tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post7327454910803700134..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: Good Neighbors - Another First World ProblemSteve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-53095309223454866722014-10-06T03:46:53.183-07:002014-10-06T03:46:53.183-07:00HOA's are horrible, it's essentially grant...HOA's are horrible, it's essentially granting your neighbors the power to tell you what you can and cannot do with your own home. If it were worded that way from the start, there would be a hell of a lot less of them, I can assure you. Who but a slave thanks his master for doing something they were going to do anyway without consulting them? <br /><br />Most of them are miniscule fiefdoms ran by people who shouldn't be in charge of a damn goldfish, let alone an HOA - as demonstrated by your AD's "I think I'll make you paint your fence" comment. The argument of them supposing to keep your property values up is absolute kuso. I'd be interested in what your house will be worth Steve, that close to a commercial development - especially if they expand on it to include a food truck, or something considerably LOUDER.<br /><br />I was *almost* a member of one, and luckily had some good advice on the subject before I signed anything. People have lost their homes to these assholes.<br />Bobbe Edmondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05939499760417692512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-24040863562175027622014-09-24T17:24:52.052-07:002014-09-24T17:24:52.052-07:00We are required to maintain our sidewalks. Which m...We are required to maintain our sidewalks. Which means flat and level, and when the trees push 'em up, which they do every few years, we have to have them ground or replaced.<br /><br />Last time, the HOA gave us their contractor's name. We'd get a discount, for bulk work. So we went with him. Nice guy, brought out a bunch of Hawaiian kids to break the concrete up and haul it away. No complaints. In fact, we had him add-on to our patio and drive way. No complaints.<br /><br />Except that the guy got into an imbroglio of some kind with the guy he worked for, and all of a sudden, the HOA is say, "Um, well, ah, don't use the guy!" After we all did ...<br />Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-16605770994347581492014-09-24T17:05:08.151-07:002014-09-24T17:05:08.151-07:00Better than living in a condominium "associat...Better than living in a condominium "association" as I do. They demand that I replace my windows using the ONLY approved contractor and the ONLY approved window style. I'm still required to file a "MAC" form describing the "modifications" and get it approved by the Board of Directors, and sign a "hold harmless" agreement saying that I won't sue them (even if the contractor that THEY chose fouls up?). When it comes to enforcing the "Rules and Regulations", however, which prohibit brats of all ages from playing ball in the common areas (which are too small for any flavor of ballgame anyhow), LOTSA LUCK! AnnieBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-11423004313493258172014-09-22T14:29:17.077-07:002014-09-22T14:29:17.077-07:00"Neighborhood Nazis" - I like that.
Bu..."Neighborhood Nazis" - I like that. <br /><br />But in respect to the CHHOA, I think that Middlebrow Mafia is a better description.<br /><br />Just like goombas in NJ, their empire is based on control of a vital city service- garbage collection - and their "taste" finances their unsavory actions.<br /><br />If they didn't have the (substantial) income stream generated by garbage, do you think they would have 3 full-time employees, and a law firm on retainer?<br /><br />I haven't followed that mess for a couple of years, but at that time, CHHOA generated a couple of orders of magnitude more legal threats and actions than all the other HOAs in the state.<br /><br />I looked at a couple of houses there years ago, but the HOA scared me off. Now, I live in an unincorporated area (which, incidentally, has been fending off Snidely-Whiplash-type overtures from Beaverton for years).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-44204284037127433802014-09-22T11:56:12.732-07:002014-09-22T11:56:12.732-07:00I am not a fan of HOAs either. As you pointed out,...I am not a fan of HOAs either. As you pointed out, in theory they are a good idea, but the reality. When we first moved in, my wife (bless her heart) planted a tree while I was on the road. The association made us get rid of it and rightly so. Wife did not get permission nor was the tree the required size. But when I tried to follow the rules to get an approved tree in, the rules kept changing. No soft wood trees for example (all the trees planted by the developer are pines by the way, which makes sense in Houston). Finally planted what I wanted to and they haven't said a word in 8 years. We also had trees next to the house on the community side. Storms, insects and vandals destroyed them and they were removed. Took 5 years of fighting to get new ones planted.Bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15680649113849271048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-18502594787603740932014-09-22T11:02:24.548-07:002014-09-22T11:02:24.548-07:00Oh, yeah. Nothing changes ...
Oh, yeah. Nothing changes ...<br />Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-33271023676880919552014-09-22T07:26:41.234-07:002014-09-22T07:26:41.234-07:00*blink* I thought you wrote this story, like, fift...*blink* I thought you wrote this story, like, fifteen years ago? In F&SF?Tiel Aisha Ansarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994169558252043919noreply@blogger.com