HOAs

[ousdahl]

gross

[jhawks99]

Yes, we have one but they pretty much keep silent.
We walked away from a really nice, new house in Olathe when they presented us with 8 pages of HOA rules.

[Walrus]

Don't buy anything with an HOA. You're a fool if you do.

[Deleted User 89]

the sage speaks

[ousdahl]

right?

The housing market advice I didn’t know I needed.

[TDub]

I would never own a house with an HOA. Never.

[Leawood]

HOAs are expensive. But it is nice to call downstairs and tell the front desk I need a light bulb changed or my mail picked up. Or I want my water pressure turned up.

No lawn. No roof repairs. No tree issues. No plumbing issues.

I think it is relative.

[TDub]

Why would you need to call someone to change a light bulb or pick up your mail? Thats just pathetic and lazy.

[CrimsonNBlue]

I never even thought about the concept of valet trash service, and then I had it. Very nice.

HOA's in a condo unit are quite different than that of a housing division.

[Walrus]

HOA fees are so high out here that condos have already crashed. No one wants to pay $500 a month on top of your mortgage, especially when they just cut the grass. I've heard they are going upwards of $300 in KC in some places. They are for the lazy or dumb.

[defixione]

But mostly for the wealthy.

[jhawks99]

Our HOA is like $50 bucks a year and pays for landscaping in public areas.
Some can be horribly invasive, but ours seems to live and let live. At least for the year and half we've been here.

[Leawood]

Like I said, it is relative. No stranger comes into my building without my approval, state-of-the-art gym, steam and sauna, pool, and staff that wait on you. Like a hotel. On the Plaza.

I don’t even lock my door.

[defixione]

Our HOA is like $50 bucks a year and pays for landscaping in public areas.
Some can be horribly invasive, but ours seems to live and let live. At least for the year and half we've been here.

So, nuances. The connotation of HOA is generally in line with planned neighborhoods like gated communities or architecturally unique communities that wish to maintain their uniqueness. I'm aware of one HOA whose only demand was cedar shingles on the roof.

[Deleted User 89]

Our HOA is like $50 bucks a year and pays for landscaping in public areas.
Some can be horribly invasive, but ours seems to live and let live. At least for the year and half we've been here.

So, nuances. The connotation of HOA is generally in line with planned neighborhoods like gated communities or architecturally unique communities that wish to maintain their uniqueness. I'm aware of one HOA whose only demand was cedar shingles on the roof.

that just sounds like it’s for the lazy and dumb

[Deleted User 289]

Why would you need to call someone to change a light bulb or pick up your mail? Thats just pathetic and lazy.

light bulb - Perhaps because you are an 87 year old woman who can't climb a ladder?
mail - Perhaps because you an 87 year old woman who is hospitalized?
Perhaps those excuses are "pathetic" and "lazy" to you but they are very legitimate and real to me and my mother.

I 95% understand why HOAs are generally NOT such a good thing for a lot of people but I also realize how they can be beneficial for others.

[ousdahl]

Though it’s not even more position or my department, I often am on the receiving end of HOA complaints.

But instead of just treating the HOA like it’s the guys who replace hallway lightbulbs and shovel snow off the sidewalks, yall second homeowners treat it like a personal assistant.

“Hi, I came up this weekend and decided I wanna re-stain my deck. And I know y’all typically ask us to confirm this sorta thing in advance, but I’m instead cold calling yall at 8pm on a Saturday to ask WHY DONT YALL HAVE SEVERAL CANS OF THE APPROVED DECK STAIN COLOR JUST READY TO HAND ME RIGHT NOW?! I know y’all aren’t the right guy, but I left the HOA guy a voicemail (at 7:57 on a Saturday) and I’ve waited THREE WHOLE MINUTES and haven’t heard back! So if you’re really asking me to call the HOA guy on his night off to make him come in and dig through the maintenance shed to find the right color stain for me right now, the answer is WELL YALL CERTAINLY BETTER!”

I can’t imagine every HOA is this needy, but the thing about second homeowners tourists is, the world seems to revolve around yall.

[PhDhawk]

Our HOA is like $50 bucks a year and pays for landscaping in public areas.
Some can be horribly invasive, but ours seems to live and let live. At least for the year and half we've been here.

I've been a part of 2 different HOAs. I think they were both less than $20 a year. The first one covered the cost of cutting trees down that got near power lines or blocked the road. The one I'm in now covers pot hole repair since we're outside the city limits. I think there's a clause about how long a trailor can be parked in front of a house and how much acreage is needed to own a horse.

I'm fine with it. I wasn't even aware you could buy a house without HOAs unless you bought a farm/ranch or lived in a slum.

[Soklous]

225.00 for the year gets me...

Pool and clubhouse.
Garbage and recycling service.
Fourth of July Party
Christmas Sleigh-ride through the neighborhood and hot cocoa with Santa.
And a code of conduct to not rent or treat your investment like Ous and Beaver.

Pretty simple stuff.

[ousdahl]

shit, now there’s an HOA to live in hawklin’s head too?!