TV Parking
Does this really belong in America? Really Sad
Forum Discussion
The usual problem with HOAs and CC&Rs is that they tend to be subjectively enforced. As in the photo - one homeowner has a pickup parked in the driveway and is not in violation, another homeowner has a pickup parked in the driveway and is in violation.
To often, the actual rule is vaguely written to the point that the HOA can pick and choose which homeowners can ignore it and which can't by using criteria that is not spelled out, not clear, etc.
This is why I won't live with an HOA - because when you have a few people in control of a large group of people, the odds are the rules will not be enforced equally. Someone will receive preferential treatment, someone will be disliked. Too often an HOA board member becomes very zealot in their behavior, they become power hungry, and so on. If you have a good HOA board, great - but all it takes is for one good member to step down and you could be on the wrong side of the HOA and facing violation charges for things that aren't black and white rules.
To often, the actual rule is vaguely written to the point that the HOA can pick and choose which homeowners can ignore it and which can't by using criteria that is not spelled out, not clear, etc.
This is why I won't live with an HOA - because when you have a few people in control of a large group of people, the odds are the rules will not be enforced equally. Someone will receive preferential treatment, someone will be disliked. Too often an HOA board member becomes very zealot in their behavior, they become power hungry, and so on. If you have a good HOA board, great - but all it takes is for one good member to step down and you could be on the wrong side of the HOA and facing violation charges for things that aren't black and white rules.
