would love to do that. but that's just more time that i'd rather spend constructively moving forward than dealing with shit from the past. oh, and it's $ too. $ that I don't currently have because I've been dealing with a mortgage and HOA fees in FL while paying rent in CA :\
i do lay awake at night and fantasize about applying a baseball bat to the knees of various members of the HOA tho. On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Scott Stewart <[email protected]>wrote: > > Sue them, while there's no real oversite of HOA's (and there should be > at either the state or federal level.) most HOA agreements depend on > your fear of them and not taking them to court, because very few of > them will actually stand up. There may state or federal statutes that > prevent HOA regs from actively interfering with the sale of a house. > > Charlie Griefer wrote: > > Need to vent. > > We own a home in Florida. We moved out of that house in September of > 2006 > > when we moved to California for a new job. > > > > Prior to leaving, we had a cash offer on the table which we accepted. > After > > we moved, we found out that the deal fell through due to the HOA. > > Apparently, the buyer was purchasing the house for his son. His son > wanted > > to rent a couple of rooms (it's a 4 bedroom house) to friends of his. > Prior > > to the close, the buyer (the son, specifically) was obligated to have an > > "orientation" meeting with an HOA representative who informed him that > > according to the rules, only immediate family can make permanent > residence > > in the home. So, the deal fell through. > > > > Right about that time, the real estate market started it's downturn. > Long > > story short, we've been dealing with this house (trying to sell it) for > over > > 2 years. It's made our lives pretty miserable and we recently decided we > > were just going to walk away from it and deal with the consequences. > > > > Luckily, we got a short sale offer back in December. The lender approved > > the sale. Things looked like they might work out. > > > > I e-mailed the realtor yesterday for an update. Everything seemed good, > > with one exception: > > > > "Some issues with the buyers getting qualified with the HOA, as they have > a > > large family, but we should be able to get things worked out." > > > > This may be the 2nd time the HOA fucks me in getting this house sold. > It's > > a 4 bed/3bath 2000+ square foot home. I don't know why they're surprised > or > > concerned that a large family is looking to move into it. I also am not > > aware of any specific restrictions in the CCRs that state a "family" > cannot > > exceed a certain size (to be fair tho, I don't know exactly how big this > > family is). > > > > I understand why HOAs exist. In theory, I like it. I'm happy to know > that > > my neighbor can't put an old car up on blocks in his front yard and leave > it > > there indefinitely, thus affecting the value of my home. > > > > But for fuck's sake... there really oughtta be a limit. This house > should > > have been sold back in September 06. I understand an HOA being concerned > > with the appearance of the outside of the house, items visible from the > > outside (window coverings, etc), and the appearance of the yard. But I > > cannot believe they have the power to dictate who can or cannot reside > > inside of the home. Their reason for the "only immediate family members" > is > > that (and I quote from memory), "we do not want our neighborhood to turn > > into a commune". > > > > W. T. F. > > > > I thought we were finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, and > 2+ > > years of dealing with the payments on this house were finally coming to > an > > end. If this sale falls through because of some asinine HOA regulation, > I'm > > heading back to Jacksonville and somebody's getting hurt. > > > > > > -- > Scott Stewart > ColdFusion Developer > > Office of Research Information Systems > Research & Economic Development > University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > > Phone:(919)843-2408 > Fax: (919)962-3600 > Email: [email protected] > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287601 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
