HOA's have got to stop the B/S

Are not HOA officials elected by the residents of the subdivision? If they get out of hand, vote them out and return to normalcy.

 

How does that work with Washington?

 

all hoa's have a board. President, vp, and such.. they have required meetings and elections.....

My 72 year grandmother bought a house in a hoa in Vancouver, WA in 86. She didn't tell me before she signed the paperwork. They started fining her for all kind of stuff... thousands of dollars. After 8 months she told me what they were doing.

In this order these are the people in my lift you don't f-with. My kids, my wife, my grandmother, my mother...

I read the contract and for the next 4 months i drove the President nuts (live across the street) did I break any laws NO, did I break any hoa rules No, let's just say that the hoa refunded all the money and spent thousands in court. And they never bothered my grandmother again

 

Just for conversation sake, what could one do to get grandma some peace and quiet?

 

Cut the grass, pull the weeds, paint the house?
Stop aggravating your neighbors?

I’ve lived in 4 developments with HOA’s and I understood what I was getting into and what to expect. Here in Florida it really doesn’t matter because the County Nazi’s will be out measuring your grass or fining you for one thing or another.
If someone is lazy and they don’t like managing their property then a HOA isn’t for them.

I pay around $5k for my dues and imo worth every penny.

 

I dont live in a HOA but the suburb of omaha that I live in has code enforcement people that patrol the neighborhoods so if you are lazy and cheap or want to turn your yard into a junkyard they will be knocking on your door ....im like you and all for them .

 

Mine sends me reminders (violation threats) when it’s time to power wash my sidewalk…I wait for them to send it, lol
To actually get a fine I’d need to ignore them for months on end.

Another hoa I was in I’d get weed notices.. I figured out that it was my next door neighbor complaining.

The other thing is the HOA’s have state guidelines that they have to follow. HOA rules really aren’t any different than our county ordinances. Yah I can’t paint my house pink if my neighbor agitated me so that’s a bummer

 

I have a couple neighbors that if not for code enforcement they're property's would look like something out of detriot.