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[SickOfTheOnePct]

47. I have no issues with our HOA

Fee was $580/year for 2025; it goes up a bit each year, but has an upper limit on how much it can increase...increases have never reached the limit, and we've not had any big assessments.

Fees go towards keeping up the blacktop paths that run through the neighborhood behind people's houses, as well as for garbage and recycle collection. Anything done on the exterior (siding, roof, garage doors, additions, etc.) have to go to the architectural review board, but in our experience, it's literally an email with plans/pics of what you want to do, and you hear back within a day or two. For example, when we were replacing our garage doors, we sent a picture of the existing doors and told them they would be the same exact door, just white instead of cream; heard back within a couple of hours.

When we were looking for homes, we saw a number of HOAs (in the newer neighborhoods, ours was built 1978-80) that cost $300-$500/month, and they even dictated what color curtain linings could be. No thanks.