BAR wrote:
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:29:24 -0400, BAR penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:02:26 -0700, penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
Your suggestion to buy somewhere that doesn't have an HOA sounds
really good, except that most people don't have the money to buy the
kind of home they would REALLY like. In other words, not everyone is
rich, or lives in an area that the housing cost are reasonable
compared to wages. For us working folks, HOAs can be a necessary evil,
if we want to buy SOME kind of home.
It must be nice to have lots of $$.
It is unfortunate that for many, it really warps their comprehension
of the reality of life for for regular working folks.
That is odd!
Here in NC, it is the high end neighborhoods where HOAs are all the
rage. Many HOAs seem to exist, in part, to enforce rules where it
gives the illusion that no one in the neighborhood must either work
for a living or do any personal manual labor (winterize the boat, for
example).
Its all about keeping you from putting that single wide in the
backyard for mama and making sure that you don't have that old Chevy
up on blocks in the front yard fro a couple of years.
Simply a straw man. Cities and towns have ordinances governing these
practices and there really is no need to create an umbrella of civil
litigation over the existing laws.... unless you are an attorney, then
it probably seems like a great idea!
Most covenants are written such that you can keep a boat on the
property if it is housed within a garage..... and many covenants
prohibit an unattached garage. So.... you can have your boat if you
can afford a house/garage big enough to house both.
Go figure.......
Its all about resale value.
I think there is more to it than that.
No, it really is all about the resale value. When you drive through my
neighborhood you see that every yard is clean and well kept, the paint
is not peeling off the trim, the garage doors all work and look good.
There are no paved over front yards, although one or two owners would do
it if they could, and houses sell rather quickly with deals that don't
fall through at the closing table.
The developers put together the restrictive covenants and the HOA
because it helps them sell the homes initially. If the homeowners and
the HOA enforce the covenants it does make the neighborhood have much
better curb appeal and homes will sell much quicker. Nothing worse than
a yard with cars parked all over. with half the cars torn apart and not
working, it to destroy the resale value of all the homes close by.
Most HOA would not worry if someone was working on a boat for a day, but
if the boat was out in the street, or torn apart in the driveway or
yard, they would enforce the covenants. That being said, they will be
some HOA Nazi's, but if the homeowners don't like their enforcement
style, they will vote them out quickly.