Daughter bought a house. No disclosure of HOA. Lo and behold, there is
a HOA. Got a copy of the bylaws. Most of it is innocuous, but I am
irritated by "no clotheslines" one. Why should "natural" and "energy
saving" be illegal? I'm inclined to claim "no disclosure, no HOA"
but most of the neighbors are very nice. Many are retired military.
(Just lost a WWII bomber pilot and a korea war pilot) The HOA spends
the dues money to maintain the entrances and such, so its an ok HOA.
We do some volunteer work for the HOA in the winter. wunna the
jackass neighbors called the city on her because we let wildflowers
bloom in parts of the yard before mowing. City claimed wildflowers are
"noxious weeds." Blah blah...
There are new owners of a house down the street from her. He is
military, (deployed right after they moved in) and their kid was killed
in a car accident in town right after they moved in, so most neighbors
are willing to cut them some slack, but most of the time, they have 5-6
vehicles parked on the grass (mostly dirt and tree roots now)in front of
the 3-4000 ft sq ranch house. The house is situated long side to the
street, so it is 70-80 feet long. HOA does not forbid this, (parking
on what is supposed to be lawn) as they all move, mostly daily.
Neighbors are talking to them privately, asking them to park in the
drive or the paved backyard. It has helped somewhat. To me, sowing
some tolerance, and talking with them privately is a better approach
than invoking the long arm of johnny law. This too shall pass. They
will move, or their kids/renters will go, eventually.
G Mann via Mercedes wrote on 10/21/19 3:10 PM:
In Arizona, HOA's became so power mad the state had to legislate laws to
reign them in. Now, home owners have full legal recourse against HOA's who
abuse home owners and try to be self elected neighborhood dictators.
[Within the limits of the HOA protection laws in place.]
So, it is a two edge sword..
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