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HOA Interference?

posted 9 years ago by jabell
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So far I've only seen one show in which the homeowners' association (HOA) interfered with the renovation of a house at all. It was a house where the exterior color had to be changed to confirm with their standards. Are the houses they buy not in neighborhoods with HOAs or do they have loose guidelines? Our HOA does not want us to have our hurricane shutters closed unless there is a hurricane, while we want them down for the protection of the furniture on our lanai during windstorms and/or rainstorms.

Boo Hoo! Let me wipe away the tears with my PLASTIC hand!--Lindsey McDonald (Angel)

[–] winterview 9 years ago

It wasn't exactly interference, but another house T&C did was in an HOA area, and the fee was OVER $500 month.

I'd have a hard time writing that check every month, but as long as all the buyers are appraised of the fee beforehand, not much can be done about it.

[–] jabell 9 years ago

Actually it pays for the pool, the clubhouse (which usually includes a gym), the resident manager and recreation director, the lawn cutting, snow removal (not in FL, of course!), gardening, trash removal in some places like parts of Montgomery County, MD.

Boo Hoo! Let me wipe away the tears with my PLASTIC hand!--Lindsey McDonald (Angel)

[–] poordogabone-1 9 years ago

Montgomery County, huh? My home base. Where in the County are you?

I'd like to be a pessimist, but this is a luxury I cannot afford.—Joseph of Cordoba

[–] tolarrattler-imdb 9 years ago

Wow. The HOA development I lived in had a big club house with a gym, multiple pools around the development, a nice park you could even go fishing in, landscaping and trails from one to the other and it cost less than $100 a month for the fees.

[–] jeffhartley 8 years ago

It depends on how many homes are in the subdivision. The more homes, the more the cost is spread around.

[–] marx686 9 years ago

Most of the houses they flip seem to be in not-so-nice areas of Orange County. Older homes generally do not have HOA's so it's not a problem. As for the HOA episodes (I can think of three) T&C know what they're buying, it was just a scripted moment.

[–] liscarkat (19418) 6 years ago

They frequently buy houses in 1950s to 1970s neighborhoods, or ghettos, where there are no HOAs.