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    Mik
    wrote on 23 Apr 2023, 19:40 last edited by Mik
    #1

    Just in case, Aqua-level neighbor tactics...

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/i-picked-the-hoa-bylaws-apart-resident-plants-bamboo-to-overrun-neighbor-s-bright-led-security-light/ar-AA1aemL5?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=3ed4fa1db9014723b2dbd94bb6c36d53&ei=31

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      Renauda
      wrote on 23 Apr 2023, 20:14 last edited by Renauda
      #2

      Good story.

      But what got me was this:

      Some HOAs even enforce an overnight guest fee (put your welcome mats away).

      I hope the author is being facetious.

      Elbows up!

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        Horace
        wrote on 23 Apr 2023, 21:14 last edited by
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        It's surprising the level of defensiveness and antipathy every interaction with the HOA starts and ends with. They don't even try.

        Education is extremely important.

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        • R Renauda
          23 Apr 2023, 20:14

          Good story.

          But what got me was this:

          Some HOAs even enforce an overnight guest fee (put your welcome mats away).

          I hope the author is being facetious.

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          Aqua Letifer
          wrote on 23 Apr 2023, 23:35 last edited by
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          @Renauda said in For Horace:

          Good story.

          But what got me was this:

          Some HOAs even enforce an overnight guest fee (put your welcome mats away).

          I hope the author is being facetious.

          My wife once had a job in a property management office, many years back. That shit does actually happen on the regular.

          Please love yourself.

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          • A Aqua Letifer
            23 Apr 2023, 23:35

            @Renauda said in For Horace:

            Good story.

            But what got me was this:

            Some HOAs even enforce an overnight guest fee (put your welcome mats away).

            I hope the author is being facetious.

            My wife once had a job in a property management office, many years back. That shit does actually happen on the regular.

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            Renauda
            wrote on 24 Apr 2023, 01:20 last edited by Renauda
            #5

            @Aqua-Letifer

            That shit does actually happen on the regular.

            Bizarre. Just fucking bizarre.

            Elbows up!

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              George K
              wrote on 24 Apr 2023, 01:22 last edited by
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              Reading this reminds me that I should be grateful for the HOA of our condo.

              22 units, mostly geezers older people. No one seems to have an agenda, and no one is a "condo commando." Everyone just wants to get along and make life simple and good. In my 14 years (!) here, I don't think we've ever had a disagreement among the owners.

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • G George K
                24 Apr 2023, 01:22

                Reading this reminds me that I should be grateful for the HOA of our condo.

                22 units, mostly geezers older people. No one seems to have an agenda, and no one is a "condo commando." Everyone just wants to get along and make life simple and good. In my 14 years (!) here, I don't think we've ever had a disagreement among the owners.

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                Renauda
                wrote on 24 Apr 2023, 01:27 last edited by
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                @George-K

                Good to hear George, I was beginning to envision those subduvisions as populated and policed by resident Gladys Kravitz types.

                Elbows up!

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                • R Renauda
                  24 Apr 2023, 01:27

                  @George-K

                  Good to hear George, I was beginning to envision those subduvisions as populated and policed by resident Gladys Kravitz types.

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                  George K
                  wrote on 24 Apr 2023, 01:33 last edited by
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                  @Renauda I can't comment on subdivisions, but our building has four stories (1st level is retail) and 3 levels of residences.

                  OTOH, our town is a "National Historical District" and there is a very active and vocal historical society that has a hissy fit when there are any requests for going outside the codified zoning regulations.

                  Fortunately, our village government has always abided by the actual law rather than by what a collection of self-identified preservationists want.

                  "If you don't like the law - change it."

                  There was a yuge kerfuffle about 20 years ago over the choice of plantings in the business district. The aforementioned society claimed that the plantings were not "historically accurate." The government said, "STFU."

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    Doctor Phibes
                    wrote on 24 Apr 2023, 02:26 last edited by
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                    HOA's really are an opportunity for a certain kind of person to get in touch with their inner Gauleiter.

                    Vive la résistance!

                    I was only joking

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                    • G George K
                      24 Apr 2023, 01:22

                      Reading this reminds me that I should be grateful for the HOA of our condo.

                      22 units, mostly geezers older people. No one seems to have an agenda, and no one is a "condo commando." Everyone just wants to get along and make life simple and good. In my 14 years (!) here, I don't think we've ever had a disagreement among the owners.

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                      Jolly
                      wrote on 24 Apr 2023, 21:44 last edited by
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                      @George-K said in For Horace:

                      Reading this reminds me that I should be grateful for the HOA of our condo.

                      22 units, mostly geezers older people. No one seems to have an agenda, and no one is a "condo commando." Everyone just wants to get along and make life simple and good. In my 14 years (!) here, I don't think we've ever had a disagreement among the owners.

                      You're fortunate. Count your Blessings...

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        LuFins Dad
                        wrote on 24 Apr 2023, 22:24 last edited by
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                        I effin hate HOA’s. I still can’t believe that I had to join one. I like the community but the steps they try to take?

                        My grass is cut, my property looks fine. On 3 occasions they have tried to push me on an issue. My response each time has been “Are you sure that you want to go to war over that point?” and each time they’ve backed down.

                        I did rush the paver patio finale just because I didn’t want to deal with them. They ran the inspection, saw the obvious work that had been done, and said nothing.

                        The Brad

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                        • L LuFins Dad
                          24 Apr 2023, 22:24

                          I effin hate HOA’s. I still can’t believe that I had to join one. I like the community but the steps they try to take?

                          My grass is cut, my property looks fine. On 3 occasions they have tried to push me on an issue. My response each time has been “Are you sure that you want to go to war over that point?” and each time they’ve backed down.

                          I did rush the paver patio finale just because I didn’t want to deal with them. They ran the inspection, saw the obvious work that had been done, and said nothing.

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                          Catseye3
                          wrote on 25 Apr 2023, 00:08 last edited by
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                          @LuFins-Dad said in For Horace:

                          I effin hate HOA’s.

                          +1.

                          Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                            89th
                            wrote on 25 Apr 2023, 02:14 last edited by 89th
                            #13

                            Hahaha yeah that is some Aqua level shenanigans. Love it.

                            We had a condo HOA where we lived in Virginia, and now have one for our neighborhood. I don’t mind them at all…they manage the common area landscaping, pools, and in general make sure the houses don’t go to crap.

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                              Axtremus
                              wrote on 25 Apr 2023, 12:44 last edited by
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                              I know of an HOA that bans bamboo entirely.

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                                24 Apr 2023, 22:24

                                I effin hate HOA’s. I still can’t believe that I had to join one. I like the community but the steps they try to take?

                                My grass is cut, my property looks fine. On 3 occasions they have tried to push me on an issue. My response each time has been “Are you sure that you want to go to war over that point?” and each time they’ve backed down.

                                I did rush the paver patio finale just because I didn’t want to deal with them. They ran the inspection, saw the obvious work that had been done, and said nothing.

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                                89th
                                wrote on 25 Apr 2023, 13:22 last edited by
                                #15

                                @LuFins-Dad said in For Horace:

                                My grass is cut, my property looks fine. On 3 occasions they have tried to push me on an issue. My response each time has been “Are you sure that you want to go to war over that point?” and each time they’ve backed down.

                                What were the 3 issues? <leans in>

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                                  25 Apr 2023, 13:22

                                  @LuFins-Dad said in For Horace:

                                  My grass is cut, my property looks fine. On 3 occasions they have tried to push me on an issue. My response each time has been “Are you sure that you want to go to war over that point?” and each time they’ve backed down.

                                  What were the 3 issues? <leans in>

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                                  jon-nyc
                                  wrote on 25 Apr 2023, 13:25 last edited by jon-nyc
                                  #16

                                  @89th said in For Horace:

                                  What were the 3 issues? <leans in>

                                  1. Decrepit Winnebago on blocks in the driveway.

                                  2. Collection of old appliances in the front yard

                                  3. Dealing crack on evenings and weekends.

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

                                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                    LuFins Dad
                                    wrote on 25 Apr 2023, 13:33 last edited by
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                                    1. Toddler pool in the front yard.

                                    2. When our tree started coming down, I had to move some of the larger branches to common area out of the way from walkways until the tree removal company could arrive, which took 2 days.

                                    3. the exact shade of dark brown on the back of our patio doors.

                                    The Brad

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                                    • L LuFins Dad
                                      25 Apr 2023, 13:33
                                      1. Toddler pool in the front yard.

                                      2. When our tree started coming down, I had to move some of the larger branches to common area out of the way from walkways until the tree removal company could arrive, which took 2 days.

                                      3. the exact shade of dark brown on the back of our patio doors.

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                                      George K
                                      wrote on 25 Apr 2023, 13:36 last edited by
                                      #18

                                      @LuFins-Dad said in For Horace:

                                      the exact shade of dark brown on the back of our patio doors.

                                      FFS

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      • L LuFins Dad
                                        25 Apr 2023, 13:33
                                        1. Toddler pool in the front yard.

                                        2. When our tree started coming down, I had to move some of the larger branches to common area out of the way from walkways until the tree removal company could arrive, which took 2 days.

                                        3. the exact shade of dark brown on the back of our patio doors.

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                                        89th
                                        wrote on 25 Apr 2023, 14:41 last edited by
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                                        @LuFins-Dad

                                        Wow, should've gone with Equity Brown

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                                          Jolly
                                          wrote on 25 Apr 2023, 17:20 last edited by
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                                          Nah. Put in an approval for Turdmuckle Dunn...

                                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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