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The problem is when HOA board members get a sense of power and entitlement. In Florida, communities are full of "PIPs" (previously important people) who are retired with nothing to do after being an executive. They think that they still have a staff to boss around...
When dealing with a HOA keep your cool, and ideally get to know the board. Like anything in life, if you act combative you'll get it back.
I must disagree I believe that the HOA big shots are people who never made it except perhaps on a high school student council. Successful people have no interest the irrelevant. Only failures try to play big shot.
I must disagree I believe that the HOA big shots are people who never made it except perhaps on a high school student council. Successful people have no interest the irrelevant. Only failures try to play big shot.
Fair enough...my experience is different. Resumes are floated around for board positions in my community that show a decent amount of experience. I’ve heard similar stories elsewhere.
Kind of like socialism--good in theory. Just doesn't work out in practice.
No, it's precisely like capitalism. The private owner who developed the property created a non-governmental mechanism to set some of the terms of occupancy and, while the appearance of choice is maintained the arbitrary exercise of power can have troubling and sometimes disastrous consequences.
Most garages are filled with junk. Who wants to see that?
No, not everyone keeps junk there. people keep vehicles, snow equipment, tools, or whatever.. and even if its "junk" I still don't want anyone touching it.
Because those are the only type of people who would ever live in a garage?
My aunt had turned her garage into an efficiency apartment for some time. Guess who lived there? A normal person who was not homeless or a drug addict (though honestly, if a homeless person lives there, they're no longer really homeless. And God forbid someone gets someone off the streets and gives them a roof over their head.) My mom also rented out her bedroom when times were tough. Guess who lived there? A normal guy. My other aunt was doing the same thing with a spare bedroom that only has access to the backyard and not the rest of the house. Guess who lived there? A 20 something year old blonde chick. No one in my family who rented out a garage to some crackhead weirdo. They all vetted who was gonna live there. My dad used to live in a tool shed in the back of someone's house. He was paying like 400 a month. It was pretty sweet for a shed though, lol. Normal people live in garages too, not just meth and crackheads.
Also I'm pretty sure anyone who complains about this ridiculous rule, owns sh*t. Anyone who owns a single hammer, would be upset about being forced to have the garage open.
I posted an example of a rental situation going bad where the renter didn't give a crap because it was just a car port they'd enclosed. You gave examples of it being perfectly fine. I believe we are both correct.
Keep in mind I was responding to the general "it's no one elses business" meme, so I gave an example of where it could impact the neighbors.
P.S. I had a dead beat relative inherit a house and in the two years it took for them to lose it to the bank (it was paid off), they turned it into a flop house \ drug den for bikers which made life for the neighbors (in town, not big lots) a living hell. I'm sure the vast majority of renters are responsible but there are the ones where you hear about them not taking a long-term approach.
I would make it a quest to find the most obscenely offensive items to place all over the garage. Which would they rather see? A nicely maintained garage door, or something that looks like Satan's den?
Next they will start writing people up for a messy garage and start dictating what you can have in the garage. What a bunch of loony tunes.
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