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In many subdivisions (especially newer ones) there is only one style of accepted mailbox as per the HOA covenants. It is not uncommon for them to cost $400, $600, or $800, plus installation in concrete. If you put in a cheap one from the hardware store, you will be in violation of the covenants and will have to change it.
This is why I hate HOAs and will never buy a house with one. The expensive mail boxes are merely a stupid tax (see the post about the mailboxes being illegally located).
This is why I hate HOAs and will never buy a house with one. The expensive mail boxes are merely a stupid tax (see the post about the mailboxes being illegally located).
Not to mention that there is something almost creepy about those neighborhoods with every mailbox and mailbox post identical. I feel like I'm in "The Stepford Wives" or "Edward Scissorhands" when I drive through them.
My sympathies to anyone whose post/box was trashed by a street scraper. I definitely would say that responsibility lies with the entity doing the scraping--if you can find out who that is!
it's probably the only thing i don't particularly care for with our HOA. it's lax otherwise. and, of course, you can't just go buy one from Lowe's that looks similar. noope, it has to be the EXACT one. and guess who's the only one in town that can get it? yep, the HOA.
still, i think ours was maybe $200 for a new box, post, nameplate (ours have the family's last name on the post if you so desire), and the labor (includes removal of the old, installation of the new one, and paint). after i priced everything out at Lowe's (before i know it wasn't an option), i think materials alone were going to cost more than half that, so it's not a total case of highway robbery.
and mine will never get plowed because no plow ever comes down my cul-de-sac.
I was driving on SW Maynard road the other day and almost every mailbox on the downtown side of the street was whacked. What's amazing, is that outside lane is extra-wide for bikes, there was no reason for the plow to even come within 2 feet of the curb! Clearly negligence on the part of the plow driver to damage all those mailboxes. Oh and all those mailboxes were relocated by DOT (not the homeowners) when the road was widened a couple years ago.
I was driving on SW Maynard road the other day and almost every mailbox on the downtown side of the street was whacked. What's amazing, is that outside lane is extra-wide for bikes, there was no reason for the plow to even come within 2 feet of the curb! Clearly negligence on the part of the plow driver to damage all those mailboxes. Oh and all those mailboxes were relocated by DOT (not the homeowners) when the road was widened a couple years ago.
Great, now everybody on that street is going to be painting "Screwed By The Town Of Cary," on their houses...
It's the owners responsibility to replace it. At least that was always the case in when I lived up north. People came up with some great contraptions to keep their mailboxes intact.
Maybe it's the plows responsibility but good luck getting blood out of that rock.
Most times it's not the snowplow hitting the boxes, but the heavy snow smashing into it that causes the problem. So it's not the snowplow driver being stupid or the box being located in the wrong area.
Many folks up in New England attach a piece of plywood with a brace /| as a shield when a storm is coming. Some leave it up all year, but that's just kind of hokey in a nice neighborhood.
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