to a Maryland man who took his homeowners association to court and won.www.realtor.com
What's next, mandate what color car I can park in my driveway, or perhaps what models are acceptable?
When you buy property that will be disclosed. You'd need to sign any HOA agreement before purchasing. So at that point one so inclined could tell them to **** all the way off.Did you guys know that the 5 or 10 acres you buy from a farmer could have HOA covenants? So buying in the country is not a guarantee of no HOA rules. His wife might not like the sound of a race car being tuned, the smell of pigs, or other things one might believe themselves to be well with their rights to do on their property. Be sure to check throughly and don’t just take someones word on it…
Hey. You signed the agreement. You just didn't read the part where it tells you what the board may do. The board I was on voted to restrict privacy fences after people started putting up privacy fences. And they could do it. I think only two of us voted against. And that was the only reason why I got on the board. To vote against every restriction and fee increase.“As strange as this open-garage-door policy may seem, many HOAs do indeed operate a lot like small fiefdoms, passing whatever laws they see fit.”
This puzzles me. Under what authority do they have to do this? They can only enforce what is recorded.
Are you trying to say that they cannot change/make new rules? If so that would be a very unusual HOA. If I had to guess about that lawsuit not having read it, I'd say he won because he already had the mailbox prior to the rule being made. And the court ruled it was grandfathered. Or perhaps that the rule was too restrictive in that it mandated a certain make/model of mailbox, perhaps installed by a certain company. As in all fences must be wood, between 4-6ft in height, wood must be purchased from Timjoe's lumber yard and installed by Billybob's fence company.If the mailboxes were in the covenants, like several neighborhoods I am aware of he would have lost but because they BS’d the rule the board lost. They cannot just make up stuff that is not in the covenants you receive by law before you close. The biggest dispute usually is over architectural review of changes or additions. The boards have a lot of latitude there.
The first name of 67 percent of HOA board members is Karen. That includes the males.Most HOAs are not nice. They want to function as a group and it ends up with 2 or 3 at each others necks. Complain, complain, complain.
It's a private governing body. It has a lead Karen, often called association president, and member Karen's. Sometimes it has anti-Karen's. But those are usually in the minority if they're present at all.Not that I have ever heard off. And no, an HOA board is far from a congress…
They can change the bylaws but they can't retroactively enforce it. Well, they can try, and tie it up in the courts for years until they finally lose.If the mailboxes were in the covenants, like several neighborhoods I am aware of he would have lost but because they BS’d the rule the board lost. They cannot just make up stuff that is not in the covenants you receive by law before you close. The biggest dispute usually is over architectural review of changes or additions. The boards have a lot of latitude there.