Overboard HOA?

[exstatic]

I'm curious about a scenario thispego brought up. What if he signed on, thinking that he could park his truck in the driveway, then a year or something after he bought the house, they made up the rules about what you can or can't park in the driveway? Would he have some sort of recourse here, or is he just stuck like chuck, even though he read the rules of the HOA when he moved there and no such rule existed?

I've lived in my house for 8+ years and there haven't been any HOA changes in that time. With such a weird rule, it had to be in the original covenants.

Go to the meetings. Vote. If they pass you don't like, you can suck it up, defy them and have them sell your house, or sell and move. That pretty much covers it.

[mrsmaalox]

and only the ones who show up get to vote? send the ballots to every address in the neighborhood... is this a bad idea?

In our neighborhood the ballots are sent to everyone. Also about 15% get returned.

[Bigzax]

they ain't told me about trigger yet...(my 93 lumina with 220k+ miles on it) but other than some paint touch ups, the don't look too bad...so they can kiss my ass until i get surved sum paypus...

so while my car brings their home values down, my house brings their home values up, so h-o-a, h-o-a, h-o-a's can eat a big fat deyick...fo shizzle my nizzles...

now...

i'm wondering if they are gonna give me any for late night tokin in the driveway...oh well...rather hear the in from hoa than the wifey...

[thispego]

Stonebriar HOA rules allow several luxury trucks on driveways, including the Cadillac Escalade, Chevy Avalanche, Honda Ridgeline and Lincoln Mark LT.

"The high-end vehicles that are allowed are plush with amenities and covers on the back. It doesn't look like a pickup," he said. "It's fancier."

"The response was: 'It's our belief that Lincoln markets to a different class of people,' " he said.

seriously this is waaayyy ed up. you are .. well i cant even think of anything awful enough to call you if you believe this kind of is acceptable.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

In our neighborhood the ballots are sent to everyone. Also about 15% get returned.

We have to be present to vote, which is one block away at a Boys & Girls Club. They usually get 10 people out of 75 homes.

[Melmart1]

I realize that rules are rules, but this whole thing seems fairly bogus to me. Without seeing a copy of the HOA agreement, it is hard to say for sure, but it sounds like all pickups are banned, but with exceptions that HOA board allows, based solely on perception and nothing else ('It's our belief that Lincoln markets to a different class of people').

Rules being made up on the basis of individual perception about car marketing?!?! Surely he has a case here, right? This smacks of bias and selective application of the rules, which one would think is able to be challenged.

[thispego]

In our neighborhood the ballots are sent to everyone. Also about 15% get returned.

at least they get the chance

[thispego]

We have to be present to vote, which is one block away at a Boys & Girls Club. They usually get 10 people out of 75 homes.

10 people get to make the decisions for the whole neighborhood?!?!?! ing elitists man ya'll are crazy. Damn that is just creepy. do ya'll pull stupid like this too?? That is ed up

[Bigzax]

funny...the hoa on delgado and zazamora only has the rule that you are to protect the widowed abuelitas from the poor dollar pinching pendejos that need a beer...

[mrsmaalox]

10 people get to make the decisions for the whole neighborhood?!?!?! ing elitists man ya'll are crazy. Damn that is just creepy. do ya'll pull stupid like this too?? That is ed up

There is an elected board that gets to vote for everyone else. But at election time, if the same level of apathy exists, some neighborhood wad could nominate himself and probably get on the board without any challenge.

[Slydragon]

So in the land of the free, Some people can't park there truck in there driveway or paint there house neon pink? The very house they are paying for? I would understand if someone let you stay there for free then O- yea I will follow rules but your own damn house.

[Bigzax]

dudes...find me a pink or purple house in stoneoak and i'll give you the win...

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

10 people get to make the decisions for the whole neighborhood?!?!?! ing elitists man ya'll are crazy. Damn that is just creepy. do ya'll pull stupid like this too?? That is ed up

If people don't show up for the vote when they've been repeatedly informed, then the blame lies on the people who don't show up, no?

It's apathy/indifference sprinkled with a little whiny syndrome.

[thispego]

There is an elected board that gets to vote for everyone else. But at election time, if the same level of apathy exists, some neighborhood wad could nominate himself and probably get on the board without any challenge.

Like Bob Osborn?

[mrsmaalox]

dudes...find me a pink or purple house in stoneoak and i'll give you the win...

Ha! We have so many HOA nazi's out here that if one board of your fence doesn't match the stain of every other board you will definitely hear about it!! Happened to me just last week. Apparently the excuse of "My son fixed the fence the very day it was damaged, but it has been raining too much to stain it" does not fly!

[Das Texan]

I'm curious about a scenario thispego brought up. What if he signed on, thinking that he could park his truck in the driveway, then a year or something after he bought the house, they made up the rules about what you can or can't park in the driveway? Would he have some sort of recourse here, or is he just stuck like chuck, even though he read the rules of the HOA when he moved there and no such rule existed?

well you have to have the homeowners vote to change the rules of the HOA really.

Otherwise they are supposed to be filed in the ing courthouse, lazy ass mother ing developers.

[thispego]

If people don't show up for the vote when they've been repeatedly informed, then the blame lies on the people who don't show up, no?

It's apathy/indifference sprinkled with a little whiny syndrome.

"little whiny " would be a more accurate description of someone who cares what kind of car their neighbors park in the driveway.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Gee, doesn't sound like the type of people who would live in sub that has a moat and a gated entrance with 24-hour security guards granting visitor access.

At all.

[Das Texan]

oh and frisco is a piece of that is basically being foreclosed upon because of ing idiots over there anyway.

[thispego]

Gee, doesn't sound like the type of people who would live in sub that has a moat and a gated entrance with 24-hour security guards granting visitor access.

At all.

is this your place or bill osborns?

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

I'm going to start calling you 85.

My point is that people who would live with or want to live with amenities like 24 hour security/moat are indeed going to be vain enough to try and dictate how their subdivision/community looks.

Don't like it? Run for a position on the board or encourage/persuade other neighbors to vote/vote the way you want.

[thispego]

I'm going to start calling you 85.

My point is that people who would live with or want to live with amenities like 24 hour security/moat are indeed going to be vain enough to try and dictate how their subdivision/community looks.

Don't like it? Run for a position on the board or encourage/persuade other neighbors to vote/vote the way you want.

you're making a lot of assumptions about this neighborhood and the resident in question. I'm not scoffing HOA's in general, just ones that make and enforce stupid rules like this. Even though your hood has a small minority running it i'm sure they havent gone this far. Most HOA's are reasonable and have the best interest of the whole community in mind, i'm sure...

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

you're making a lot of assumptions about this neighborhood and the resident in question. I'm not scoffing HOA's in general, just ones that make and enforce stupid rules like this. Even though your hood has a small minority running it i'm sure they havent gone this far. Most HOA's are reasonable and have the best interest of the whole community in mind, i'm sure...

We're all making assumptions because none of us have all the facts. How do you know most HO's don't want this? Sounds like most do if they park their pickups in the garage without complaint. I'm sure it's laid out in the CCR where he can pe ion the board with a certain % of HO's to review and/or vote on this issue again.

[thispego]

Why would the majority of HO's vote to prohibit themselves from something like that? What purpose does that serve?

Does every single HO own a Escalade, Avalanche, Ridgeline or Lincoln Mark LT? Or do the 10 people who show up to these HOA meetings to make the rules own them?

[mrsmaalox]

Why would the majority of HO's vote to prohibit themselves from something like that? What purpose does that serve?

Does every single HO own a Escalade, Avalanche, Ridgeline or Lincoln Mark LT? Or do the 10 people who show up to these HOA meetings to make the rules own them?

Probably not. Most of the HOs probably just use their garages for vehicle storage instead of storing a bunch of old crap they're too lazy to throw out.