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cab67
(3,746 posts)57. A management company took control of the HOA.
This wasn't done by vote. In fact, to this day I'm not entirely sure how it happened. But it happened.
The management company changed many of the rules overnight. Suddenly, the landscaping I'd spent years on was unacceptable. So we sold and moved.
I will never live in a neighborhood controlled by an HOA again. I don't feel like having to reconfigure my back yard every time there's a change in management.
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That's like telling a homeowner how much he or she can spend on a new boiler when the old one breaks.
Scrivener7
Aug 2025
#2
It depends on the people who make up the HOA. We used to have a beach apartment, the person who run the HOA
Escurumbele
Aug 2025
#34
Would a HOA tell someone that they can't put in a new boiler, too cheap or too expensive, if it met code and the....
FadedMullet
Aug 2025
#26
This won't cover all edge cases, but it might allow for $100 a week or even a day after a time to cure
IbogaProject
Aug 2025
#64
I know this. My question was can HOA rules be so draconian that they limit one's choices when a member needs......
FadedMullet
Aug 2025
#63
In a few states, HOAs CAN foreclose, if state law and the HOA charter allow it.
Scrivener7
Aug 2025
#52
Like anything, there will always be those who have the money and the desire to use it.
OldBaldy1701E
Aug 2025
#68
hoas needed to be reformed a long time ago. many got to big for their britches . this is a start.
AllaN01Bear
Aug 2025
#16
So no. I do. It's fine. I was careful going in to make sure I knew what I was getting into.
Scrivener7
Aug 2025
#53
Did you know the HOA rules when you bought? Or did the board change and become power
Scrivener7
Aug 2025
#56
That's weird. Sounds like something underhanded going on. The MC is supposed to work for you.
Scrivener7
Aug 2025
#58
I wish he will run for President next election. It is clear that Americans are not ready for a female President! NT
akbacchus_BC
Aug 2025
#29
HOAs are too aggressive everywhere, they have the ability to foreclose a home, and the owner has very little recourse.
Escurumbele
Aug 2025
#33
Seems like those of us who have HOAs are either not happy or have mixed feelings
Scrivener7
Aug 2025
#44
Me neither. I'm in a co-op so my fees include the real estate taxes, so they are higher.
Scrivener7
Aug 2025
#50
Our insurance has DOUBLED in the last 5 years. And we're not in a flood plain or
Scrivener7
Aug 2025
#66
Newsom Gained Substantive Political Capital By Capping These Onorous And Counterproductive HOA Penalties
MayReasonRule
Aug 2025
#59