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re: About to get into a fight with HOA over parking policy inside the community
Posted on 9/28/14 at 2:32 pm to saintforlife1
Posted on 9/28/14 at 2:32 pm to saintforlife1
When a subdivision is set up the developer sets up a covenant contract for the lot owners in said subdivision. They can lien your property if you build improvement without HOa approval, or if you break rule, like parking rules, though the lien is only enforceable when you try to sell, and has to be renewed after so many years or it expires.
There is always a method for a majority of home owners to rewrite the covenant laws, as this is your only recourse now that you have bought in.
There is always a method for a majority of home owners to rewrite the covenant laws, as this is your only recourse now that you have bought in.
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Posted on 9/28/14 at 3:46 pm to Ole War Skule
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whether the association has the legal authority to tow cars is another matter which may depend on whether they own the streets.
This is what I'm curious about. I've heard of HOAs fining people for cars constantly being parked in front of their house, but I've never heard of them towing a car.
Posted on 9/28/14 at 4:11 pm to saintforlife1
My best advice is to move. Honestly, when you move in a neighborhood with an HOA like that you don't even live in a free country anymore.
Those retirees will make you miserable.
Sincerely,
The guy who is moving out of a similar situation
Those retirees will make you miserable.
Sincerely,
The guy who is moving out of a similar situation
Posted on 9/28/14 at 5:17 pm to saintforlife1
White people problems.
Posted on 9/28/14 at 8:57 pm to saintforlife1
How are they going to know it's your car, and tow it?
HOA board members get a bad rap. About half of them are power hungry pricks and the other half are just trying to do the best they can.
If you have enough parking for your personal cars, then I woudl suggest trying to get you and your similar-minded neighbors on the HOA board.
HOA board members get a bad rap. About half of them are power hungry pricks and the other half are just trying to do the best they can.
If you have enough parking for your personal cars, then I woudl suggest trying to get you and your similar-minded neighbors on the HOA board.
Posted on 9/28/14 at 9:35 pm to LSUFanHouston
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HOA board members get a bad rap.
As they should. HOA's are worthless in this day and age outside of managing an insurance policy for condos.
Posted on 9/28/14 at 9:49 pm to Golfer
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As they should. HOA's are worthless in this day and age outside of managing an insurance policy for condos.
I disagree, while I have issues with mine, at the end of the day I enjoy living in a subdivision where you can not park in the front yard, have Christmas lights up year round, having the common areas and fences maintained, etc
Posted on 9/28/14 at 10:09 pm to Golfer
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HOA's are worthless in this day and age outside of managing an insurance policy for condos.
You are untitled to your opinion but but I'm thankful for mine bc they make sure someone doesn't paint their house lime green or let their house turn to crap or do anything else that could hurt my property value.
The bottom line is if you don't want to live in a neighborhood with an HOA, don't. Nobody forces anyone to.
Posted on 9/28/14 at 10:51 pm to Tigerpaw123
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I enjoy living in a subdivision where you can not park in the front yard, have Christmas lights up year round, having the common areas and fences maintained, etc
All of that can be handled without an HOA.
Posted on 9/28/14 at 11:02 pm to Golfer
Yep, just don't move into a trailer park.
Posted on 9/28/14 at 11:12 pm to Lsut81
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I've seen where they can go as far as putting a lean on your property.
Like apply enough lateral force to your house to make it rack?
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How the hell is that even possible?
Good question. Maybe if you got enough residents from the community together to push, but that still seems pretty unlikely.
Posted on 9/29/14 at 11:36 am to Golfer
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All of that can be handled without an HOA.
Can you explain how? I'm curious.
Posted on 9/29/14 at 11:49 am to Golfer
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HOA's are worthless in this day and age outside of managing an insurance policy for condos.
HOAs also have to purchase insurance to protect the homeowners on all common ground, lakes, ect. as well as pay to maintain the common areas. Without the HOA, you could be sued if someone gets hurt on common grounds, depending on how the subdivision was set up.
Posted on 9/29/14 at 11:54 am to MikeBRLA
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Can you explain how? I'm curious.
Here's a few examples from my non-HOA neighborhood. Guy that lives a few doors down from me had knee surgery and couldn't cut his grass for a few months. So myself and a few of the others around us took turns cutting his grass to keep it looking nice. We had a blight issue down the street and the City took care of that via code enforcement.
Our volunteer neighborhood association is very active with their voluntary dues. They've even setup a community garden that is maintained by those in the area. Our neighborhood is also very active on Nextdoor.com as well.
Posted on 9/29/14 at 11:54 am to Golfer
quote:Really
All of that can be handled without an HOA.
Posted on 9/29/14 at 11:57 am to Golfer
So what happens when someone moves in your neighborhood and parks a broken down car in their front yard?
Posted on 9/29/14 at 11:58 am to sec13rowBBseat28
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So what happens when someone moves in your neighborhood and parks a broken down car in their front yard?
Have a civil conversation among adults or call code enforcement in EBR. They handled an issue for a friend's property in a matter of days.
Interestingly enough, I've lived in three houses in my life (outside of my dorm on campus at LSU)...and one of the three had an HOA and was the shittiest neighborhood.
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Posted on 9/29/14 at 12:32 pm to Golfer
Well, our HOA has had numerous "civil conversations" with a home owner keeping his hunting trailer parked on the side of his house with all of his hunting equipment on it. They have also had numerous "civil conversations" with another home owner who refuses to properly maintain his house and yard. Both home owners refuse to follow the by-laws. I don't think code enforcement in EBR is going to do anything about these infractions. Our HOA just voted to hire a management firm to run our HOA and help enforce our bylaws. 97% of the homeowners were in favor of raising dues and hiring the management firm.
Posted on 9/29/14 at 12:37 pm to sec13rowBBseat28
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I don't think code enforcement in EBR is going to do anything about these infractions.
They most certainly do enforce public nuisances such as grass height and blighted movables.
Posted on 9/29/14 at 1:08 pm to Volvagia
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What pisses me off about HOAs is when you need PERMISSION to do alterations to your own property.
unless you live outside of a city, you have this issue anyway. obviously there are less restrictions, but you are absolutely prohibited from doing a ton of things to your property if you live in a city. and there is recourse for a homeowner who feels he has been unreasonably denied the ability to make an improvement to his home. it works most of the time. it is really difficult to get a whole neighborhood to agree on anything. if the HOA wasn't there, you'd have hippies raising chickens in their front yard and people parking RV's in front of your house
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