Is Lauderhill HOA overstepping its boundaries?

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  • čas přidán 24. 07. 2019
  • Intrusive, invasive and downright creepy is how neighbors in one South Florida community describe their homeowners association.

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  • @eduardovargas1133
    @eduardovargas1133 Před 3 lety +3316

    If someone ever asks “is an HOA overstepping their boundaries” the answer is always yes.

    • @ShaneTheMan
      @ShaneTheMan Před 3 lety +43

      This a thousand times yes

    • @danmarion9813
      @danmarion9813 Před 3 lety +10

      In many cases, yes whereas in many cases, no. It's important not to paint all HOA's with the same broad brush.

    • @Freebird83
      @Freebird83 Před 3 lety +2

      Idiots

    • @me_when8845
      @me_when8845 Před 3 lety +55

      @@danmarion9813 nah

    • @dand33911
      @dand33911 Před 3 lety +81

      If someone ever asks " would you buy a house that is part of an HOA"
      The answer is always no.

  • @Cynthetik
    @Cynthetik Před 5 lety +2787

    They need to BAN HOAs. If we paid $600,000 for a home we shouldn’t be told how to live in it.

    • @hphillips7425
      @hphillips7425 Před 4 lety +160

      Cynthetik I agree. It seems some people want the government and everyone else to dictate how they live their lives

    • @Erin-Thor
      @Erin-Thor Před 4 lety +68

      Cynthetik - I agree, but I also know what it’s like to live next to the neighbors from hell. Months of trash stacked up in between our homes, complain and your car window get smashed, call the police, both husband and wife have an instant prepared alibi. Complain to the HOA, and four board members who voted for him to not park his van on the front yard, trash removal, etc., The homeowner makes simple threats "Do this MF’s and you’ll all be sorry!" all four members suddenly have home or vehicle damage. Security cameras catch nothing because they know exactly where they are. Call the police and they are powerless. Then you hear their gossip come full circle when neighbors ask you why you’re racist, why you stole money from the HOA funds, it’s endless. Nothing is their fault, it’s all the fault of the people who tried to get them to be better neighbors.
      Just saying there are two sides, HOA’s have a function, there is a need, and yes, sometimes that power can be abused.

    • @Erin-Thor
      @Erin-Thor Před 4 lety +12

      Erika - I believe the word you meant to use is Sociopath.

    • @MichelaSings
      @MichelaSings Před 4 lety +65

      If they want their house to be purple, so what? I don’t see any reason they shouldn’t be able to paint it whatever color they want. It’s their house. If you don’t like purple, don’t paint your house purple 🤷‍♀️

    • @corylynn8739
      @corylynn8739 Před 4 lety +28

      @@hphillips7425 Sounds like the democrats

  • @fauxque5057
    @fauxque5057 Před rokem +415

    My dad lived in an HOA and one day they were out by the pool and a drone came over the fence and was flying around. He went inside and got a shotgun and blasted it. Turns out it belonged to the HOA. They called the Sheriff and the Sheriff said he was within his rights because he owns the airspace so many feet above the property, and since it was in the County there's no laws against discharging a weapon. The HOA sent him a bill for the drone and he's refused to pay it.

    • @mustangtonto5862
      @mustangtonto5862 Před 10 měsíci +37

      It “ain’t” over. I’m betting they will file a lien on his home which will have to be satisfied before the house is ever sold. The bass-turds!

    • @someguy7993
      @someguy7993 Před 9 měsíci +6

      I was about to right the same thing.

    • @olivertaylor4779
      @olivertaylor4779 Před 8 měsíci +10

      He now has a massive target on his back, they will go for every violation they can think of.

    • @CharlesGraham
      @CharlesGraham Před 7 měsíci +13

      Yep actually you own the airspace all the way to heaven but you give an easement to aircraft as long as it does not interfere with your use of the property Causby, 328 U.S. 256 (1946)... Good for your dad LOL

    • @PiDsPagePrototypes
      @PiDsPagePrototypes Před 7 měsíci +7

      Surprised the Sherrif screwed that one so badly - a Drone or Remotely Piloted Aircraft being shot down is the jursidiction of the FAA, and is a Criminal Offense in the US. There are different states and counties that have laws stating airspace ownership, all are overruled by the Federal laws. Just as you can't shoot at a Passenger Jet, or a News Chopper, you can not shoot at a Drone lawfully. The Sherrif should also have looked at the laws for discharging a firearm in an urban location, there are cases where people have gone to jail under that one for shooting at drones over private property.
      Now, the HOA, they should also be getting charged for the privacy violations, the very same rules that allow folks to fly drones, also cover the behaviour and use of those drones, and flying low enough to look in peoples windows will get the HOA charged with a breach of the Drone Operators rules by the very same Federal Aviation Administration.

  • @jonwinter8618
    @jonwinter8618 Před 11 měsíci +115

    Appears lots of HOA board members are power hungry creeps. Years ago I was visiting a friend who lived in an HOA and was told by a board member I could not park in the driveway and if I did not leave I would be arrested. I told them to call the police. Police came and I explained the situation while the HOA board member kept interrupting me. The officer finally told them to be quiet and then said if anyone was going to be arrested it would be the HOA board member for disorderly conduct. During that time my friend brought out the HOA rule book that only said cars cannot be parked in the driveway overnight. The officer told the board member it was illegal to unknowingly make false claims calling the police. I think the officer was trying to make a point to the board member.

    • @marypaquette8705
      @marypaquette8705 Před 27 dny

      Dad's got to do, what he has to do😂 ❤ love him😊

  • @fwacfred
    @fwacfred Před 4 lety +2044

    You moved into an HOA, that was your first mistake.

    • @LibertyWarrior1776
      @LibertyWarrior1776 Před 4 lety +76

      @@randomyoutubeuser8509 Who the hell wants neighbors?

    • @LibertyWarrior1776
      @LibertyWarrior1776 Před 4 lety +39

      @@randomyoutubeuser8509 Maybe Millennials, but more and more people who are a little older want to get out of the cities and suburbs.
      No neighbors, no worries about anyone not liking what you do on your own property.

    • @savagedabs8536
      @savagedabs8536 Před 4 lety +28

      @@randomyoutubeuser8509 lmao who wants neighbors? I live in the middle of the woods and Absolutely would have it no other way. City folk are just scared of the dark woods but heres a protip there is nothing in those woods at night that isn't there in the daytime. So no special boogeyman or anything like that it's the humans you need to worry about.

    • @ozrallyguy
      @ozrallyguy Před 4 lety +5

      HOA is everywhere now

    • @philiplopiano3759
      @philiplopiano3759 Před 4 lety +3

      They are hearding us into cities and subdivisions.soon stores will be closing in the country as well as power companies will start charging outrages prices.or make you pay for power lines,water lines etc to force u out. they want us cattle in high rises or apartments,y u think farmers cant make a living anymore,its not on accident

  • @devdoesitbest6974
    @devdoesitbest6974 Před 3 lety +196

    HOAs: "I needed to use your bathroom so I broke into your house. Also I'm giving you an infraction for not cleaning your bathroom"

    • @pureluck8767
      @pureluck8767 Před 2 lety +6

      Hahaha so true 😂

    • @johntracy72
      @johntracy72 Před rokem

      And another infraction for buying generic toilet paper, you cheap
      a$$h0le.

    • @makeitso4793
      @makeitso4793 Před 11 měsíci +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @jordanpersonal1
    @jordanpersonal1 Před rokem +31

    I encountered a similar situation with the automobile in my previous gated community. I had a 3 car garage and 4 cars so one remained outside in the driveway. It was a ragtop roadster so to protect from the elements I bought a car cover similar to the one in the video. The tags were current and I drove it when the weather was nice. There was a prohibition against “storing” personal property such as boats etc. in view of the neighborhood. But there was also a mandate that all passenger automobiles MUST be off the street and either in the garage or THE DRIVEWAY by 10:00 pm each evening.
    I received a letter that I was in violation of “storing” personal property in view of the neighborhood. I pushed back that it was a passenger automobile and that I was REQUIRED to park it there. There was no prohibition against protecting your car with a car cover in the HOA rules. The head of the board finally admitted I was correct, but I’m sure it still drove some crazy for whatever reason. Luckily, I don’t live there anymore!

  • @JAM661
    @JAM661 Před rokem +18

    I got a letter about my car being disable because a neighbor saw it needed a jump. I went into the homeowners association and said nothing is wrong with the car and told they can stuff there stupid letter. Usually it is one or two people who have nothing to do but sit around and report everything they can. I even got a letter for a broken roof title that was in the back of my home and there was no way for anyone to see it, unless they were in my yard. When I asked why there were in my yard, they said there were not. So I asked then how can you write a letter. Well I find out they do not check and just write letter to whoever complains. So I went to all 480 homes and found something wrong and told the HOA we can all play this game. I never got a letter again and 2 months latter the neighbor reporting me for minor thing moved. Then the neighbors who bought the house anded up foreclosing and the bank did not get the grass cut. So I guess that is OK for the bank not to cut the grass for 10 month in FL but a decorative roof title in the back of my home is not. Was so glad to get out of FL. Now I live in beautiful MN where people are pleasant and the community is great. I live in a town with 70,000 people and we have over 70 parks. One is right out by my back-door.

  • @ralphholiman7401
    @ralphholiman7401 Před 3 lety +998

    The funniest story HOA story I heard when I was in Florida was in my brother in law's HOA in Fort Myers. They went after one homeowner, for washing his boat in his front yard, after he would get back from fishing. Unfortunately for them, he was a lawyer, and they made him mad enough to dig out all of the HOA filing documents, and paperwork. He found out they had a made a mistake in their initial filing to become an HOA, sued them, and had the HOA dissolved in court. My brother in law thought it was hilarious, because he hated them, too, and showed me the letter they sent, admitting they had no authority whatsoever any more, but asking the residents if they would voluntarily continue to pay dues to pay for the landscaping maintenance.

    • @Christobanistan
      @Christobanistan Před 3 lety +90

      That is epic.

    • @54wordgal
      @54wordgal Před 2 lety +43

      Love this. Absolutely.

    • @Beezlie727
      @Beezlie727 Před 2 lety +67

      If the HOA no longer exists who would the residents be paying the landscaping "dues" to? The HOA board should cease to exist. They should immediately stop drawing pay & all HOA funds should go to continuing the landscape work until the funds are used up. Someone will have to step up & handle things.

    • @sheena3822
      @sheena3822 Před 2 lety +9

      I would like to see an article about this. I couldn’t find it online.

    • @iaiband
      @iaiband Před rokem +10

      Lol they sent him a. Letter? Asking for money? Lmao

  • @mariearmstrong9185
    @mariearmstrong9185 Před 3 lety +196

    I never understood. Why someone would buy a home in an HOA Community where nasty,, hateful,, strangers tell you what you can and can not do.

    •  Před 10 měsíci

      The private security and landscape maintance seduce a lot of people

    • @gamerone7390
      @gamerone7390 Před 7 měsíci

      They own most homes

    • @kylezo
      @kylezo Před 7 měsíci +14

      Over 80% of new housing sold is already controlled by an HOA before it even gets to market. So what exactly is it you're saying about people looking for housing??

    • @kylezo
      @kylezo Před 6 měsíci

      @@therelaytimes uhhhhhhh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @rd24life
      @rd24life Před 5 měsíci +14

      Almost every home built in the last 20 years is in an HOA. It’s an epidemic.

  • @30dayride67
    @30dayride67 Před rokem +12

    I won't even consider buying a property with an HOA for reasons like this. People tend to think it gives them power over their neighbors' properties, but never think about how it will be applied to their own property. Everyone these days seems to think they have the right to control how others live, but nobody can please everyone and someone will always be at the bottom of the pile as the bs rolls downhill.

  • @seamoreplant
    @seamoreplant Před rokem +3

    I own a building lot in an HOA and have trouble selling. When the buyer is informed of the HOA they say no thanks!

  • @Sobolady89
    @Sobolady89 Před 2 lety +287

    My niece lived in a townhouse in an HOA community. She paid $750 a month for just the HOA fee. They were responsible for all outside upkeep. During a windstorm, siding was blown off my niece's house which caused rain to get in between her kitchen ceiling causing her ceiling to fall down. Her homeowners insurance had already assessed the damage and were waiting for the siding to be fixed so they could fix the inside. This HOA tried to tell my niece that they were only responsible for the roof and the front and the back of the house, but since she was end of row they weren't responsible for the side of the building. She tried to reason with them, but they wouldn't budge. Her brother's an attorney so he wrote them a letter and the HOA had that siding fixed that week. Most people don't have a lawyer for a brother and would have to pay to get a lawyer. She bought a new house and she told the realtor, no HOA's.

    • @JohnSmith-4U
      @JohnSmith-4U Před rokem +6

      thumbs up

    • @makeitso4793
      @makeitso4793 Před 11 měsíci +9

      Lot of money to pay in year after year and get little from it. I always wonder if they pocket a lot of your money for themselves. It's been known to happen.

    • @SuzetteKath
      @SuzetteKath Před 10 měsíci +2

      When I lived in a condo(4 unit buildings 100+ buildings). We had a windstorm. The management who ran the hoa decided to put in new siding. Thing is, they were supposed to have an account to deal with stuff like that. They automatically billed every unit $750. To be paid in two months time or else get fined. Thing is, a good portion of us were living from paycheck to paycheck and could not afford to do that in what they considered a timely manner.

    • @dennis8972
      @dennis8972 Před 8 měsíci

      Man, i would love to have a lawyer for a relative.

    • @logicalblueberry
      @logicalblueberry Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@makeitso4793 Some HOA's have been convicted of massive theft. I read that it's advisable to get an independent audit every year to prevent this situation.

  • @handimanjay6642
    @handimanjay6642 Před 3 lety +585

    Trespassing and breaking and entering is commonplace with HOA “enforcement”. Why would you want to pay someone to violate your property rights?

    • @johndoe-ur9ou
      @johndoe-ur9ou Před 3 lety +17

      Seem like thats the Ameican story now hoa , police, elections , covid whats next

    • @nickhill8612
      @nickhill8612 Před 3 lety +2

      @@johndoe-ur9ou
      Snow and earthquakes in Texas.
      It's scary.

    • @hihowisyourday5695
      @hihowisyourday5695 Před 3 lety +6

      Pay the government to do the same thing , is that crazy as well ?
      Hell yes it is out of control

    • @wendellwhite5797
      @wendellwhite5797 Před 3 lety +24

      Break into my house and your day is going to go downward.

    • @54raceman
      @54raceman Před 3 lety +2

      Exactly the second ole boy was dumb enough to tell me he did that his azz would’ve been out cold on the ground and if I caught him doing it he’d be shot

  • @uruzzo
    @uruzzo Před 6 měsíci +6

    My cousin lives in a HOA and they had a rule that no trucks were to be parked out of the garage overnight. They had to be in the garage.
    Well he has a 63 Corvette and his wife has her Mustang Convertible taking up both inside the garage spaces.
    The truck was a new Ford Pickup and not a work truck. They did not care and was going to give him a fine if it was not moved immediately.
    He went and bought a beat up El-Camino which was tagged as a car and parked it on the street and not on the driveway and they could do nothing but suck it up.
    When he learned a lot of the SUV'S were titled as trucks and parking in driveway all night he brought it up at the HOA and told them they were in for a lawsuit if they did not give the owners a fine like they were going to do to him.
    It did not take but a day to drop that rule from the list.
    He now parks his truck all night and the El-Camino is gone.

    • @andrewbetances1203
      @andrewbetances1203 Před měsícem

      Sounds like a lot of aggravating stress that could have been avoided by not living in an HOA

  • @luckyx16
    @luckyx16 Před rokem +12

    If you move somewhere voluntarily giving up some rights, do not be surprised when they actually take them. I had a realtor, when I lived in Oregon several years ago, neglect to tell me that the home I was interested in was part of an HOA. Fired the realtor, and chose another house.

    • @tw8464
      @tw8464 Před 7 měsíci

      Exactly

    • @timothydoyle9635
      @timothydoyle9635 Před 6 měsíci +1

      You usually do not have a choice. Most, not all but most homes are under hoas. Sometimes it's a choice between school a with a good rating but how, or school f without one. Then you need to drive your kids every day assuming the district gives you permission to.

    • @tw8464
      @tw8464 Před 6 měsíci

      @timothydoyle9635 exactly "HOAs" aren't a "choice" anymore. "HOA" is forced on everyone because almost all the new "development" is "HOA." This mafia strong arming monopoly garbage needs to be put a stop to.

  • @dee7353
    @dee7353 Před 3 lety +162

    HOAs are usually the old busybodies in the neighborhood. My sister lived in a HOA and for some inexplicable reason the HOA busybody decided she did not want cars parked in the clubhouse and pool parking lot. She also decided she hated a person’s house color, all within the guidelines but she didn’t like it. Nice Earth tone. The lady’s home, yard and additional structure were beautiful. The homeowner got fed up and painted polka dots all over her own house to protest after repeated harassment. The HOA lady sued, lost and had to pay up. Don’t push people for ridiculous reasons because you want to be a bully.

    • @Yiriyah
      @Yiriyah Před 11 měsíci

      Not anymore. Migrants who want your house. Prejudice who want you gone or just to frustrate you and do absolutely NADA to the residents who move 5 families into a single residence with way too many vehicles, gatherings that spill-over to neighbors whose complaints go ignored. It's all B.S.

    • @chrisaustin6255
      @chrisaustin6255 Před 10 měsíci

      Payback is a B**ch

  • @aixaburlison4
    @aixaburlison4 Před 4 lety +218

    Don't buy in a HOA area. Period. Make these communities go bankrupt

    • @Reverend_Salem
      @Reverend_Salem Před 3 lety +4

      while i understand your sentiment, its difficult if not impossible to do that in some areas, and not everybody has the means to move significantly if they cant find a place that isnt in an HOA

    • @pureluck8767
      @pureluck8767 Před 2 lety +9

      It’s a big fat scam

    • @nobodygrinder5667
      @nobodygrinder5667 Před 2 lety +6

      I would never join an HOA. No matter what

    • @nubreed13
      @nubreed13 Před 2 lety +4

      Sadly a lot of areas are mostly HOA. Especially in Florida. So many residents don't have a choice. My brother once got a warning for not raking the leaves in his front yard often enough. It was fall how often was he supposed to rake the leaves?

    • @HeWhoIsWhoHeIs
      @HeWhoIsWhoHeIs Před rokem +3

      @@Reverend_Salem Then don't move to that area. That's like saying "I hate the snow, but I'm going to move to Alaska". Plenty of areas that don't have HOAs. If an area is 100% HOA that should tell you right off the bat that life there will be hell.

  • @rongendron8705
    @rongendron8705 Před 6 měsíci +4

    I used to own a second house in Beverly Hills, Fla., that was "deed restricted", but didn't have an HOA! The
    town's Association made sure that the house's lawns were mowed, junk cars weren't 'piling up',etc. But,
    when the HOA's enter "private property" w/o permission, the police should intercede & override their authority!

  • @michaelrains2268
    @michaelrains2268 Před 8 měsíci +5

    How many times does something like this have to happen? Never under any circumstances purchase a home that's in a HOA !!

  • @chrisw.4318
    @chrisw.4318 Před 4 lety +370

    I’ll never understand how people buying property willfully allow these HOAs to act this way.

    • @karenross3457
      @karenross3457 Před rokem +21

      The answer is don't buy there.

    • @luvnotvideos
      @luvnotvideos Před rokem +17

      Unfortunately, it's often not obvious when folks buy into a neighborhood just how bad an HOA can become. They may start out okay, but if the wrong person or group is voted into leadership (or an overzealous management company is hired), then the owners are locked into a nightmare and are legally bound by the HOA contract.

    • @ervinsobiev8639
      @ervinsobiev8639 Před rokem +18

      That's why when I was buying my house, I made sure there was not HOA there.

    • @BionicBurke
      @BionicBurke Před rokem +12

      @@karenross3457 more than 80% of housing is located in an HOA. Good luck with that.

    • @ronnie32567
      @ronnie32567 Před rokem +1

      No way in hell would I live somewhere some A hole thinks he could tell me what I can do on my own property

  • @robertintexas
    @robertintexas Před 3 lety +89

    I painted my house, and ran out of paint literally with only about 5 square feet left. It could not be seen from the street. I get a letter from my HOA about it with a picture. I walked around and recreated the pic on my phone. They literally had to walk about 35-40' onto my property to take the pic. I called and told them I was going to file a trespass charge. They told me they NEVER go onto private property to take pictures. LIARS!

    • @philip6502
      @philip6502 Před rokem

      Zoom lens, perhaps. I can take a photo of a hawk in a tree that makes it look like it's 4 feet from me. It's a possibility - I am no sticking up for the HOA.

    • @TalkingGIJoe
      @TalkingGIJoe Před rokem +8

      doesn't mean one of your "neighbors" didn't...

    • @B-ch6uk
      @B-ch6uk Před 10 měsíci +1

      Sadly they have the right to enter common areas. They are not allowed to enter your residence.

    • @standmccray1037
      @standmccray1037 Před 2 měsíci

      Can they just vote them out

  • @jasonduke3608
    @jasonduke3608 Před rokem +36

    A family friend bought a house on a big plot of property way back in the 70's. It was 10 acres. An hoa started being built behind him in the early 90's. The only way to get to that community was a road right next to Our friends house. His name was Jack and he like my dad and I were into old cars. Except Jack had a lot more cars than us. He used to have cars parked in a line in front of his barn, people passing by didn't like that so we helped him put a privacy fence behind the barn so the cars were put there. After a few years the wood fence started getting weathered they didn't like that. They didn't like it if he kept his barn doors open. He wasn't even in this hoa. I was only in my teens then I remember once my dad bought one of the vehicles behind Jack's barn, a '40 Chevy pickup. It ran but it looked run down. I remember because my dad let me drive it to the front as he was getting a trailer he had stowed behind the barn. Not long after I was at the front, this car came up the driveway a guy got out and started taking pictures I had no idea what this was about. I asked him what is he doing, he was very rude and asked where jack was. I felt I was being violated, he opened the door of the truck and I got defensive. He took pictures inside the truck, then he marched to the barn calling out to Jack. The barn had an attached garage, the door was closed. He just opens it and barges in. I was on his heels telling him to get out but he ignored me. By then my dad and jack were coming back around with the trailer in tow. I wave them over, this guy was snapping pics in the garage, the barn. I tell them what's up, when the guy sees Jack he just starts at him like a drill instructor. Yelling at Jack about he was told to keep his junk out of sight and that the barn doors were open again and yadda yadda. My dad and I were beyond shocked. Jack just stood there looking at the ground waiting for the guy was finished.. after the guy was done Jack said my friend is buying that junk truck. The guy threatened Jack with a lawsuit. My dad heard enough told the guy to get off the property in a colorful way.
    After that happened Jack told my dad that hoa is hot on him trying to sue him because his property is an eye sore. It wasn't. He kept the grass cut he complied with them keeping cars out of sight.
    It was just unreal. Jack was the type of guy you dont treat like that especially on his own property. The odasity of that person forcing his way around on private property just blew my mind. They had Jack scarred somehow. Because I thought Jack would have torn that guy apart. He was quiet the whole time.

    • @Assasinnationtv
      @Assasinnationtv Před 11 měsíci +4

      Audacity*

    • @jasonduke3608
      @jasonduke3608 Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@Assasinnationtv
      Thank you😁

    • @Assasinnationtv
      @Assasinnationtv Před 11 měsíci

      @@jasonduke3608 yw

    • @jonnyboy1817
      @jonnyboy1817 Před 10 měsíci +3

      So what happened to Mr. Jack and the HOA?

    • @jasonduke3608
      @jasonduke3608 Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@jonnyboy1817
      Jack got diabetes and thought he could beat it. He didn't do anything to help his condition, no doctor is going to tell him what to eat. So he started losing toes fingers feet etc. He started selling his cars he had a lot that were very expensive that went for cheap. Eventually he died I think in '08. His wife was in my opinion mentally insane they had a son who was a nightmare with legs he got ahold of the house somehow kicked his mom out to a elderly home and didn't pay the taxes and eventually lost the house.

  • @mikecobalt7005
    @mikecobalt7005 Před rokem +8

    That is insane. That HOA is really infringing on what is commonly considered "Private Property" especially the story of actually Breaking In and entering. HOA's may have their looney toon ways but those cannot *Supersede local law about property laws. Private Property IS Private Property period.

  • @melaniegambill9102
    @melaniegambill9102 Před 4 lety +241

    When you move into an HOA community, this is what you can expect, so don’t be shocked when it happens, because it will.

    • @jamesbizs
      @jamesbizs Před 3 lety +4

      My worst experiences have always been in non HOA houses. So your mileage may vary.

    • @Christobanistan
      @Christobanistan Před 3 lety +2

      @@jamesbizs Be specific.

    • @douglastodd1947
      @douglastodd1947 Před 2 lety +5

      i live in Scotland but if i ever became unfortunate enough to have to move to USA and had the bigger misfortune to move into a HOA i would attend the FIRST HOA meeting and make a motion to replace the sitting Board members , then when they're eventually replaced ,make another proposal to abolish HOA.

    • @alanrogs3990
      @alanrogs3990 Před rokem +3

      @clot shots What? Uh, most rural homes are not in any HOA.

    • @leonardwolf1820
      @leonardwolf1820 Před 11 měsíci

      I've never lived under an HOA but isn't there a contract? This should be examined by a third-party lawyer for unreasonable clauses that allow the HOA folks to be a bullies. These should be changed. A person should be very careful about agreeing to abide by policies that are not in accordance with a set of ethics that prevents tyranny. One sort of person that will always be among us is the person that wants to control everything. They can only be gratified when they get to do as these HOA officials are doing in this neighborhood. @clotshots9072 They may have been hall monitors in school.

  • @johndoe-nf5bq
    @johndoe-nf5bq Před 4 lety +307

    All snug and cozy in your gated community.
    Let's not forget what our old pal Benjamin Franklin said:
    "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
    Just saying

    • @Jhowemca
      @Jhowemca Před 4 lety +10

      John you nailed it. You won’t find many Patriots living in gated communities.
      Unless we’re talking about the New England Patriots that is.

    • @davidlafleche1142
      @davidlafleche1142 Před 4 lety +7

      "Those who would give up freedom for safety will lose both and deserve neither."

    • @arcadion448
      @arcadion448 Před 4 lety +2

      That quote was about Franklin's support of Pennsylvania Legislators ability to tax.

    • @arcadion448
      @arcadion448 Před 4 lety +3

      @Brian Mino, don't use quotes when you don't know their meaning.

    • @arcadion448
      @arcadion448 Před 4 lety +2

      @Brian Mino, lol you're stupid. That's not "my interpretation" that came straight from Ben Franklin's letter to the Pennsylvania General Assembly. But you wouldn't know that cause you're an illiterate idiot.

  • @Phoenix-J81
    @Phoenix-J81 Před rokem +8

    I absolutely hate our HOA. We tried so hard to find a home that was less than 10 years old (because that's what our VA loan required) that was not part of an HOA.
    That is literally impossible to find in our area.

  • @arthouston7361
    @arthouston7361 Před rokem +20

    Never ever ever ever move into a situation that has a homeowners association.

  • @Christobanistan
    @Christobanistan Před 3 lety +42

    A lot of real estate companies advertise "No HOA" these days. So much for HOAs raising property values.

  • @choppedandscrewedcustoms
    @choppedandscrewedcustoms Před 3 lety +108

    My brother lived in an HOA community and he was on the back side of the community and there was a farm behind him and he bought a section of land from the farmer that basically made his back yard bigger and he set it up to park his RV there and and park the truck he used to pull it and his HOA tried to sue him saying it was illegal for him to buy land from that farmer obviously they lost to my brother in court the HOA system should be illegal in my opinion

    • @makeitso4793
      @makeitso4793 Před 11 měsíci +1

      When you think you heard it all, something even more silly pops up. HOA's really do need a new hobby.

    • @KameraShy
      @KameraShy Před 5 měsíci

      AND ... that piece of land would not be part of, or controlled by, the HOA. Deeded separately.

    • @choppedandscrewedcustoms
      @choppedandscrewedcustoms Před 5 měsíci

      @KameraShy yes it was purchased separately and financed and a separate deed with a right of way into the property

  • @anamariaguadayol2335
    @anamariaguadayol2335 Před měsícem +1

    I suffered under HOA tyranny for 30 years until I was able to sell and buy a property without an HOA. What a relief!

  • @TimNobody-es5bi
    @TimNobody-es5bi Před 10 měsíci +5

    If you don't like being told, on what you can and can't do with your property. Don't buy a home with a HOA community. These people are nuts.

  • @beverlytrader9363
    @beverlytrader9363 Před 4 lety +38

    Tried do HOA in my community. I've owned 2 houses in the same community for 23 years with NO HOA .All of the sudden, a lady sent everyone letters trying to start a HOA, for a empty lot no one owns and my husband and other neighbors cut the grass when its needed.she wants everyone to give 25 dollars ×26 families when we've been cutting the grass for 23 years. I refused. Don't want HOA that's why we moved there.

    • @mjkay8660
      @mjkay8660 Před rokem +1

      since u have "used " the property for 7 yrs without "owner" complaint u can claim ownership of the property. its legal, under squatters rights

    • @jaqenhghar6244
      @jaqenhghar6244 Před rokem +7

      @@mjkay8660 squatters rights shouldn’t exist.

    • @tw8464
      @tw8464 Před 7 měsíci

      It will NOT stay at "25 dollars." Every "HOA" perpetually increases the monthly rent and the corrupt people behind the "HOA" crime syndicate pockets the money. In a few years you'll wind up being charged $1,000 a month rent er "HOA fees" just to exist in your own home. Plus the "HOA" has total power to make itself more and more powerful no limits and can fine you for anything it wants and can foreclose basically flat out steal your home. Never ever ever join "HOA" or allow one to be formed in your neighborhood.

  • @jeanjordan8602
    @jeanjordan8602 Před 3 lety +36

    HOA's should be abolished...why would any homeowner want an OVERLORD...telling them how to live...they don't pay your mortgage...Do They???

  • @bullet5596
    @bullet5596 Před 6 měsíci +3

    NEVER,NEVER,NEVER BUY ,LIVE IN,OR HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HOA!

  • @ericeller9165
    @ericeller9165 Před rokem +2

    Any homeowner violated by an HOA should be immediately released from the HOA.

  • @garysmith5781
    @garysmith5781 Před 3 lety +68

    Never, never, never, live in an HOA neighborhood. Serious control freaks out there..

  • @lovehopefully5463
    @lovehopefully5463 Před 4 lety +86

    I have lived in an apartment most of my life. Me and my husband are preparing to purchase a home. The 1st thing I told him was that I was not moving to a community with an HOA! It would be no different than being in an apartment. You would be paying someone to tell you how to live.

    • @markbaylor3101
      @markbaylor3101 Před 3 lety +5

      We are getting ready to move again. We love our neighborhood and neighbors the area is not an hoa but the kids are all grown up so we want out of the city. I told my wife absolutely no hoa I will stay were I'm at before I move into an hoa community. We own property up north with a poa and they cruise through all the time looking for any little thing they can, change rules to better accommodate them just ridiculous.

  • @roxannalynn6332
    @roxannalynn6332 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Some people show their lack of ethics when given power!

  • @AStanton1966
    @AStanton1966 Před 3 lety +163

    We looked at free standing single-family homes in an HOA type environment. This was about 10 years ago. The prices ranged from $360,000-$450,000. The monthly maintenance fees were $395. The houses came with 2 separate garage doors. However, I was told that the rules stated that your garage doors always had to remain closed. And during overnight hours, all vehicles had to be kept inside. None were allowed to be parked outside over night. I couldn't believe what a bunch of baloney this was.

    • @happy_waves9786
      @happy_waves9786 Před rokem +25

      Imagine using a a driveway to park your car

    • @arribaficationwineho32
      @arribaficationwineho32 Před rokem +9

      Funny now that in Texas HOAs demand garage doors up all day to prove no is living in garage

    • @arribaficationwineho32
      @arribaficationwineho32 Před rokem

      @clot shots agree. Most HOAs prefer garage doors closed

    • @JAM661
      @JAM661 Před rokem +4

      ​@@arribaficationwineho32 I cannot imagine a HOA actually able to do this. One is just inviting your stuff being stolen. What is in your garage is none of there business if it does not effect others. Also is a huge waste of energy with cooling and heating cost. I also have a hard time someone who can afford a place that required HOA dues is going to have people living full time in the garage. It would cost a fortune to keep the place cool enough in the summer to stay in there.

    • @arribaficationwineho32
      @arribaficationwineho32 Před rokem +1

      @@JAM661 very likely garages around houston are housing family members.

  • @joeschlotthauer840
    @joeschlotthauer840 Před 4 lety +80

    "Over reach" = breaking and entering...

  • @djchanga2216
    @djchanga2216 Před 11 měsíci +3

    I would never move to an HOA no matter how nice the house is you can have it!!!

  • @regould221
    @regould221 Před 6 měsíci +2

    I live in an area with NO HOA. The houses around me sell for more than nearby houses that do have HOAs

  • @queenempress2541
    @queenempress2541 Před 4 lety +223

    I fell in love with this beautiful 2bd 2.5 bath Townhouse. I never lived in a HOA. Downsizing. To smaller dwellings. The HOA fee per month not to bad. Before I made an offer I stopped a few residents asked them their opinions on living there in that nice beautiful clean quiet gated town house HOA. They all said DON'T DO IT. One guy told me they fined him bcuz he put plastic milk jugs in his trash can and not the recycling bin.. That did it.. Rumaging thru ppl trash. HECKS NAH.. I don't know what this country is coming to where we are paying to be harrassed. I found a nice detached stand alone home. No HOA!!

    • @gottagetpaybaq1
      @gottagetpaybaq1 Před 3 lety +14

      Good for you , I'm also in the process of looking for a home not In a HOA community . They take your money and don't do what their supposed to take care of so f all that noise.

    • @peterorlando4854
      @peterorlando4854 Před 3 lety +13

      Good for you. Anyone who moves into an HOA is asking for trouble.

    • @mementomori4840
      @mementomori4840 Před 3 lety +11

      I am all for recycling, but that’s too far😂

    • @clmorgan7
      @clmorgan7 Před 3 lety +1

      Queen, I own one of the 2bd 2.5 bath in the Hills for more than over 13 years. I absolutely enjoyed the experience of my home. I still live in the Hills and have had very limited issues with the management company and the staff. But you have some valid points, the board and association cooperation are very money hungry; but this community keeps them at bay.

    • @thomasjust2663
      @thomasjust2663 Před 3 lety

      I always find it interesting when people say "I fell in love with a house" a house??? love just to be reserved for people

  • @MrDlt123
    @MrDlt123 Před 3 lety +30

    One of the problems with HOAs is that they always have a Karen, and only enforce code on people that arent on the board, or isnt one of their buddies.

  • @vertisce2845
    @vertisce2845 Před 10 měsíci +2

    If you have to ask if an HOA is overstepping it's boundaries, the answer is yes.

  • @jamestorres4705
    @jamestorres4705 Před 8 měsíci +2

    There is no way I would ever buy a house only to pay an organization to say what I can and can’t do with my house.

  • @dodgeguyz
    @dodgeguyz Před 4 lety +85

    When we were shopping for a house. I told the realtor that if it had an HOA or even just an assessment for landscaping a sign we didn't want to look. Passed up a lot of houses that would've been nice because of an HOA. For that reason alone an HOA made selling a house harder and worth less money, it actually reduced the value.

    • @Christobanistan
      @Christobanistan Před 3 lety +19

      Precisely. HOAs exist because they claim to raise property values. But they do the opposite in a big way because they're ruined their reputation to the point they have the opposite effect. Buy a house with an HOA, pay huge fees to nothing, get harassed, and your property will lose value!

    • @erwina4738
      @erwina4738 Před rokem +8

      Yeah ive noticed alot of older homes without HOA sell higher than newer and nicer homes with an HOA. Oh the irony.

  • @anoldfriend3901
    @anoldfriend3901 Před 3 lety +26

    Blows my mind that anyone would want to live in a community with an HOA.

    • @2guys1cliplol
      @2guys1cliplol Před 6 měsíci +1

      What's worse is new houses are being forced into them so unless you wanna live out on tje middle of nowhere you are forced to live in one

  • @vuaeco
    @vuaeco Před 11 měsíci +3

    HOA stories get more and more bizarre everyday. Yet most newer homes are HOA.

  • @junito1008
    @junito1008 Před měsícem +2

    I don’t understand why ppl go to a HOA to be threatened like a 3yrs old child, instead of buying their private homes. 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @AaronSmith-kr5yf
    @AaronSmith-kr5yf Před 3 lety +17

    My landlord was asking me about my junky Toyota pickup I had a few years ago, asking if I drove it and the tag was current. Told him yes and yes. Also told him if it doesn't meet the HOA's approval for the asthetic, I'd be glad to take a sledgehammer to it and put some more dents in it on their behalf. Bunch of busy-bodies, the neighbor across the street has a 20 year old BMW that hasn't moved once in the past 3 years with an expired tag and flat tire that actually is breaking the rules but its still there.

  • @user-qj3jz9ho1h
    @user-qj3jz9ho1h Před 4 lety +57

    Once he open up my patio screen door, he would've loss his hand or life period!!!!!!!

  • @mikekuczynski1552
    @mikekuczynski1552 Před 10 měsíci +2

    The moral to this story is if your going to buy a place in an HOA read the contract, see if there have been complaints filed against the HOA , be an attorney or don’t buy in one . Not all HOAs are bad , it seems that the ones that have the highest HOA fees are the worst.

  • @nymetro20
    @nymetro20 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Nationwide legislation should be passed to limit HOA’s power there’s no reason they need such control over free people

  • @marcaliventialiventi765
    @marcaliventialiventi765 Před 4 lety +53

    Find out where the HOA board members live and start rearranging their crap, and when they say something tell them it's allowed

  • @fitness_with_boobie5240
    @fitness_with_boobie5240 Před 3 lety +50

    I did security for an HOA community and every complaint was a FINE on top of no cars in the driveway and you better not have more than 2 guest over 😂😂 and this was before the pandemic

    • @54raceman
      @54raceman Před 3 lety +3

      Guarantee you first time they said something to me there’d be a half dozen strait piped trucks in the yard nightly couple race cars in driveway and we’d be out there working on them or blaring music till 2-3am nightly lol

    • @fitness_with_boobie5240
      @fitness_with_boobie5240 Před 3 lety

      @@54raceman you prob would of started a block party everybody was young and hated the HOA and if it was my shift I for sure wouldn't have cared 😂😂😂😂

  • @Max20FA
    @Max20FA Před 11 měsíci +1

    An HOA’s dream: to have a camera and monitor what happens in the homeowner’s bedroom.

  • @jimsweitzer284
    @jimsweitzer284 Před rokem +2

    I will NEVER EVER live in the HELL of an HOA…. Why would I pay a fee to private group to tell me how I can and cannot live in my own home? If it’s a landscaping thing most private landscapers are less expensive than the HOA dues

  • @zenz1624
    @zenz1624 Před 4 lety +64

    Bullied in your own home...Whos paying who?

  • @davestambaugh7282
    @davestambaugh7282 Před 3 lety +36

    I saw a series of bill boards advertising a new development. Each bill board had a feature, and one of them was NO HOA . It seems that they have been around long enough to anger enough people to loose popularity. Just give people a little power and they will always find a way to abuse it.Authoritarian personalities will always rise to the top.

    • @Christobanistan
      @Christobanistan Před 3 lety +1

      Wish all the communist countries would have learned this lesson 100 years ago.

    • @hazen7645
      @hazen7645 Před rokem +1

      "Authoritarian personalities" or narcissistic personalities as well. 🤣

    • @electric6877
      @electric6877 Před 11 měsíci

      It’s not an authority problem, it’s a money problem. People really need to stop dodging the real issue lol

  • @txmack1
    @txmack1 Před 10 měsíci +2

    the property manager is guilty of breaking and entering along with his maintenance worker and guilty of destruction of private property.and should be criminally charged. thus giving the members the right to remove the property manager from his position.

  • @truckerrog
    @truckerrog Před rokem +1

    I lived in an HOA for 3 years in FL, and when we sold the house, we vowed to never live in an HOA again, it’s been 20 years since then and have refused to buy a house when we found out it was in an HOA

  • @vaylon1701
    @vaylon1701 Před 3 lety +23

    If you live in a HOA and they are being like this. Get everyone to show up at the next meeting and vote on changing the HOA into a road association. Then the main reason for having the association is to just take care of the road. Which is the main reason most HOA even exist. Counties and cities hate to take over and repair roads that they didn't make.

    • @UnknownGamer40464
      @UnknownGamer40464 Před 6 měsíci

      Nah, don't want the same people tearing out your bushes to be left with any power at all.

  • @davidscott1340
    @davidscott1340 Před 4 lety +205

    Have a picnics in the hoa presidents driveway.

    • @deekang6244
      @deekang6244 Před 4 lety +7

      David Scott best answer!

    • @wanmustakim6522
      @wanmustakim6522 Před 3 lety +3

      😂😂😂

    • @johnwaddell4107
      @johnwaddell4107 Před 3 lety +14

      Great idea since it’s “common”

    • @buellb0y
      @buellb0y Před 3 lety +4

      Genius move!

    • @Reverend_Salem
      @Reverend_Salem Před 3 lety +1

      the only minor issue is it might be considered illegal (depending on state laws) b/c the person couldnt drive out of their garage

  • @chrisgonzales4420
    @chrisgonzales4420 Před měsícem +1

    My husband and i moved out of our home after we got a notice from the HOA that they observed too many people going to my house in one day and it was against regulation. It was us, and two other couples that were having dinner and planning a trip to cancun. My husband is a lawyer and dsid that there was no regulation and that 6 people in a 3 bedroom home was not too many on any law or regulation. He also pointed out that each of the bord member had a spouse and 4 kids and that wpuld mean they have been over the limit as well, and should be fined or stop the power strugglr harassment.

  • @stupidplumbing2343
    @stupidplumbing2343 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Everybody loves their HOA until they come after them.

  • @gregorykadok3356
    @gregorykadok3356 Před 4 lety +140

    don't live in a HOA....don't feel bad for this guy. I would never live in an HOA

    • @donmulder8061
      @donmulder8061 Před 4 lety +6

      I feel bad for him. The HOA industry tricks people. Like how you can read the rules when buying and decide if you want to live there. What a ruse. They make up the rules daily and target anyone who calls them out. I am a 3 time former board member so I know the deal. He is right for fighting these tyrants. You have to push back. But he has to be looking for a new place now. One without an HOA. They will be coming after him with enhanced enforcement.

    • @beautifulvibedynamic6155
      @beautifulvibedynamic6155 Před 4 lety +2

      NO, Greg. Have some respect or someone intrusive person will do injustice too your sodamy! 💯😜

    • @aaronsanchezz
      @aaronsanchezz Před 3 lety +2

      He was just ignorant... although being ignorant on something with suuuch a big purchase price is pretty dumb....

    • @victordavis7795
      @victordavis7795 Před 3 lety

      It's almost impossible not to have a HOA in Florida they run wild there It's sad

    • @54raceman
      @54raceman Před 3 lety

      Hell I’d be kicked out of there before I was unpacked

  • @mlastname7607
    @mlastname7607 Před 3 lety +12

    Legally that is called
    Breaking and entering
    Vandalism harassment unfounded allegations of homeowners!

  • @robreuler144
    @robreuler144 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Never buy a home with a HOA

  • @stevoschannel4127
    @stevoschannel4127 Před 10 měsíci +1

    We escaped a neighborhood with an expensive fascist non responsive HOA. Never ever ever buy a house under the control of an HOA.
    Our HOA sent a letter that they would be inspecting our fenced backyards; well we have dogs, so i called (takes several tries to get a hold of a nasty condescending manager) and told them i did not want them in my backyard without me home to observe them and secure my dogs. They said they warned me and would be inspecting at THEIR convenience. I arranged to meet the manager demanded to speak 1 on 1 outside, and informed them that i believe in the second amendment and would be installing locks on my gates which are my property. No more notices.

  • @kevindouglas8768
    @kevindouglas8768 Před 4 lety +40

    I refuse to live where there's an hoa.

    • @karlblume9419
      @karlblume9419 Před 4 lety +4

      Had the misfortune to rent in one. JUST NO HOA!

    • @MichaelMcFerrin
      @MichaelMcFerrin Před rokem +2

      SAME HERE!

    • @kevindouglas8768
      @kevindouglas8768 Před rokem

      @@MichaelMcFerrin Here I am 3 years later. I bought 35 acres of mountainside, and I live on it.

  • @bobberguy1
    @bobberguy1 Před 4 lety +27

    Never buy a home dictated by HOA.

  • @mind140
    @mind140 Před 11 měsíci +1

    The really sad part is that the homeowners are funding both sides of this legal battle. HOAs are out of control in so many communities.

  • @friedrich1957
    @friedrich1957 Před rokem +1

    Thank you for more concrete evidence that my decision to avoid HOA properties was right. Smh.

  • @christophercongelos5197
    @christophercongelos5197 Před 4 lety +56

    I HAVE SAID IT BEFORE DO NOT BUY WHEN THERE IS AN HOA YOU WILL NOT BE HAPPY

  • @JA-ux7dd
    @JA-ux7dd Před 3 lety +15

    We had an HOA who was nothing more than a Swimming Pool management group. I found them looking over my fence into my back yard. I started looking into its and they were not an HOA AT ALL. One solution is to run for the office and them petition the neighborhood to close the HOA and sell the swimming pool

  • @mso1758
    @mso1758 Před 11 měsíci +1

    The sad thing is that the homeowners are the one that will be paying the lawyers on both sides. Never buy a property under HOA

  • @Byteable
    @Byteable Před 11 měsíci +1

    I work in the property mgmt. if you live in the HOA and if you feel they are infringing on your rights, please review your declaration. It may help you against these blood-sucking HOA vampires.

  • @vipermad358
    @vipermad358 Před 11 měsíci +1

    First mistake: moving to a neighborhood that has an HOA.

  • @jonnwray960
    @jonnwray960 Před 3 lety +10

    I'd live in a tarpaper shack with one light bulb hanging from the ceiling before I'd live in a HOA.

  • @axw016
    @axw016 Před 3 lety +27

    It serves you right for living in a gated prison. When you sign one of these contracts you are signing you rights away.

    • @pureluck8767
      @pureluck8767 Před 2 lety +3

      So true I couldn’t have said it better it literally is a gated prison

    • @kellyberry
      @kellyberry Před rokem

      Look back at 3rd Rock from the Sun Sally Joins an HOA and tells Her Crew (Disguised as humans) to take the WindChimes off the House because it Violates regulation and they are Evicted and Sally realizing she screwed herself as well tells the other members of the HOA Come on cant I stay? please I beg u ( I dont remember exact words but it was sure funny)

  • @MarinePigVa
    @MarinePigVa Před 10 měsíci +1

    Not long ago someone went around our neighborhood asking for signatures to form an HOA. Told them to piss off. I will never buy a house in an HOA.

  • @jeffwilliams7669
    @jeffwilliams7669 Před měsícem

    We live on a 30 Acre piece of property. We are not part of HOA.
    For some reason, HOA in adjoining area, decided to become HOA of the entire township. I am work a lot, and spend time away for 2 months at a time. Wife was told we are part of HOA. She said no.
    Well one fine morning, a few members of HOA Decided to wait till Wife went to work, and girls off to school. Three of them decided to walk into my house via the garage, and I woke up to them talking about this and that. I came downstairs, they introduced themselves.
    I said nothing, and proceeded to defend my home, the way any 6'4 290 Pound male would, With extreme violence.

  • @davekent20
    @davekent20 Před 3 lety +6

    I lived in a townhome and they were redoing the outside of the town homes and I looked in my backyard and they were hooked up to my electric while cutting siding. It ticked me off because they were using my electric without asking me. So what I did was when they were in a middle of a cut I shut off the circuit. We were laughing. I looked through the window and the guy was wondering what was wrong eventually he took his cord out of my plug.😆😃😅🤣😂😉

  • @prismdrone3475
    @prismdrone3475 Před 3 lety +7

    Heck there was one HOA I remember where board members will unlock and walk into peoples house when they suspect the home owner isn't home to find so called "Violation" without the Owner knowledge. They got caught buy one of the owners in-home security cameras.

  • @paulmunkel3105
    @paulmunkel3105 Před rokem

    The HOA need to be investigated cuz the ones that are doing the bad stuff need to be held accountable

  • @poppinpatty2507
    @poppinpatty2507 Před rokem

    My homeowners association is the city of Philadelphia. They don’t do that good of a job plowing snow and neighborhoods but they pick up the trash every week and leave me alone and the best part is it’s all covered by my taxes, there are no extra fees when your homeowners association has the same name as the city you live in. lots of people take advantage of the little bit of power they have then push it to the limit to see what they can get away with, sometimes you get way more than you paid for whether you want it or not. good luck to everybody affected, hope you get rid of those clowns and get your neighborhood back!

  • @vanessaw7325
    @vanessaw7325 Před 2 lety +40

    I can never understand why people intentionally buy houses in these communities. A lot of HOA's overreach

    • @DavidLoderIII
      @DavidLoderIII Před 4 měsíci

      Depending on where people want to move, thats what's mostly around. Especially if it is in florida.

    • @porscheguy3820
      @porscheguy3820 Před měsícem

      Years ago i was not given the RULE book I moved in one year Never ever again

  • @jimloftus4069
    @jimloftus4069 Před 4 lety +10

    I had a terrible problem in North Palm Beach. I decided to move away as did other residents. It was a few people that had too much time on their hands. All the other nearby places said that association was weird. So happy to be away from them.

  • @MichaelMcFerrin
    @MichaelMcFerrin Před rokem +1

    Homeowners should never get involved with HOA to begin with. They have no legal authority to boss homeowners around. When purchasing a home, make SURE its NOT in a HOA zone.

  • @heronimousbrapson863
    @heronimousbrapson863 Před 11 měsíci +3

    HOA's should be banned by law.

  • @sallydavidson4471
    @sallydavidson4471 Před 3 lety +12

    From what I know the driveways are a common element HOWEVER they are also not shared with other unit owners so they are common elements that are for EXCLUSIVE use for One unit and only ONE UNIT. The HOA should be careful as the homeowner's could win against this harassment!

  • @missbrownskinlady23
    @missbrownskinlady23 Před 4 lety +63

    What gives the damn HOA the right to come on peoples property and ramble through their stuff and invade their privacy...now HOA is going to far

    • @WJTM88
      @WJTM88 Před 4 lety +3

      Tom Slak not not bigger than crime but we had an owner who wanted to park a Dump Truck right in front of a home owner house since it was on “the street “
      Your point is well taken
      We had persons on our board who were unreasonable HOA board and replaced them with reasonable and practical board members
      The power of Vote Should never be underestimated
      Just say

    • @donmulder8061
      @donmulder8061 Před 4 lety +9

      @Erika No excuse for going in someone's screened porch or lifting a car cover. None! Quit making excuses for these tyrants.

    • @wuphat
      @wuphat Před 4 lety +4

      You ask what gives them the right?
      The answer is the people who bought the house with an association agreement and signed the contract allowing the HOA to do so.
      If homeowners don't want that, don't buy a house in an association.
      Simple.

    • @ExJWCriticalThinker
      @ExJWCriticalThinker Před 4 lety +3

      Cyndi Rothrock the reason why is because Many times in the paperwork that is signed -the homeowner has agreed to allow it
      Unfortunately it is one of those read BEFORE one signs
      We were surprised by what we were allowing and didn't even realize it

    • @donmulder8061
      @donmulder8061 Před 4 lety +6

      @@wuphat It' not that simple. HOA governing documents are now written with vague, overly broad language that enables many HOA boards to often abuse their power. Without any effective oversight or enforcement of what Boards do, home owners are left with the choice of suing the HOA and the Board or putting up with abuse or selling. The old days of HOA's having clearly written covenants for you to review prior to purchasing your house are over. Now the HOA boards often adopt rules and regulations that were not in force when you purchased. Also, boards will often not enforce covenants that they do not want to follow and adopt rules to reprise against home owners who raise concerns about their behavior. Signed by a three time former board President who knows the deal.

  • @redraven_y2k
    @redraven_y2k Před rokem +1

    They don't have a clause to disband the HOA? Thats what my mom and her neighbors did with 75% of the vote.

  • @Living_Despite
    @Living_Despite Před 11 měsíci +1

    Anyone living in an HOA deserves all the trouble that comes along with it.

  • @ScooterFXRS
    @ScooterFXRS Před 3 lety +6

    Never, never, never an HOA, ever.

  • @mt5144
    @mt5144 Před 3 lety +4

    On my vacation in 2018 the HOA (won't mention which estate) in Davenport FL, I parked our Hired car loaded up with cases to travel to Airport on a Sunday morning for a flight back to the UK at 04.00 am for a 08.30 flight from Orlando Airport to London, I parked our car outside as per the other cars on the estate over the drive, i went outside @ 03.55 am Sunday morning & our car was missing , called the police to say car had been stolen, an Police officer called at our address we stayed at only to say our car was reported by the HOA, reason was, we had 2 cars in the drive even though it was a 4 Car drive & as my car was 6 inches over the grass verge, the HOA had there own mobile number of a tow company to call to tow our car away, although our car was towed to a compound 10 miles away, as it was a Sunday when contacted the towing company they said they only work Mon 09.00- Friday 17.00, had to wait till Monday to get the hired car back, It cost me $300 To get the hire car out of a compound and $3,000 in flights for myself wife & 2 kids, I was not happy and will never again go to a residence with a HOA anywhere in the USA, Its far cheaper to stay in a Top of the range Hotel for 3 weeks than stay on a HOA site, best of all the Police Officer said the HOA got more powers than the Police. Never again.

  • @moniquechenard736
    @moniquechenard736 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Anyone who joins an HOA, you deserve what you get.

  • @kartiersupremewhite330
    @kartiersupremewhite330 Před rokem +1

    Extremely interesting and informative.