I moved into a townhome and the board is voting to delegate funds instead of having a general pool of money. This idea sounds fine but multiple members have asked me to vote so I always wonder what's in it for them.


This is my first meeting as I just moved in.

Hoa in my neighborhood is a joke. We vote then the members do whatever they feel like anyway.

1MOREMOD wrote

Hoa in my neighborhood is a joke. We vote then the members do whatever they feel like anyway.

My last HOA was voluntary so this is new to me. It's a mix of retired and young owners. I assume I'll be the only one there under 40.

Plus it's all townhomes so there are a lot of common areas to worry about so hopefully they follow the rules here.

Let me rephrase we vote and seems to be unanimously agreed upon to do x. Then the leaders of the hoa do y instead. Bunch of passive aggressive bullshit out of members.

The Los Angeles Times has a great HOA q&a column. Worth researching some archived stories.

This link should bring up some past stories.


http://www.latimes.com/search/dispatcher.front?Query=HOA&target=all&spell=on

I ignore our HOA whenever possible and they leave me alone after I shouted at a couple of the board members for separate issues. I'm happy with the current arrangement.

Sounds about right, built fence and shed without permission.

HOA's are stupid, I don't care that my trashcan isn't facing true north and get reported by some fat wife with no life.

Our HOA successfully voted to transform our neighborhood into a gated community several years ago. I was vehemently against it because gates are needlessly cumbersome in my opinion.

The prevailing opinion was that a gated community would improve safety, but I think that's hogwash. Our neighborhood is one of the most affluent neighborhoods in the nation with a median household income just north of $400,000/year. There's effectively 0 crime here, and a gate is arguably an invitation to would be criminals more than it is a deterrent.

I'm kept "in the loop" through e-mails that usually go to my junk folder, but other than that I don't actively participate in our HOA anymore.

My HOA is a fucking waste of money. They sent me a notice saying I had to powerwash my house (which wasn't bad compared to other people in the neighborhood), so I washed it, did the drive way and street even in front of the house. Got a notice like two weeks after saying I had to powerwash the house? Emailed them saying they were delusional because it was already done two weeks prior..., never got an email back.


Fuckers can suck a bag of dicks.

Second house was in a neighborhood with HOA, I went to a meeting...big mistake I ended up on the board, even though I told them I did not want to be on the board. It was a joke. Then when I got the divorce a year later, they were shocked that I was no longer going to be on the board as I moved across town :-O
The new subdivision was worst than the last. I almost ordered a decal that looked like my garage door was open to place on my garage door just to F*&^ with them, but I did not. We just built a house in a new subdivision and our builder was new and did not get the HOA's 100% approval prior to building. They made us change a few things on the plans that ended up costing me $5k, still not a fan of HOA's. I am pretty sure they also hate me

Steve

I go to all of mine but only because they provide food and beer/ wine.

Only thing my HOA ever discusses at the meetings is where and when we will have a neighborhood rager.

I can't ever see myself buying a SFH tied to an HOA. Their usefulness exists only in a fantasy world fueled by NIMBYism.

Here's a good one I was representing my aunt at a HOA board meeting, I was invited. And some 80 year old 5'3" Jewish guy president of the board wanted to start a physical fight with me.

Now that 80 year old is like 95 and vegging due to a brain aneurysm.

Now when I ask him if he wants to fight? he drools all over himself.

ScottSinger wrote

Here's a good one I was representing my aunt at a HOA board meeting, I was invited. And some 80 year old 5'3" Jewish guy president of the board wanted to start a physical fight with me.

Now that 80 year old is like 95 and vegging due to a brain aneurysm.

Now when I ask him if he wants to fight? he drools all over himself.

Take the example of my dog - he'll be drooling in 10 seconds flat if I have something he wants.

You've made this poor guy wait a whole 15 years for the privilege of fighting you - course he's going to drool when you offer. What did you expect??

I made very certain that wherever my parents moved, the HOA wasn't gonna bitch at us for me working in my car in the garage. I wonder how my air compressor/impact wrench would be...

I went. It was old people bitching about bushes, sod, and wasp in their bushes.

Kinda of a sad place to be. I can vote ahead of time so I am never going back.

It's easier for me to spray a wasp nest then wait 3 months until the next HOA meeting.

My first time in an HOA. We don't have them up North.

I like the fact that I don't have to cut my grass and the neighborhood stays neat. It was a little more paperwork when time came to put up my fence but it's a small price to pay for not having people that want to paint their house pink or other ugly shit. It's a bit limiting to some people but I haven't had a problem yet, I work on and wash my cars whenever I want and I made sure there was nothing against it before I bought.

The Meetings are a bitch fest, I don't bother going.