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Title: I hate HOAs Post by: Dave Gray on May 30, 2020, 12:34:44 am I hate my homeowner's association. I hated the one I had before, too, at a previous house, so this is nothing new.
It's such bullshit, they are such scams, and I have an incident that is pissing me off beyond belief. I have to pay an assessment. Fine. There are costs...whatever. But the website that they provide is broken and doesn't accept payments. I am actively talking about this with an employee who blames the bank software. So, I'm supposed to call the bank. I do. They don't know what's going on. Today, I got a certified letter from a law firm tacking on $407.00 of attorney fees, admin fees, and interest to a $107.00 bill because it's not paid. The website still isn't working to take payments. I'm flipping my shit. Title: Re: I hate HOAs Post by: MyGodWearsAHoodie on May 30, 2020, 12:44:01 am I decided a long time ago I would never buy a condo or house with in a HOAs. Renting has advantages and disadvantages. Homeownership has advantages and disadvantages. A HOA combines all the disadvantages of renting with all the disadvantages of homeownership.
Title: Re: I hate HOAs Post by: Dave Gray on June 01, 2020, 12:31:34 pm I decided a long time ago I would never buy a condo or house with in a HOAs. Renting has advantages and disadvantages. Homeownership has advantages and disadvantages. A HOA combines all the disadvantages of renting with all the disadvantages of homeownership. They really do suck. But it's kind of a necessary evil down here in S. Florida. Pretty much every neighbor has some form of it. Mine is pretty minimal: no gate...mostly just rules. But god damn...are they annoying. Title: Re: I hate HOAs Post by: Sunstroke on June 01, 2020, 01:10:07 pm The HOA where I live is crazy...they look for any possible excuse to fine the homeowner. Tiny oil spot in your driveway? Fine! Garbage can missing a handle...Fine! Bumper of your car crosses an inch over the sidewalk demarcation? Fine, baby, Fine!! Title: Re: I hate HOAs Post by: CF DolFan on June 01, 2020, 02:22:43 pm Ours has been up and down depending on who the president is. I had them send me three different letters telling me to trim my palm trees because they were in violation of the covenants and the Land Development Code. A board member neighbor didn't like to see any branches hanging on my 35' palm trees. I was pissed and started to call them as I enforced the Land Development Code and new there wasn't any truth to it. Any way I ended up settling down and sent them an email. It simply said I would love to comply with them but couldn't find the specs that my trees were to meet. Could they please send me the codes so I could make sure I was in compliance. I never heard back from them.
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