Homeowners Associations . . .

[MANT!]

Evacuate and Nuke the HOA neighborhoods from orbit..it's the only way to be sure..

 

[Guartho]

A friend of mine will have to short-sell his house because his HOA won't let him rent.

And your friend should have known that when he bought a house there.

yes, hence the counting me as one who will likely never buy a house where a HOA is involved.

 

[Chaos Descending]

Well, don't paint all HOAs with a broad brush. Most (at least I think "most", certainly "some" in any case) HOAs don't have any restrictions against renting out properties.

 

[RoJoHen]

But don't you dare try and put a pink flamingo in the yard. They'll fucking shank your ass.

 

[Sephiroth]

I've never understood the desire to live in a place with an HOA, there is no real benefit to one other than increased property value, which makes a house a commodity, not a home.

 

[Chaos Descending]

I've never understood the desire to live in a place with an HOA, there is no real benefit to one other than increased property value, which makes a house a commodity, not a home.

Wait til you live next door to a guy who likes to "store" things in his front yard.

Things like an old bus.

A mound of trash.

A couple dead dogs.

The appeal of an HOA becomes a little more clear.

Fortunately, I have a rather gracious HOA in terms of the amount of meddling they do.

 

[Sephiroth]

oh, I have lived next door to that, there are options beyond having little old ladies measuring your grass with a yardstick and never really truly owning your own home

 

[Miss Chicken]

I've never understood the desire to live in a place with an HOA, there is no real benefit to one other than increased property value, which makes a house a commodity, not a home.

Wait til you live next door to a guy who likes to "store" things in his front yard.

Things like an old bus.

A mound of trash.

A couple dead dogs.

The appeal of an HOA becomes a little more clear.

Fortunately, I have a rather gracious HOA in terms of the amount of meddling they do.

Most of that is easy to deal with in my city without a HOA in sight.

i have no idea what is in my neighbours' backyards nor do I care. They are free to have sheds, clotheslines, cubby houses, old cars - fences hide it all from view.

 

[ed629]

oh, I have lived next door to that, there are options beyond having little old ladies measuring your grass with a yardstick and never really truly owning your own home

Yep, turn the sprinklers on when they're on your lawn.