Man I hate my HOA

Blaze

Blaze

The Jeeper Reaper
Joined
Aug 9, 2005
Location
Wake Forest, NC
I swear, this is the last time I deal with shit like this. My HOA has been all over me for the last two years. For the first four years it was ok. Two years ago my yearly payment was ONE DAY late and they tacked on a $20 late fee. I refused to pay it, so they tacked on another $20. I told them to kiss my ass and they tacked another $60 on it. So now I'm paid up for the year but I still owe them $60 in late fees. I called and told them they were idiots and they can fuck off and I'm not paying. When we got a notice that they were going to take me to court for their $60 my wife freaked and made me pay. Ever since then they have nitpicked the hell out of me. Van in the driveway with no plates (I just bought it you fuckers, it has been in the driveway for three days), toys in the yard (yeah, I have kids!), trash can needs to be in the garage (you can put your smelly ass garbage in the garage, mine is beside the garage), bag of potting soil in the driveway (that was my fault :lol: ), and now I get a second notice today, saying if I don't move the toys and the trailer I had in the driveway they are going to fine me. I was redoing my fence and was using a friend's trailer to haul off some scrap, it was gone today before I even got the letter. :lol: It also said I need to get rid of the toys in the yard. Fuck you I'm not moving shit, all that has been in my yard has been a small basketball goal and a Tonka truck in the front garden area.

As soon as I graduate in May I am going to fix this place up and put it on the market. I am so tired of these assholes.

The funny thing is that all my neighbors get harassed for stupid shit. We all laugh with each other when we get them, because none of us care about the things that they tag us for and we live in a cul-de-sac and we are the only ones who see the stuff! :lol:

The best was that my one neighbor had a boat in his driveway for about three years. They put in a request to build a fence in their back yard. The HOA denied it for some stupid reason and then told them their boat needed to go away. They moved their boat and didn't build a fence. A few months back they got a letter saying their grass was too long. They immediately got a tiller and ripped up every bit of grass and put in a giant garden. :lol:

Then the other day they got another letter about something stupid. Within two days their fence was built. No wonder I get along with them so well. :lol:
 
Ding ding ding!!! Winner winner chicken dinner! ALL HOA'S SUCK ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Biggest way to devalue a home in my eyes cause I won't even look at a home with one. I wouldn't pay $1 for a $1million home simply because it has a HOA.
 
I'm no expert, never have never will live w HOAs, but I do have friends that do and have heard of outragously silly HOAs rules and residents battles w them. I would advise you to try to play ball w them until you leave. They can really put screws to you if you have signed a contract to obey the fine print in the restrictive covenants. W/O a lawyer or alot of like minded neighborhood support, they will win every argument.
 
rattlecanpaint said:
Ding ding ding!!! Winner winner chicken dinner! ALL HOA'S SUCK ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Biggest way to devalue a home in my eyes cause I won't even look at a home with one. I wouldn't pay $1 for a $1million home simply because it has a HOA.
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I'm with this guy, but for a $999,999 savings I think I could stand a few years of HOA dues. :lol:
 
mommucked said:
I'm no expert, never have never will live w HOAs, but I do have friends that do and have heard of outragously silly HOAs rules and residents battles w them. I would advise you to try to play ball w them until you leave. They can really put screws to you if you have signed a contract to obey the fine print in the resrictive covenants. W/O a lawyer or alot of like minded neighborhood support, they will win every argument.
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That's the problem, other than the toys it is all bullshit stuff that I've already cleaned up by the time I got the letter!

The toys I refuse to give in to. My kids spend the majority of their outside time in the front yard and the driveway, bringing them in and out of the garage is just a hassle and a danger to the paint on my Trans Am.
 
Bout standard for HOA's. Whenever I buy a place it will sure as hell not be in a development. Hell one Christmas break the HOA tried to tow me from the "designated parking" area at the end of my mom's townhouse complex (Ballantyne Area of Charlotte) because they thought someone had parked a work truck there. Sorry dumbass, not all of us drive german yuppie trash.
 
BigBody79 said:
Run for HOA President. Kill it from the inside.
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X2, I lived in Mooresville years ago in a neighborhood like that. Best way to quit getting the shaft is to join the ranks. Not many people in the neighborhood will vote, so getting into the office is not a hard task.

I'm a HOA hater too, but remember that the ones in the office are the neighbors that took the extra work to maintain there lawn and puts in the extra workload of HOA duties. They want the development to look attractive and to keep nice neighbors.

Get all your neighborhood friends together and make a difference.:beer:
 
Find out who the head HOA guy is, and rape his dog.

LOL I'm just kidding. HOA suck from what I hear. I'll never live in one as long as I can help it.
 
x3 on joining the ranks. You'll also get the scoop on who's bitching, and you'll probably be surprised at how much bitching there really is. Usually its one or two people who can't keep their noses out of other people's business, the HOA covenants give them a leg to stand on. My wife was on the board at our old house (a defensive move to ward of complaints to my junk). As mentioned before, participation inthe votes is usually pretty slim, its usually as simple as getting a few of your friend neighbors to come to the election meeting. Being on the board can be tiresome though, the one/two people and their constant complaints are nonstop. My wife is not on the board right now, but it is almost more work to keep ambitious power mongering HOA offficers in line.
Living in a neighborhood is nice when you have kids, and finding one without an HOA can be difficult (in the Greensboro area).
 
Be glad you didnt live in Cape Coral Florida. I grew up there and it is one large HOA city wide. The code nazis are out in force, ticket you for grass, and everything else under the sun. And to boot you have a legion of elderly people woh sit at home all day and have nothing better to do than snoop on neighbors and call in "violations" Fortuantely i had no issues cause i always hid my stuff away and knew how to play the game there, but when i moved uo to SC i made sure we didnt have a HOA. Fortuantely i found a great neighborhoos that has a HOA with zero teeth. IT was formed after the neighborhood was built and nobody signed into the HOA. Right now it only serves to get dues to keep the entrance of the subdivision looking nice.
 
Got a letter from my HOA to remove my RV from my driveway or risk a fine. Too bad my RV is a registered, insured, steet legal fullsize bronco (the one in my avatar). This was 2 years after we moved in and it had been there the whole time. Guarantee someone got on the HOA board and had a problem with it. I called the HOA management company and told them good luck trying to tell a judge that my bronco is an RV and it will not be moved. Haven't gotten a letter about it since.
 
x4 on joining the ranks, had a condo campground site and the Pres. of the association (250 members) was a complete liberal jackass. Long story short, ran for Pres. got him bumped out and I was in for the next 4 terms, peace and tranquility for the entire village but a complete time consuming P.I.T.A for me! after 4 years of the bullshit I not only gave up my post but shortly thereafter sold our lot- when you are in aposition to see all facets of people the majority soon become unattractive!
 
What burns me up about the whole issue w HOAs is that 99% of the time the visually insulted complainers/enforcers are newcommers to the area trying to tell natives how they should keep their yards and stuff all perfect like, too their OWN selfish utopian ideas of THEIR perfect neigborhood.:fuck-you:
 
mommucked said:
What burns me up about the whole issue w HOAs is that 99% of the time the visually insulted complainers/enforcers are newcommers to the area trying to tell natives how they should keep their yards and stuff all perfect like, too their OWN selfish utopian ideas of THEIR perfect neigborhood.:fuck-you:
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The problem with my HOA is that I think they drive around looking for violations. All of my neighbors are cool with everything, and I live in a cul-de-sac so no one else sees it.

I'm not going to bother with joining the HOA, we plan on building next year anyway.
 
transman731 said:
in my old subdivision(hoa) they tried to make me get vinyl covers for the lettering on my truck windows because they said it was advertising. i told them i would cover mine when the cop next door covered his.
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Well Played, Sir!:beer:
 
Or go to the dollar store and buy a bunch of cheap toys. Spread them around his yard, take a pic, and send it to the HOS complaining about the mess.
 
Our HOA was laying low and everybody was keeping thier stuff cleaned up and looking good. Next thing we know the ASSHAT that bought the house next to me decided we needed a new sherriff in town. He got himself on the HOA board and commenced to pissing off everyone in the hood. We voted his ass out in short order with the blessing of Capt. Newell and the CPD. He was so sick of this idiot calling in complaints daily and trying up his officers for someone parking on the curb or walking thier dog without a leash.

With me on one side and my buddy Gary on the other, we would roll our race cars out and fire them up. Warm up the engines and start revving them up at the same time. He would be out in his front yard screaming at us! Huh? Whats that? I cant hear you!:fuck-you:
 
nctom said:
With me on one side and my buddy Gary on the other, we would roll our race cars out and fire them up. Warm up the engines and start revving them up at the same time. He would be out in his front yard screaming at us! Huh? Whats that? I cant hear you!:fuck-you:
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That's awesome!!! You should put a sign up in his yard that says "MOVE OUT, ASSHOLE!"
 
I heard a rumor about a HOA pres. who's perfectly manicured, sloping to the street, front yard was evedently sprayed w grass killer to make large letters that read "ASSHOLE" or something to that effect when viewed from the road.
 
same idea but use fertilizer instead, few weeks later and the message is brilliant green and ya can't make it go away quick :lol:
 
We had very simular issue with HOA and went to the meeting in force with several neighbors and said look enough of the stupid shit. Either follow things as they are ment to be or we will vote you out and take over. The knew we had the numbers to do so and relaxed a bit. Just get some neighbors together and take over. Then there is nothing to bitch about.
 
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