0 Members and 20 Guests are viewing this topic.
Guys, this is getting creepy. Can we talk about cannibalism instead?
They're real, and they're fucking ridiculous. They try to suck you in with a picturesque family-friendly environment, but charge you monthly fucking HOA fees and limit what you can do to your property.
Quote from: Sleepy on August 06, 2012, 10:10:33 pmThey're real, and they're fucking ridiculous. They try to suck you in with a picturesque family-friendly environment, but charge you monthly fucking HOA fees and limit what you can do to your property.Wait, you actually have to pay them for membership?! Who the fuck would be stupid enough to pay total strangers to stick their collective noses in your business?
A lot of the time, when you buy a house that's attached to an HOA, you don't get to say, "No I don't want to be a part of that." You either pay them the membership dues, or you find another house.
Quote from: Jebediah on August 06, 2012, 10:22:48 pmA lot of the time, when you buy a house that's attached to an HOA, you don't get to say, "No I don't want to be a part of that." You either pay them the membership dues, or you find another house. There's no way that's legal. These twats aren't the local government, they're little more than a rather despotic club. What the fuck are they going to do if you refuse to pay?
It's legal. It's in the contract you sign.
Quote from: Sleepy on August 06, 2012, 10:34:36 pmIt's legal. It's in the contract you sign.Well that's some serious bullshit right there. Whichever moron in the government decided that mandating this sort of thing is a good idea needs to be keep as far away from any position of authority as humanly possible.
It was created by a real estate developer. It's not like every home is mandated in such a manner -- only certain communities.Not to say that I support it. I find it to be absolute shit. But it's the choice of the developer, if they want to do such a thing. People buy into it, somehow.
Quote from: Sleepy on August 06, 2012, 10:44:04 pmIt was created by a real estate developer. It's not like every home is mandated in such a manner -- only certain communities.Not to say that I support it. I find it to be absolute shit. But it's the choice of the developer, if they want to do such a thing. People buy into it, somehow.Ah, yeah, that's not so bad. Still bullshit, but if morons want to willingly buy into it, that's their funeral.
In our defense (because yes, we do have an HOA where I live) there wasn't much of a choice. At the time my parents bought this house, they had to take what they could get.