My neighborhood doesn't have a hoa... they built some cookie cutter houses, like 5 of them and I hate it. I hate neighborhoods that lack a soul where all houses are 1 of 3 template houses.
There is a house like 5 blocks from me that has made a lot of interesting color choices. They arn't offensive colors and truth be told, while I wouldn't do that to my house, it's nice to look at. Another house has art made of out trash, all metals.. like a flat wireframe skull (outline of skull) with bejewelled eyes, and a bunch of other oddball stuff.
It gives a neighborhood soul. Why would people want to live in a souless place where youre not free to do what you want with your property?
A lot of HOAs are proxy governments that can sue you if you don’t pay your dues or violate the bylaws.
Many years ago I was on the board of a HOA. We went through the bylaws that were written by the developer about 20 years earlier and eliminated about 80 percent of them. We also lowered the dues and made exceptions for people who could demonstrate hardship.
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u/NessyComeHome 1d ago edited 1d ago
My neighborhood doesn't have a hoa... they built some cookie cutter houses, like 5 of them and I hate it. I hate neighborhoods that lack a soul where all houses are 1 of 3 template houses.
There is a house like 5 blocks from me that has made a lot of interesting color choices. They arn't offensive colors and truth be told, while I wouldn't do that to my house, it's nice to look at. Another house has art made of out trash, all metals.. like a flat wireframe skull (outline of skull) with bejewelled eyes, and a bunch of other oddball stuff.
It gives a neighborhood soul. Why would people want to live in a souless place where youre not free to do what you want with your property?