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I was starting to think I was crazy. This will be house #4 in less than 5 years if we buy again. The first we sold gets their were gangs/shootings and it was tiny, the second was for my husband's job but well liked, and this will be for crazy neighbors. Just praying the next one will be somewhere we stay for a few years. I feel so bad for my kids to move them again, but they're suffering from the crazy neighbors too.
Visit the potential 'hood numerous times at various hours. Including one, two, three a.m. Scout the area.
I've never heard of an HOA that would allow the owner to rent out their home.
I suspect most do, actually. Certainly all the ones I've lived in have allowed it. But it's common for them to put restrictions in place to control the rental situation (only long-term leases allowed, occupancy/vehicle limits, etc.) We can't assume that the owners of this house are violating the HOA's CC&Rs just because they are renting out rooms.
I suspect most do, actually. Certainly all the ones I've lived in have allowed it. But it's common for them to put restrictions in place to control the rental situation (only long-term leases allowed, occupancy/vehicle limits, etc.) We can't assume that the owners of this house are violating the HOA's CC&Rs just because they are renting out rooms.
But they might be violating local codes, which supersede CCRs.
I'm sorry to say that moving may be the best choice for you. The other choice is to learn to live with it, or to enter a war with them (which would be a nightmare).
I'm pretty understanding of neighbors and weird things they do or don't do. C'est la vie. But I would have a problem with what you describe, because it's their way of life, and they don't care about their neighbors. I guess they're smoking outside because the owner won't let them smoke inside. If it were just an occasional party on weekends, I could deal with it. But what you describe...I wouldn't be able to deal with that.
I hope you can sell it.
Luckily, right now in Colorado, selling wouldn't be a problem....
....buying *another* place, however.....
Last edited by Indigo Cardinal; 05-18-2018 at 02:21 PM..
I suspect most do, actually. Certainly all the ones I've lived in have allowed it. But it's common for them to put restrictions in place to control the rental situation (only long-term leases allowed, occupancy/vehicle limits, etc.) We can't assume that the owners of this house are violating the HOA's CC&Rs just because they are renting out rooms.
To clarify our HOA documents state, "No Less Than the Whole Home May Be Rented Out." Then it wants names, addresses, specific terms and a lease copy.
The people next door have the owners living there, then 3 additional bedrooms with tenants in them. Our HOA manager said the rule above was to prevent this exact situation. Typically a basement is fine, but this is not. Unfortunately, I'm guessing they'll lie their way out of it.
Initially they had one person, then that person left after 5-6 months, then a slew of AirBNB groups I thought...then 3 additional tenants in April. Two of whom don't drive or leave the house...ever.
Our previous home was in an HOA with a, "No more than two unrelated adults," rule - we're really going to try to get back in that neighborhood.
Another reason I thought we should get out before interest rates rise, is I don't want to be stuck for 5 years with their parade of room renters every 6 months.
*Eta, the first basement renter was fine. Quiet, working, polite. We actually didn't hear a peep from them until that person moved and all of the others arrived.
Mine does. Much to the dismay of several of my neighbors. (There's definitely an 'us/owners vs. them/renters' vibe here.)
We have a family renting out the entire home next door on the other side, and they are wonderful.
I think the issue is that they have a 4 bedroom house with at least 5 unrelated adults and their friends, dates, etc. They petitioned to remove the, "No Parking," signs from in front of our houses, which have back driveways and are about 10 ft. from the curb - so typically we have several cars in front of all the houses and people in/out at all hours.
Throwing trash about, lit cigarettes, slamming doors, idling mufflerless trucks at 2 am, yelling and shouting, even fighting. If course the owners can't have these people in their driveway, because their garage is full.
No shame here for renters, but there is definitely some irritation that the SFH next door is now housing 4, "families," of loud and rude tenants they found on a CL posting.
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