No one ever “needs” an HOA. If I want stripes on my garage door, I thought I lived in America? I can’t do that to a house I own? Or don’t own, I make the payments. Doesn’t matter. If a person knowingly purchases a home within a HOA, don’t complain about when stuff goes bad. No one forced your signature on that piece of paper. You knew the risks. For the rest of us, live free.
It depends. There are areas where the houses are falling apart so stripes on the garage would not be noticed (or might even be.considered a cosmetic improvement if the door had previously been a mess of peeling paint).
However, there are such things as "property values" and a garage door with purple and lime green stripes would affect the resale value of homes in a well kept area. And if the homes are considered luxury homes -- certainly you have to have some rules for people with absolutely no taste.
I don't approve of biddies getting goofy and irritating their neighbors with unnecessary rules. Forty years ago, the biddies in the "walking club" (who traipsed around the neighborhood every morning presumably to exercise) noticed one homeowner had a satellite dish hidden from view by shrubbery. (These dishes were relatively new and very few people had them at the time). Personally -- I believed this walking club trespassed on this person's property because this dish was not visible from the street. Still, the biddies took him to court and.he lost his dish. I personally felt if it couldn't be.seen it wasn't a problem but I am more flexible.
I would, however, be the first person to complain if someone were to do something outrageous.
Property values are a real thing to consider and although I have no intention of selling my home anytime soon -- I would not like to obtain less value for my property because my neighbor had a purple and lime green striped garage door!
No one ever “needs” an HOA. If I want stripes on my garage door, I thought I lived in America? I can’t do that to a house I own? Or don’t own, I make the payments. Doesn’t matter. If a person knowingly purchases a home within a HOA, don’t complain about when stuff goes bad. No one forced your signature on that piece of paper. You knew the risks. For the rest of us, live free.
It depends. There are areas where the houses are falling apart so stripes on the garage would not be noticed (or might even be.considered a cosmetic improvement if the door had previously been a mess of peeling paint).
However, there are such things as "property values" and a garage door with purple and lime green stripes would affect the resale value of homes in a well kept area. And if the homes are considered luxury homes -- certainly you have to have some rules for people with absolutely no taste.
I don't approve of biddies getting goofy and irritating their neighbors with unnecessary rules. Forty years ago, the biddies in the "walking club" (who traipsed around the neighborhood every morning presumably to exercise) noticed one homeowner had a satellite dish hidden from view by shrubbery. (These dishes were relatively new and very few people had them at the time). Personally -- I believed this walking club trespassed on this person's property because this dish was not visible from the street. Still, the biddies took him to court and.he lost his dish. I personally felt if it couldn't be.seen it wasn't a problem but I am more flexible.
I would, however, be the first person to complain if someone were to do something outrageous. Property values are a real thing to consider and although I have no intention of selling my home anytime soon -- I would not like to obtain less value for my property because my neighbor had a purple and lime green striped garage door!