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re: Thoughts on Neighborhood Covenants/Housing Authorities?
Posted on 7/27/17 at 12:43 pm to BulldogXero
Posted on 7/27/17 at 12:43 pm to BulldogXero
As long as they're not overboard they can be very important for maintaining neighborhood appearances and property values. I've seen the consequences of not having them and it sucks.
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Posted on 7/27/17 at 12:47 pm to biglego
quote:Needs to make sure to abandon the project halfway thru. Nothing like a half-wall to lean scrap metal and old lumber against.
Probably wants to do some classy homemade additions to the front of the house. Something involving cinder blocks.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 12:47 pm to Boudreaux35
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My biggest peeve with them is the selective enforcement of rules.
This is my #2
#1 is someone else's idea of what aesthetics is
Posted on 7/27/17 at 12:48 pm to NYNolaguy1
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Personally I think its ridiculous to buy a plot of land and then hand over your rights to someone else (while paying them ).
If you live in a nice neighborhood and care about it staying nice, as opposed to some asshat junking it up, they are a good thing.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 12:49 pm to BulldogXero
quote:I didn't say it did. I said it looks like shite, because it does.
Pretty sure a rectangle the size of a car on the left side of the driveway in no way encompasses an entire yard.
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Oh yes, we can't have this in the United States of America
Yea, you're entirely missing the point here. When the way my neighbors take care and maintain their house affects the value of my house, I'm 100% ok with an HOA to regulate and act as insurance for having shitty neighbors.
quote:There are $500k and $1million homes that look like shite. You're being a bit naive if you think that only a trailer trash type neiborhood has neighbors who don't take care of their shite.
Trailer trash will live in trailer trash neighborhoods
quote:It affects my home value, I care. No clue why you wouldn't.
I do not care what my neighbors are doing unless they start bulldozing the driveway at 6:00 AM.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 12:54 pm to jbgleason
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nasty letter postmarked the day that the can was out.
sounds like some busy-body retirees with nothing better to do. My folks used to have a retired state rep in their HOA that couldn't stop being in the middle of shitte if his life depended on it!
This post was edited on 7/27/17 at 1:00 pm
Posted on 7/27/17 at 12:57 pm to shel311
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It affects my home value, I care. No clue why you wouldn't.
Some people's homes are on wheels and can just be moved away to a more desirable shady acres.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 1:00 pm to LSUBoo
quote:Without HOAs, one of those homes can be parked in your neighbor's driveway, and there's nothing you can do about it.
Some people's homes are on wheels and can just be moved away to a more desirable shady acres.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 1:01 pm to Duckhammer_77
My neighbor actually said something to me about an ATV & trailer in the driveway for about a month after season ended. I pointed to all the damn boats sitting in ppl's driveways all over the 'hood and gave him a FO look. I was technically breaking the rules, but so was 100 other ppl around us.
FTR, this guy wears black knee socks & sandals when he SWEEPS is entire driveway EVERY day and then picks up the leaves and sticks with a dust pan and puts it in the trash. I hose mine off twice a year and blow half of it into his yard.
FTR, this guy wears black knee socks & sandals when he SWEEPS is entire driveway EVERY day and then picks up the leaves and sticks with a dust pan and puts it in the trash. I hose mine off twice a year and blow half of it into his yard.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 1:03 pm to BulldogXero
HOA's suck. Generally just miserable housewives bitching about people leaving their trash cans in the wrong spot
Posted on 7/27/17 at 1:29 pm to shel311
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Without HOAs, one of those homes can be parked in your neighbor's driveway, and there's nothing you can do about it.
Plenty of municipalities have ordinances that address things like this. A lot of the stuff HOA's bitch about is often covered by code enforcement as well.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 1:33 pm to Dizz
quote:And a lot of it isn't as well.
A lot of the stuff HOA's bitch about is often covered by code enforcement as well.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 1:36 pm to shel311
Basically all of the ticky tack stuff people complain about, trash cans, kids bikes, flower beds, paint colors etc.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 1:36 pm to Dizz
quote:And other important things that can affect your home value.
Basically all of the ticky tack stuff people complain about, trash cans, kids bikes, flower beds, paint colors etc.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 1:37 pm to TheHarahanian
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They don't like renters.
Stereotypes can be true in some contexts, and renters generally do not take care of a place as good as an owner does.
That's not always true. Some renters treat property much much better than owners. But it is still a stereotype
Posted on 7/27/17 at 1:43 pm to Dizz
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Plenty of municipalities have ordinances that address things like this. A lot of the stuff HOA's bitch about is often covered by code enforcement as well.
If HOAs are too overboard in enforcement... code enforcement is the exact opposite in many places.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 1:44 pm to Duckhammer_77
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ATV & trailer in the driveway for about a month after season ended.
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I hose mine off twice a year and blow half of it into his yard.
I believe it
Posted on 7/27/17 at 1:45 pm to BulldogXero
You know, I live on a middle-class street with no HOA, and the craziest thing happens...
People take care of their yards for the most part and the street looks presentable, all without an authoritarian board telling us that we have to do it.
Even better, all the houses look different and everybody can do what they please.
It is wild!
People take care of their yards for the most part and the street looks presentable, all without an authoritarian board telling us that we have to do it.
Even better, all the houses look different and everybody can do what they please.
It is wild!
Posted on 7/27/17 at 1:47 pm to GetCocky11
quote:It only takes 1. And before you move in and after you move in, you have no control over that one.
You know, I live on a middle-class street with no HOA, and the craziest thing happens...
People take care of their yards for the most part and the street looks presentable, all without an authoritarian board telling us that we have to do it.
Even better, all the houses look different and everybody can do what they please.
It is wild!
Posted on 7/27/17 at 1:50 pm to BulldogXero
When I moved to Telluride, the first place I looked to buy had the HOA prez come for a visit.
Tells me the things that they didn't like. Charcoal grills was first. I told him to go frick himself.
I bought in an older neighborhood and life is good.
Tells me the things that they didn't like. Charcoal grills was first. I told him to go frick himself.
I bought in an older neighborhood and life is good.
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