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This is just a random rant but I for the life of me cannot understand why HOAs exist. So you spend 100s of thousands of dollars on a house, and then you’re told what you can and cannot do with it?? That’s insane to me
I have never owned a home that wasn’t in an HOA community. Part of that is just because in the places I’ve lived, those are the most desirable homes. I also appreciate the fact that my neighbors will never have a pink house or a car on blocks in the front yard.
I mean technically I understand why they exist, i just could never do it and I would probably hate everything about it if I lived with one
Also, out of curiosity, why would your neighbor having a pink house (this is a weird example because it’s not like neighborhoods without HOAs commonly have pink houses) or a car on blocks bother you?
Honestly, you probably wouldn’t care. I’ve had some minor dust-ups with the HOA but there’s nothing I’ve ever wanted to do to my house that wasn’t allowed. Pink house was an exaggerated example. I just like having an authority in place to ensure that neighbors keep their homes/landscaping in good shape. It can help to avoid eyesores and keeps property values from needlessly dipping. I’m not saying I wouldn’t buy a house that wasn’t a part of an HOA. Like I said, in many parts of Florida, it’s hard to find a home that isn’t part of one though.
#blessed to live in a neighborhood where there’s no HOA and where we all take pride in our landscaping also no pink houses, no offense to @johncougarmellencamp
Need an update for the guy here who is fighting someone about a road. I remember they had a funny name as well.
person in my neighborhood painted their house Garnet and Gold. Yeah, you read that right. HOA stepped in and made them re-paint it. I love my alma-mater as well, but no fucking thanks on living next to a house that is orange and green.
Live where there is an HOA and so far it has had zero effect on me in 3 years. Getting ready to do a large patio project so that will have to go through the review board. Might have a different opinion on it after that, but if you know what you are signing up for then there shouldn’t be issues most of the time.
HOAs are great until you get letter because you put a little yard sign advertising a charity run in support of skin cancer research that your wife helped organize
my parents have had their annual fee go from like $300/yr to $5XX something in the last couple years. They are in a Hurricane Harvey impacted area and get the silliest of notes, while houses sit vacant/unfixed/overgrown because flippers have bought them and aren't fixing them, so they look (and basically are) abandonded. Its a nice neighborhood too, on the N side of Houston.
Ours is a POA and while I've sat on the board of it I don't know if there is really any difference between it and an HOA I know ours is definitely not heavy handed like I hear stories of others Couple of neighborhoods over is a little neighborhood that developed with no POA (still doesn't have one) and there is a very noticeable difference Its a wild mix of multiple million dollar waterfront homes to half burned down trailer houses, and their crime rates are significantly higher
3 things. 1. you’re like, rich, and stuff. Congrats. 2. the lights look awesome. 3. I’m surprised with a lot of that size you don’t have a pool.
We built one at the last house and probably will at this one. If it weren’t for the pandemic we probably would have already started also, dual income no kids
Whats the light level like in the area? Personally I would do the following: -remove the logs -Add some shorter native shurbs and trees (like 5'-7' ft tall) in the area between your slope/deck -Add some more dirt to the sides of the box -Plant transplant a shit ton of ferns and stuff in that dirt to block the side view/top of the box My parents live in the PNW woods and we always transplanted a bunch of things in areas we graded out. Shits free and blends well with your aesthetic.
I’ve a 5 and 3 year old. I don’t like to think about how much money I would have if we didn’t have kids.
So after some more research and talking to my guy, it looks like nothing is ever allowed on top of drain fields, even if they're below ground. This was confirmed by 2 of my realtor buddies that sell houses. "Yes, you can never build on a drain field." I think it's a regulatory thing more than a safety/weight bearing thing. Oh well. I'm still going to try and build a big pergola over it with some hanging vines/plants, but not until later this year. My buddy has a massive drill bit, so we're drilling holes through the logs and sledgehammering some rebar through this weekend. Also building a fire pit and 15-20 ft of garden trellis. My current cart at Lowe's is sub $500, would like to keep everything under $1,000.
Correct. Just a lot of shit that can go wrong if it needs emergency (or non-emergency) access; especially if you have an affixed structure. Just going to do my best to cover it up.
I still say that’s BS but whatevs. 2’ of soil weighs more than a fire pit, some chairs and a teepee. And if there was an emergency, it would be easier to move than digging up 2’ of dirt. I get not having a guest house on one of these things, but normal yard activities should be allowed.
I've been putting off painting the exterior of my house for the past 5 years. Finally contract someone to do it and its rained every day for the past week here in S Fla and is 80% chance the next 10 days.
Sounds like quite a lovely evening. Does he mind you posting so openly about his massive drill bit on the internet?
As a guy with drill bits that size, I can tell you he is happy for anyone and everyone to know he has it, and will whip it out to show you anytime you want
Last night noticed floor had some wet spots and then wife heard dripping from ac return. After a minor freak out cut the drain line and blew it out with air compressor and poured a little bleach in it. Also added little connector so it would be easier to do next time and won't have to cut again. Nbd I'm an expert repairman now
So have a cart in Lowe's that I was able to keep below $1,000, doing curbside pickup on Friday on my way down to the property. Plan is: -rebar and holes through those massive logs -Fire pit -- got about 30 fire bricks to frame the pit underground, going to frame the top/outside with rocks from the nearby river -Four 48" L x 36" H x 24" W planter boxes, with a remesh trellis at each, much like this: Spoiler I'm the worst fucking handyman ever, so have a few friends coming down to help me. We shall see.
We have been at our house a little less than a year. Dryer has tripped circuit breaker probably 10 times in that time period. Thoughts?