[Chicago2vegas]

Originally Posted by namelesswonder

Thanks for your responses!


We don't want a pool because we don't want the upkeep, we'd rather not pay someone to do it, and it's a liability. We can always join the Y if we want to swim. We are in our 60's and will be retiring, and neither one of us does a lot of swimming.



Re the HOA, no lol we don't want to fly a flag or paint our house purple, etc. We'd rather not pay the monthly fee, and I don't like the idea that I can be sued as a member of the HOA because someone fell on a community plot of land that the HOA "did not properly maintain".


Thanks!

Our HOA dues are under $150.00 per year

[RationalExpectations]

Originally Posted by namelesswonder

Thanks for your responses!


We don't want a pool because we don't want the upkeep, we'd rather not pay someone to do it, and it's a liability. We can always join the Y if we want to swim. We are in our 60's and will be retiring, and neither one of us does a lot of swimming.



Re the HOA, no lol we don't want to fly a flag or paint our house purple, etc. We'd rather not pay the monthly fee, and I don't like the idea that I can be sued as a member of the HOA because someone fell on a community plot of land that the HOA "did not properly maintain".


Thanks!

Then why do you want to be in the Coronado HS district?

[BBMW]

Yes, but lower price up front also, so it comes out in the wash.

Originally Posted by Cold Warrior

No pool = lower resale value, often impossible to add one.

[airics]

Originally Posted by BBMW

Yes, but lower price up front also, so it comes out in the wash.

Not necessarily...helps sell the home... most want a pool

[kcoliver]

I get that you don't want an HOA. I have friends tell me their Hoa's are a nightmare, including not being able to leave garage door open any more than 3 inches. Who wants to deal with meetings, and if you don't go, some whack job becomes chief jerk in charge.

[BBMW]

That works on the buy side also. If buyers want pools, a buyer who doesn't care will have less competition for a pool-less house, and be able to get it for that much cheaper. Yes they might get less on the sell side also, but, as I said, it comes out in the wash.

Originally Posted by airics

Not necessarily...helps sell the home... most want a pool

[IC_deLight]

Originally Posted by Cold Warrior

No pool = lower resale value, often impossible to add one.

Where is the logic?
If it costs less to purchase as well why is this even an issue?

High resale price is meaningless if there is also a high purchase price.

To determine whether a homeowner is economically better off you have to look at the difference in sales price and purchase price as well as all the carrying costs, e.g., taxes, HOA assessments, etc.

[JonathanLB]

Originally Posted by kcoliver

I get that you don't want an HOA. I have friends tell me their Hoa's are a nightmare, including not being able to leave garage door open any more than 3 inches. Who wants to deal with meetings, and if you don't go, some whack job becomes chief jerk in charge.

Why on earth would you want your garage door left open at all?! Have people not heard of bugs? They’re a thing, and you want to avoid them being in your garage because that’s just nasty. Garage doors belong 100% closed. People take issues over HOAs typically because they want to do something incredibly stupid and the HOA is there to prevent them from being stupid. Houses here are for the most part so close together that you really don’t want to have your neighbor painting their house pink or doing otherwise idiotic things you have to look at daily and that kills your property value.

[gcvt]

Originally Posted by namelesswonder

Re the HOA, no lol we don't want to fly a flag or paint our house purple, etc. We'd rather not pay the monthly fee, and I don't like the idea that I can be sued as a member of the HOA because someone fell on a community plot of land that the HOA "did not properly maintain".

Is there a documented case where an HOA member was sued in this way? Even if someone won a judgement, would that not be covered by insurance?

[airics]

Originally Posted by gcvt

Is there a documented case where an HOA member was sued in this way? Even if someone won a judgement, would that not be covered by insurance?

https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/valle...5ac17bd4b.html


This may turn out that way...I believe it’s still being appealed