When Homeowners Associations Go Too Far. Turning Neighborhoods n2 Battlegrounds

[mtraininjax]

At the condos we used to live in at the beach, we had a woman that my wife coined "Dragonwoman". She was married, but her husband would not live with her, I did not care for her so I did not ask the details. We'd go to the beach, and hang our towel to dry in the front of the porch. We'd get calls in 5 minutes complaining that our condo, did not match the front of the other condos, and in the by-laws, they ALL have to match all the time.

Some days you just wonder what is important to people.

[reednavy]

I would've put up a pink wind chime, just to piss the bitch off.

[redglittercoffin]

I live in a condo where the HOA dues are creeping up on 50% of the cost of my mortgage.  I'm running for the board so that I can limit the authority and the level of service that our board has in the future. 

I live in an area that has had some problems with homelessness, and it is amazing to hear how the blue-hairs refer to homeless folks.  amazing. 

one guy in particular loves to spout rhetoric that gets all the old folks foaming at the mouth -- next thing you know -- special assessment. 


he wants back on the board based on a platform of "doing everything we can to collect every dollar of every late assessment".

Get 'em cowboy. 

[Sportmotor]

Iv had a legal bout with a HOA before.

Over a CAR COVER. Course I had pictures of one of them in my yard at 3am in the morning from a hunting camera you post up in a tree, yea I won that round.

[AmyLynne]

Iv had a legal bout with a HOA before.

Over a CAR COVER. Course I had pictures of one of them in my yard at 3am in the morning from a hunting camera you post up in a tree, yea I won that round.

What in the world were they doing in your yard at 3am?

[Sportmotor]

What in the world were they doing in your yard at 3am?

attempting to remove the car cover, but I always locked it since it was covering a $5,000 custom paint job and it was a show car.

[Charles Hunter]

Would it have been against HOA rules to shoot one of the bastards in the knee or the arse?

[kellypope]

I would like to keep 3 or 4 chickens, so I can have a steady supply of eggs. Someone tell me what HOA's have against chickens.

Also, one friend tells me she is not allowed to compost on her property--why the hell not?

[Charles Hunter]

A wild guess at both - smell? unsightly?

[sheclown]

Composting ought to be fine.  It is a part of gardening. 

Chickens, on the other hand, I can understand that.  Although I think the world would be a much better place if we had free range poultry wandering around everywhere.

[buckethead]

Free chicken?!

I'm in.

[Dapperdan]

But to live in the nicer neighborhoods, you have to put up with the HOA's. Its a tradeoff I guess.

[Overstreet]

I would like to keep 3 or 4 chickens, so I can have a steady supply of eggs. Someone tell me what HOA's have against chickens.

Also, one friend tells me she is not allowed to compost on her property--why the hell not?

Farm animals are probably not allowed by municipal code. You can check here,

http://www.municode.com/Library/Library.aspx

[Shwaz]

Years ago my aunt and her husband were chased out of a neighborhood in Ponte Vedra. My new uncle drove a commercial truck and it was against the rules to be parked at the house. They were absolutely harassed until they  moved.

I used to keep my boat at my folks house in Mandarin. When I got back after dark I would park it cleaned & covered in the driveway and every time their was a notice on the door the very next morning. It's crazy that someone walks the neighborhood every morning at the crack of dawn looking for infractions. Who would want to live like this?

[Sportmotor]

Would it have been against HOA rules to shoot one of the bastards in the knee or the arse?

Shoot to kill never to wound. If they lived they could have sued.