It's been around for some time to enforce "horse trails" that the idiots around my area agreed to. That's all they pretty much do is talk about "horse trails" constantly and unceasingly... Really, really pointless and tedious.Damo, HOA's are one of the first signs of the death of a rural area. People start complaining about the cow poop stinking, etc...
In this state, they don't have a good track record in court. Traditionally, I believe the courts tend to side with the homeowner rather than the HOA . . . on those rare occasions when it gets to court. It almost never goes to court, however.Ornot, are the HOA decisions enforceable by law ?
Or do they sue non compliant parties ?
If so I think they suck.
IN FL It took me 3 month to get them to decide if I could paint my home and what color I had to use....
I find HOA rules as annoying as the next guy -- and I enjoy flouting them when I feel strongly enough, just to see if they will actually try to enforce them. Still, it's hard to deny that an HOA is among the most truly democratic of all institutions.
My own Association is a good case in point. Participation is fairly high, though far from universal. We have knockdown, drag out fights about damned near everything. The one about what colors to paint the outsides of our buildings went on for months. We're currently embroiled in another about how bright to make the outdoor lighting at night. It's small enough, though, that you can sit down with some of your neighbors and hash out an agreement when things get deadlocked.
Generally, it's not bad, all things considered.
Hey, no ever said politics was pretty. Nor even particularly rational. All I'm saying is that an HOA is, in effect, democracy in its purest form.your shitting right? bitching about how bright to make the lights and what color to paint? i think im going to stay in the ghetto where the only thing we bitch about is when the city is going to replace the lights that got shot out.
Ours is run by the people on the board and pretty much nobody else. In the past 5 years I have yet to see a Quorum at the Annual meeting.Hey, no ever said politics was pretty. Nor even particularly rational. All I'm saying is that an HOA is, in effect, democracy in its purest form.
And this differs from American democracy how, exactly?Ours is run by the people on the board and pretty much nobody else. In the past 5 years I have yet to see a Quorum at the Annual meeting.