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FortWayne
2015 Aug 24, 9:58am
Old thread, but I still have nothing but contempt for HOA's.
Folks if you read this, avoid any HOA like you would avoid plague. These people will ruin your lives, trample on your freedom and if you don't play nice with the board will make your life difficult just because they are vindictive assholes! At least most are.
Tenpoundbass
2015 Aug 24, 11:32am
because they are vindictive assholes! At least most are.
No they will all be eventually.
My Brother in law lives in Red Hook New York, he owns a huge lot with a house he put on it. A few years after he built his house on that plot of land that had been in his family for a few generations.
The nieighbors came to him and talked him into agreeing in forming a "HOA" for the growing community. It started out fine until personal neighbor issues started arising. Then those that are on the board started using their power as a weapon to be the supreme final word on every neighborhood personal dispute. Not even home owner stuff. Things like someone's feelings got hurt because someone wasn't invited to a function or something as petty as that. The people on the board or those friends with people on the board, would fabricate issues to harass the residents that they were at odds with.
Every HOA I've ever seen is an out right abuse of power and is unneeded. Especially when you already should have local ordinances that specifies what you can and can't do with your property.
You certaily don't need Bill Smith making up new rules as he goes along, and defend them with poorly written vague contract clauses.
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Condo HOA fees in CA seem outrageously high compared to my friends fees back east... Where they get things like snow removal included. Im talking $300 annually vs 400 monthly on average in CA. Anyone know why the wide gap? Id think labor for yardwork and pool maintenance would be cheaper in los angeles with mexican immigrants doing most of this work, so where is all that money going? My guess would be earthquake insurance makes up the largest chunk, but overall it still seems shady to have such high fees.