HOA Fee - What Does It Include? (new home, housing market)

[RobbBrown21]

Originally Posted by elysesophia

Stonecroft in South Charlotte is $375 quarterly. There are some restrictions like you have to get approval to put a pool, swingset, etc and there are some landscaping provisions. Here's the link:
Stonecroft is an exclusive residential community in Charlotte, North Carolina. Impeccably designed homes and homesites grace the landscape in this new neighborhood

Thanks Elysesophia! Have you been happy so far with your association?

[NCDave]

A big chunk of the homeowners fees goes to the management company. Other expenses are for mailing meeting and other notices to the homeowners, newsletter copying, and insurance.

In my neighborhood, they're $90 a year, but we have no pool and only a small common area to maintain at the front entrance.

Fees vary considerably from being high at townhouse/condo developments where the association is responsible for all exterior maintenance to being low at single family developments likie ours with little to maintain.

[RobbBrown21]

Originally Posted by elysesophia

Stonecroft in South Charlotte is $375 quarterly. There are some restrictions like you have to get approval to put a pool, swingset, etc and there are some landscaping provisions. Here's the link:
Stonecroft is an exclusive residential community in Charlotte, North Carolina. Impeccably designed homes and homesites grace the landscape in this new neighborhood

Elyseosphia - Thanks so much for sharing information where you live. This kind of information is so important to have when one is considering buying into an HOA. Although these restrictions are restrictive, they are not as restrictive as the association that I have now. My association currently is making everyone replace their window because someone on the board no longer likes the way the windows look and says it's a way to keep everyone's home prices up. Understandable, however, they are giving everyone 30 days to replace their windows. Now if you are on a budget, you are pretty much messed up. They have been fining folks for not complying. Again, thanks so much for taking the time to share this very valuable information.

[lukepoke]

Originally Posted by RobbBrown21

Elyseosphia - Thanks so much for sharing information where you live. This kind of information is so important to have when one is considering buying into an HOA. Although these restrictions are restrictive, they are not as restrictive as the association that I have now. My association currently is making everyone replace their window because someone on the board no longer likes the way the windows look and says it's a way to keep everyone's home prices up. Understandable, however, they are giving everyone 30 days to replace their windows. Now if you are on a budget, you are pretty much messed up. They have been fining folks for not complying. Again, thanks so much for taking the time to share this very valuable information.

Now that is uncalled for board of directors activity....hell if I would change out my windows by god.

[RobbBrown21]

Originally Posted by lukepoke

Now that is uncalled for board of directors activity....hell if I would change out my windows by god.

Hi Lukepoke, yes it is very a very scary feeling and that is why I have decided to move on before it gets even worse there. Just this past Tuesday, the president stopped by to let me know that she felt that I did not have enough plant material on my berm, and I had to tell her that my bern has not had any issues in all of the 8 years that I have been living there. Then she said that I had a leaning tree that needed to cut and after further investigation, it was actually my neighbor's tree that she confused with being on my property. Well, when I thought that issue was over, she then says to me, but you have this dead tree on your property, and I told her if it is dead, then you cut it down, and to refund my association fee that is used for landscaping so that I can hire one that will propertly take care of the shrubs. Unfortunately what has happened is that my board has hired all of these fly by nighters who are destroying the landscaping, and then when this happens they want it to be the responsibility of the homeowner, just doesn't seem quite fair to me, especially when everyone is sharing the same complaint about the landscapers over cutting shrubs and trees. I have tried talking to my neighbors, but of course many of them just don't want to be bothered and don't get involved.

Anyway, I am excited to visit what will possibly be my new home in Charlotte. I know my case is hopefully not the norm, but there's nothng worse than coming home after a long day at work to be bombarded with tons of "In Violation" letters. Just one last thing, you can't speak with any of the board members directly, you must go directly through our property management company who are usually very unresponsive and not helpful.

It's Friday - everyone have a great weekend!

[Charlottean]

Robb

That is just crazy.

[lukepoke]

Originally Posted by RobbBrown21

Hi Lukepoke, yes it is very a very scary feeling and that is why I have decided to move on before it gets even worse there. Just this past Tuesday, the president stopped by to let me know that she felt that I did not have enough plant material on my berm, and I had to tell her that my bern has not had any issues in all of the 8 years that I have been living there. Then she said that I had a leaning tree that needed to cut and after further investigation, it was actually my neighbor's tree that she confused with being on my property. Well, when I thought that issue was over, she then says to me, but you have this dead tree on your property, and I told her if it is dead, then you cut it down, and to refund my association fee that is used for landscaping so that I can hire one that will propertly take care of the shrubs. Unfortunately what has happened is that my board has hired all of these fly by nighters who are destroying the landscaping, and then when this happens they want it to be the responsibility of the homeowner, just doesn't seem quite fair to me, especially when everyone is sharing the same complaint about the landscapers over cutting shrubs and trees. I have tried talking to my neighbors, but of course many of them just don't want to be bothered and don't get involved.

Anyway, I am excited to visit what will possibly be my new home in Charlotte. I know my case is hopefully not the norm, but there's nothng worse than coming home after a long day at work to be bombarded with tons of "In Violation" letters. Just one last thing, you can't speak with any of the board members directly, you must go directly through our property management company who are usually very unresponsive and not helpful.

It's Friday - everyone have a great weekend!

I'm quite sorry to hear about these trials and tribulations...you don't deserve that on top of paying a mortgage. Our single family homes are maintained by each owner, but I know what you mean about dealing with landscaping contractors. I'm chairman of our common area committee and I'm regularly calling him to "recalibrate" with regard to what he is doing and what we expect.

[emmons50]

I live in las vegas,nv we live in the Lexington/Concord commumity,where do I e-mail for a compline?

[chicagocubs]

This thread is almost 2 years old.

not even sure what you are asking...what is a "compline" ??

[lovesMountains]

Originally Posted by chicagocubs

This thread is almost 2 years old.

not even sure what you are asking...what is a "compline" ??

I hate when newbies show up around here and don't bother to familiarize themselves with the site before starting to use it