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Originally Posted by Norm Peterson
That's still too intrusive. Repainting in the same color scheme should get specific, stated approval in the document that you have to sign on the way in. Which would be a nice control over the busy-bodys who'd disapprove existing colors apparently on whim as mentioned above.
You can always find outliers to argue anything, and pictures that may well be of temporary situations (for example, couldn't that mound of trash bags have been a temporary consequence of flooding inside the house/basement, such as from a plumbing failure?). But either way, they're relatively uncommon occurrences compared with the known tendencies of HOAs to overstep the bounds of reasonable authority.
Norm
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Would it have been easier for me if i didn't have to go through the process of getting approval, yes - was it life changing, no, it took a couple hours of my time tops. If I needed to sell my house, but due to neighbors not taking care of their property, it caused my property to be say...20% or 30% or 50% lower in value, or heck, there were no buyers that wanted to live in a run down area and i couldn't sell at all, now that...that is life changing.
I agree my pictures are hyperbolic, but for a reason. It's fine if folks don't want to live in an HOA, i get it, they aren't for everyone.
I'm very sensitive to my right to have a house that increases in value (outside of external market forces), and if you look at 99% of an HOA's rules, the underlying point is to ensure property values.
Now, that's not to say there aren't bad HOA's or there aren't non-HOA hoods where everyone is the perfect neighbor.
I disagree that the negative perception of HOA's are the norm. I'm sure you can find just as many folks who because of a horrible neighbor, they wished they lived in a covenant controlled hood.
I recently drove through my neighborhood where I grew up, it was built in the early 70's. It was a disaster! couches and appliances and just horrible looking yards and houses that haven't been painted in 40 years...just a waste, and very sad. Some streets were better than others, and some individual properties were great, but I would never buy in that area due to what I saw, and look, some folks won't care, but IMO a majority do care.