I have been a homeowner for several years now, which don't get me wrong, I love. However, I was not completely prepared for life in an HOA. HOA are for some people, but I have come to find out I am not one of them. I do not like paying a monthly fee to cover services which I feel are basic and not worth what I am paying each month.
This weekend I received a letter in the mail from the HOA management company, advising that someone had complained about our 1962 Mercury Comet being parked in the driveway and that the car had made a stain on the driveway. Maybe its my humble upbringing, but a stain on a driveway seems pretty commonplace to me, since you are parking cars there - which do drive on the dirty road and contain various types of different fluids.
Anyway apparently this vehicle and stain are bringing down property value for everyone else. The letter also asked that the vehicle be stored in the garage in the future and to make sure there was something protecting the concrete in the garage from damage from the vehicle.
HOAs may be for some people. They are definitely not for me. This has made me more motivated to find a new house.
Monday, September 8, 2008
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3 comments:
I am with you! I could never live in a neighborhood with an HOA. Booooo! to your lame neighbor.
I am shocked - appalled even - you have a STAIN on your driveway? Oh, the horror! And you have the audacity to PARK A CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY???? Shameful. I wouldn't want to be your neighbor either! I mean, how rude!
I think if you put some sand on the stain and then sweep it off it will go away, especially if you repeat it a few times. At least that's what my dad used to do. I know how you feel though, we got a notice about the small amout of weeds growing around the edges in the yard. It was after a rainstorm in the desert, of course things are going to sprout up! It wasn't like they were feet tall or anything.
Some people have a lot of nerve! Who really looks at driveway stains when buying a house?!
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