If I had an HOA that I wasn't a part of and tried to tell me what colors I can paint my house. I'd be prick enough to paint my house in florescent lime green with purple trim and a bright orange front door.
If you're not a member of the HOA, the moment an HOA comes at you, lawyer up immediately and tell them to go pound sand. Most HOAs will avoid court, especially if they have no legal right to force fees or bylaws on you.
Didn't help the one that went after my father. My dad bought a piece of property in Louisiana that was off by itself. Some time after I moved out in the early 1990s a neighborhood was built around it and he refused to join the HOA. Too much to tell but he ended up suing the founder/owner of the HOA and ended up owning not just his house but hers as well. She learned not to fuck with a stubborn career military man.
I certainly enjoyed your story about the grumpy old woman in the grocery store. When I have encountered that type, my favorite phrase is “ Why don’t you let it ruin the rest of your life OK?” it brings joy to my face to see them get even angrier with no comeback at all! 😎
This is going to happen every time their is overreaching by any home owners associations and the hoa sending the violation letters to collect fines from is just giving the evidence to the home owner of their illegal actions making it an open and shut case with practically no defense for the hoa.
HOA Karen story: Sometimes it requires a serious threat to one's pocketbook to get the message across. Mind I expect she insisted her lawyer husband check to see if they were any ways around it before complying. Also why does it seem that some of the worst people end up on HOA boards.
The MINUTE any hoa start their unauthorised bs you go straight to court and file restraining orders and personally sue every member of the hoa board for harassment.
@@andrewkent650 Not necessarily. If they can prove that the HOA has not been operating for the good of the community, (embezzling, unfair fines, etc), they can be voted to be dissolved, with all mortgages going back to the banks. It happens when a court judge orders it to be disbanded due to gross misconduct. The main reason why most don't vote to disband is because they're scared or don't want to jump through the legal hoops.
@@andrewkent650 According to what I read, if your HOA is disbanded and your mortgage is due, your mortgage payment still needs to be made to your lender as usual; the dissolution of the HOA does not affect your individual mortgage obligation, but it may impact how common area maintenance and responsibilities are handled within your community going forward, potentially requiring further legal clarification or action from homeowners regarding ownership of shared spaces. In other words, you don't have to pay the mortgage all at once, you can still make monthly payments as usual.
@@Tony-rn5fm There are neighbourhoods where the builder who established the HOA has put this rule in the bylaws to keep home values up in the neighbourhood via the HOA, to ensure the HOA exists until they've got their money. It's not a standard rule at all, but it does happen.
Often times the actions of these HOA's are dictated by just 1 or 2 individuals that THINK they have more powers than they actually do. If the rest of their 'constituents' knew what they were up to with HOA resources they'd be in trouble.
Remember that if you are in a HOA like this, you can actually rally the other members to start a vote to disband the HOA. Get enough people to do it, and it doesn't matter what the board says.
So many stories following a similar format also what law is on the books says property value is protected over the rights given to everyone in the United States
Idk HOA, never heard about it in Canada. Maybe in some cities people have been sucked into having a HOA...dont think do. Why would anyone want to live under a HOA?? Not me! We have condominium associations but do little other than voting on rentals or policing noise bylaws, giving financial or maintenance reports.
There's a lot of holes in the HOA story. The biggest one for me is the judge declaring the action frivolous. It was the homeowner that sued the HOA. That would be anything but frivolous. Entertaining story but I doubt it's real
An interesting little story of how these matters work in a similar, but different, jurisdiction. We'd get to the same answer but by another path. As an aside - where is this set? Obviously there's no [precise location, but it looks to be somewhere in one of the Rockies states. Is that right please?
Where i'm from utility companies takes utility theft VERY serious, you illegally hook up to someone elses power/water? Be prepared to be dragged to court and might even have to sell your house to pay the fines, and good luck when trying to sign up to an utility company after, they have a "black list", they can refuse to do business with you and even if they want to, you're going to get the WORST rates they can hit you with. So if it had been me I would've simply called my utility provider ("I think someone might be siphoning water from my line"), they would send an inspector within 2 days, the moment they found the illegal connection all hell would break loose and I would just need to lean back and watch them tear the theif a new one, and if he was a costumer with them too they could terminate it instantly.
save to say they are just use stories from reddit, would say HOAs aren't dumb enough to push outside their boundaries, but not too hard to google and find actually cases of Hoas abusing their power inside their territory. Do know of an HOA that wouldn't allow Christmas decorations unless they were a certain color....not exactly something to sue over though, just dumb
@mr.s2005 Certainly these stories have their origins in the personality traits of those who commander an HOA board. Throughout the country there may have been a few incidents of this occurring, but not to the frequency that these stories are appearing on various social media outlets.
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I'm bored with these stories. Same thing over and over. If you're not in the HOA you can easily find a lawyer who will crush them since they have absolutely no standing against you.
If I had an HOA that I wasn't a part of and tried to tell me what colors I can paint my house. I'd be prick enough to paint my house in florescent lime green with purple trim and a bright orange front door.
Paint every wall, window panel, door and door frame a different color and every board of the fence (if a wooden board fence, like a picket fence) too.
No matter what the cost was, it would be totally worth it.
HOA's need to be made illegal.
Blue Door Rebellion. That is just epic! Gotta love when there actually becomes a nickname to the Event itself!
The HOA can't do anything about mailbox post height. Mailbox height is a US Postal Service regulation.
Yep and tampering with it is a federal crime.
But they still try.
If you're not a member of the HOA, the moment an HOA comes at you, lawyer up immediately and tell them to go pound sand. Most HOAs will avoid court, especially if they have no legal right to force fees or bylaws on you.
Didn't help the one that went after my father. My dad bought a piece of property in Louisiana that was off by itself. Some time after I moved out in the early 1990s a neighborhood was built around it and he refused to join the HOA. Too much to tell but he ended up suing the founder/owner of the HOA and ended up owning not just his house but hers as well. She learned not to fuck with a stubborn career military man.
@@10th_Doctor Like I said, most HOAs don't want to go to court. The one that bothered your dad learned why.
Actually create your own limited term (limited to your ownership) HOA and send the harassing HOA a harassment fine bigger than theirs.
I certainly enjoyed your story about the grumpy old woman in the grocery store. When I have encountered that type, my favorite phrase is “ Why don’t you let it ruin the rest of your life OK?” it brings joy to my face to see them get even angrier with no comeback at all! 😎
This is going to happen every time their is overreaching by any home owners associations and the hoa sending the violation letters to collect fines from is just giving the evidence to the home owner of their illegal actions making it an open and shut case with practically no defense for the hoa.
HOA Karen story: Sometimes it requires a serious threat to one's pocketbook to get the message across. Mind I expect she insisted her lawyer husband check to see if they were any ways around it before complying. Also why does it seem that some of the worst people end up on HOA boards.
It is the nature of the beast.
It is to get a power high
The lawyer husband should have known that the fines and other harassment were frivolous and he should have been reported to the BAR.
The MINUTE any hoa start their unauthorised bs you go straight to court and file restraining orders and personally sue every member of the hoa board for harassment.
i just don't see why more HOA residents don't vote to dissolve the HOA..........
Many times they can't, a regular thing in the bylaws is that the dissolution of the HOA makes all mortgages immediately payable in full.
@@andrewkent650 Not necessarily. If they can prove that the HOA has not been operating for the good of the community, (embezzling, unfair fines, etc), they can be voted to be dissolved, with all mortgages going back to the banks. It happens when a court judge orders it to be disbanded due to gross misconduct. The main reason why most don't vote to disband is because they're scared or don't want to jump through the legal hoops.
@@andrewkent650 According to what I read, if your HOA is disbanded and your mortgage is due, your mortgage payment still needs to be made to your lender as usual; the dissolution of the HOA does not affect your individual mortgage obligation, but it may impact how common area maintenance and responsibilities are handled within your community going forward, potentially requiring further legal clarification or action from homeowners regarding ownership of shared spaces.
In other words, you don't have to pay the mortgage all at once, you can still make monthly payments as usual.
@@Tony-rn5fm There are neighbourhoods where the builder who established the HOA has put this rule in the bylaws to keep home values up in the neighbourhood via the HOA, to ensure the HOA exists until they've got their money. It's not a standard rule at all, but it does happen.
Love the Dad story. Miss the days my kids enjoyed 'driving' the carts. I so enjoy someone who is actually connecting with their child.
TROLLS everywhere but I don't care.
At the end of the day we're O.K.
Cause we don't have no H.O.A.!
HA HA HA, 20:45 AI said: poor; text said: paw. Wonder which is right. LMAO.
My association doesn't even talk to me except for twice, asking for documentation. No fines.
This is why you must stand up to these HOA characters who think they have unlimited powers
People seem to forget that an HOA can be disbanded if the homeowners demand it.
Often times the actions of these HOA's are dictated by just 1 or 2 individuals that THINK they have more powers than they actually do. If the rest of their 'constituents' knew what they were up to with HOA resources they'd be in trouble.
Remember that if you are in a HOA like this, you can actually rally the other members to start a vote to disband the HOA. Get enough people to do it, and it doesn't matter what the board says.
So get a valve that locks and turn off his water supply and lock it off.
I would live on the street before living in a homeowner association. I like freedom and my Independence.
An HOA is nothing but BOOMIER TOWN USA
So many stories following a similar format also what law is on the books says property value is protected over the rights given to everyone in the United States
Idk HOA, never heard about it in Canada. Maybe in some cities people have been sucked into having a HOA...dont think do. Why would anyone want to live under a HOA?? Not me!
We have condominium associations but do little other than voting on rentals or policing noise bylaws, giving financial or maintenance reports.
Maria is related to Speedy!
There's a lot of holes in the HOA story. The biggest one for me is the judge declaring the action frivolous. It was the homeowner that sued the HOA. That would be anything but frivolous. Entertaining story but I doubt it's real
An interesting little story of how these matters work in a similar, but different, jurisdiction. We'd get to the same answer but by another path.
As an aside - where is this set? Obviously there's no [precise location, but it looks to be somewhere in one of the Rockies states. Is that right please?
Sorry, I meant in the main story
Where i'm from utility companies takes utility theft VERY serious, you illegally hook up to someone elses power/water? Be prepared to be dragged to court and might even have to sell your house to pay the fines, and good luck when trying to sign up to an utility company after, they have a "black list", they can refuse to do business with you and even if they want to, you're going to get the WORST rates they can hit you with.
So if it had been me I would've simply called my utility provider ("I think someone might be siphoning water from my line"), they would send an inspector within 2 days, the moment they found the illegal connection all hell would break loose and I would just need to lean back and watch them tear the theif a new one, and if he was a costumer with them too they could terminate it instantly.
AI nonsense. No facts as to person, place or time.
save to say they are just use stories from reddit, would say HOAs aren't dumb enough to push outside their boundaries, but not too hard to google and find actually cases of Hoas abusing their power inside their territory. Do know of an HOA that wouldn't allow Christmas decorations unless they were a certain color....not exactly something to sue over though, just dumb
@mr.s2005 Certainly these stories have their origins in the personality traits of those who commander an HOA board. Throughout the country there may have been a few incidents of this occurring, but not to the frequency that these stories are appearing on various social media outlets.
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I'm bored with these stories. Same thing over and over. If you're not in the HOA you can easily find a lawyer who will crush them since they have absolutely no standing against you.
Absolutely. How they think they can just take authority over everything.