Are HOA's communist or socialist or both? (election, abuse, states)
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I've always thought they were a bunch of Nazis. My last house was in a million + neighborhood, no HOA, no problems. We downsized to a $400,000 + house and neighborhood, still no HOA, still no problems. Perhaps trailer parks need them, I don't know. Before you buy, look at your neighbors, that's my advice.
How much would you have sold your million dollar house for if your neighbor had put a wrecker yard or a ***** house next door to you? Maybe a dog kennel or a shooting range?
You think I'm kidding. That could happen in unincorporated Harris county Texas.
You can laugh about it, but that just happened in my 330 house subdivision. Two blocks from my house a kennel and a shooting range just opened. My neighbors can hear dogs barking all the time. The range is pretty much sound proof but it is painted UT orange. And we have a lazy ass HOA.
How much would you have sold your million dollar house for if your neighbor had put a wrecker yard or a ***** house next door to you? Maybe a dog kennel or a shooting range?
You think I'm kidding. That could happen in unincorporated Harris county Texas.
You can laugh about it, but that just happened in my 330 house subdivision. Two blocks from my house a kennel and a shooting range just opened. My neighbors can hear dogs barking all the time. The range is pretty much sound proof but it is painted UT orange. And we have a lazy ass HOA.
Sounds like an issue of county codes more than anything else.
Sounds like an issue of county codes more than anything else.
County can tell an electrician has to be licensed, or pets need to be on a lease. The county cannot even stop a developer from building in a flood plain.
This whole HOA controversy revolves around local law. In Texas, counties have to get permission from the state for ordinance making. It is always very specific.
How much would you have sold your million dollar house for if your neighbor had put a wrecker yard or a ***** house next door to you? Maybe a dog kennel or a shooting range?
You think I'm kidding. That could happen in unincorporated Harris county Texas.
You can laugh about it, but that just happened in my 330 house subdivision. Two blocks from my house a kennel and a shooting range just opened. My neighbors can hear dogs barking all the time. The range is pretty much sound proof but it is painted UT orange. And we have a lazy ass HOA.
IMO, this one is worthless. But in unincorporated areas, they come with the territory. It is the only way to structure those things like caring for the common areas, pool, tennis court, etc.
We have a MUD that does water, sewer and trash pick up, but the pool is cared for by the HOA. Many are run by companies who specialize in property management. Most of them think the least the can do, the better.
If everyone in the HOA agrees to it then they are voluntary. If you move into one you do it of your own accord. You won't catch me buying into one however.
I've always thought they were a bunch of Nazis. My last house was in a million + neighborhood, no HOA, no problems. We downsized to a $400,000 + house and neighborhood, still no HOA, still no problems. Perhaps trailer parks need them, I don't know. Before you buy, look at your neighbors, that's my advice.
When I bought my mid-century home last fall, I was really impressed with the small neighborhood where it is located. Although most of the homes are older like mine, all of the yards are neat and well maintained and the houses are in good shape. There are no cars parked on the street; all of them are either in garages or the occasional few in a driveway. My only complaint is that no one seems to have any real flowers gardens. However, I plan to remedy that in short order. I bet the neighbors' eyes will really pop when they see all the garden beds and shrubs I'll be putting in on my small lot. Thank heavens there are no HOA restrictions on the type or size of flowers or shrubs allowed, as it will be a real English cottage garden up in here.
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