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We have been fighting our HOA for only ten years to add a deck to our end townhouse. Finally, by three to two vote they relented and allowed us to built a tiny balcony. The two that opposed had no concrete arguments against other that our balcony will be a "precedent" and someone might built an ugly something, which will reduce the resale values of their townhouses, forgetting in the heat of the debate that HOA has a power to reject any ugly duckling. Any thoughts and/or experience with such situations?
Regads, Boris
what is (or can be) good about something (or someone) is very often exactly what can be bad about it (or them) too.
c'est la vie
I agree with your analogy, but I don't see anything good about anything in the OP's post.
OP: I don't have any exact experience, but I remember my grandparents battles with the HOA, when getting violations for leaving the garage door(15 min, when my dad remembered it was open and already a violation) open, having the wrong kind of potted plants outside, and getting their car towed for being temporarily parked a couple inches on the grass, so my wheel chair bound grandmother could easily enter the house.
Par for the course for HOAs
We have been fighting our HOA for only ten years to add a deck to our end townhouse. Finally, by three to two vote they relented and allowed us to built a tiny balcony. The two that opposed had no concrete arguments against other that our balcony will be a "precedent" and someone might built an ugly something, which will reduce the resale values of their townhouses, forgetting in the heat of the debate that HOA has a power to reject any ugly duckling. Any thoughts and/or experience with such situations?
Regads, Boris
Don't you have elections for your HOA? A couple of years ago we had some individuals on the Board of ours who took being rigid and unreasonable to a new level. So we voted them out and got some reasonable people in.
All the HOA horror stories I have heard seem to have one thing in common, no term limits. After a while, some board members start to feel like all the households are theirs and they are the ruler.
I don't consider a deck to be an addition, but just a feature. Either you have one or you don't, and it doesn't have a lot of impact on the value.
This thread is more about the restrictive lifestyle that living in a neighborhood with an overbearing HOA imposes on people. One reason why I want no part of one.
I don't consider a deck to be an addition, but just a feature. Either you have one or you don't, and it doesn't have a lot of impact on the value.
This thread is more about the restrictive lifestyle that living in a neighborhood with an overbearing HOA imposes on people. One reason why I want no part of one.
How do you get that ^(the part in bold) from a thread entitled "Effects of additions on resale values"?
Looks like someone is trying to start something.....
How do you get that ^(the part in bold) from a thread entitled "Effects of additions on resale values"?
Looks like someone is trying to start something.....
Because that is what the OP is implying and the restrictions of living in an HOA are what most of the replies are about. Simple.
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Why would he vote them out? They just approved his balcony.
