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It is much better to live in an area with decent po!ice and zoning. I will never buy in an HOA, again. The extra closing costs are bad enough. Pool issues are worse. Selective enforcement, still worse.
BTW... avoiding HOAs at all cost is a fairly extreme position also. Not all HOAs care about your paint colors or your garage doors.
I am president of our HOA, and all we do is maintain our half mile stretch of private road. No nosy design committees... just a private road that needs to be graded twice a year. We split costs and collect dues - $25 a month covers it.
I encourage everyone who wants to buy in an HOA neighbhorhood to read the bylaws. Find out, before deciding.
Bylaws and rules do nothing to protect you from the lunatic busybodies that manage to get into leadership positions in an HOA. HOAs are all eventually taken over by people that derive some sick pleasure out of making their neighbors lives into a living hell.
The people that care enough to get involved with an HOA are the exact kind of people that should not be allowed control over anything or anyone. HOA boards attract sociopaths, bullys and control freaks.
Bylaws and rules do nothing to protect you from the lunatic busybodies that manage to get into leadership positions in an HOA. HOAs are all eventually taken over by people that derive some sick pleasure out of making their neighbors lives into a living hell.
The people that care enough to get involved with an HOA are the exact kind of people that should not be allowed control over anything or anyone. HOA boards attract sociopaths, bullys and control freaks.
I personally have never had this problem in the 2 HOA's in which I've lived. I did, however, have problems in the last non HOA neighborhood I lived in. The owner occupied properties were fine, but too many others had become rentals. This led to too many cars, too much noise, and unkempt yards. Within 3 years after the homes were built, the neighborhood started disintegrating.
Bylaws and rules do nothing to protect you from the lunatic busybodies that manage to get into leadership positions in an HOA. HOAs are all eventually taken over by people that derive some sick pleasure out of making their neighbors lives into a living hell.
The people that care enough to get involved with an HOA are the exact kind of people that should not be allowed control over anything or anyone. HOA boards attract sociopaths, bullys and control freaks.
LOL! We were blessed with good boards for so long, and now we are here, as you describe. They say why did the prior board hold on so desperately for so long? I have been saying the opposite for 2 years - what is your angle for wanting to take control so desperately? (The prior board held on to save us from YOU, is what I want to say........)
Though they are not making our lives hell at this time, they could! They are certainly eating up our money.........
I personally have never had this problem in the 2 HOA's in which I've lived. I did, however, have problems in the last non HOA neighborhood I lived in. The owner occupied properties were fine, but too many others had become rentals. This led to too many cars, too much noise, and unkempt yards. Within 3 years after the homes were built, the neighborhood started disintegrating.
Until now this was the only problem I ever had. The HOA didn't like renters. They harassed me. Without even giving me time to show I was a good renter, no need for concern! I felt bad for the owner who was disadvantaged over this.
BTW... avoiding HOAs at all cost is a fairly extreme position also. Not all HOAs care about your paint colors or your garage doors.
I am president of our HOA, and all we do is maintain our half mile stretch of private road. No nosy design committees... just a private road that needs to be graded twice a year. We split costs and collect dues - $25 a month covers it.
I encourage everyone who wants to buy in an HOA neighbhorhood to read the bylaws. Find out, before deciding.
Certainly true, and good advice, but as was said above, many places, inevitably, get a bad board and they can change the by-laws.
I was naive about this for a long time. I took forever to decide to buy here, and a primary concern was 'is the BOD sane or insane?' It can change..............
If you don't like HOAs, then don't buy in an HOA neighborhood, plain and simple. My only problem is the high fees that some charge.
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