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Interesting the hate for HOA's. I've been on both sides.
If you don't want to live in a HOA-covered or CC&R neighborhood, then don't move into one. Nobody's forcing you. But if you do decide to move into one, and sign your name before you move in, saying you'll be a good neighbor, only to scream later nobody can tell you what to do, then your signature and promise didn't have much value.
I grew up in Portland, and when I got out of the Army in 1975, I returned to Portland. Mine was a nice neighborhood, predominantly owned by baby-boomers and older. The neighborhood and houses were nice. Then as the residents moved off or died off, the new residents had little or no pride in their houses or neighborhood. The neighborhood turned to trash, and I moved away, never to return. But, by God, nobody was gonna tell these younger residents what to do. And it impacted the sale price of my house by many thousands.
I now live in what was a very nice neighborhood, covered by CC&R's. We decided that we would not need a HOA, so there is no enforcement. It remained a nice neighborhood for twenty years, but again, the original homeowners have left and the new owners and renters are younger. And again, nobody is gonna tell them to mow their lawn if they don't want to, or get rid of the junker cars or RV's. My young neighbor moved in 6 months ago, and has mowed once. It's now a weed pit. And all the new neighbors are affecting the property values of the rest of us. But these new owners have rights! Nobody's gonna tell them to clean up their place!
I now wish we'd enacted a HOA when our neighborhood was new. And the folks with little or no pride would have moved in somewhere else where their laziness is normal. My house is my retirement investment. And the value is severely impacted because nobody's gonna tell these kids what to do.
If you don't want to live in a HOA-covered or CC&R neighborhood, then don't move into one. Nobody's forcing you. But if you do decide to move into one, and sign your name before you move in, saying you'll be a good neighbor, only to scream later nobody can tell you what to do, then your signature and promise didn't have much value.
I grew up in Portland, and when I got out of the Army in 1975, I returned to Portland. Mine was a nice neighborhood, predominantly owned by baby-boomers and older. The neighborhood and houses were nice. Then as the residents moved off or died off, the new residents had little or no pride in their houses or neighborhood. The neighborhood turned to trash, and I moved away, never to return. But, by God, nobody was gonna tell these younger residents what to do. And it impacted the sale price of my house by many thousands.
I now live in what was a very nice neighborhood, covered by CC&R's. We decided that we would not need a HOA, so there is no enforcement. It remained a nice neighborhood for twenty years, but again, the original homeowners have left and the new owners and renters are younger. And again, nobody is gonna tell them to mow their lawn if they don't want to, or get rid of the junker cars or RV's. My young neighbor moved in 6 months ago, and has mowed once. It's now a weed pit. And all the new neighbors are affecting the property values of the rest of us. But these new owners have rights! Nobody's gonna tell them to clean up their place!
I now wish we'd enacted a HOA when our neighborhood was new. And the folks with little or no pride would have moved in somewhere else where their laziness is normal. My house is my retirement investment. And the value is severely impacted because nobody's gonna tell these kids what to do.
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