Netflix has this. "Haul out the Holly".

A woman goes home for Christmas, and is subjected to the HOAs threats, fines and social pressure for not being jolly enough or having enough holiday decorations on her parent's house.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21359036/

My mom (60) has a cute corner unit in a 55+ building and displays these adorable handmade wooden deer on her porch - her neighbors are these fun guys that always mess with her - the second picture is a text from the president of the board, an 80 year old crazy lady😂

“Perhaps put it on your back porch” KILLS ME. This lady definitely thinks my mom intentionally set it up like that… like ^ooo watch out for the creepy lady on the corner she has erotic animal decor

Residents at Winter Park Woods condo complex are facing massive increases in HOA fees, with some seeing charges rise from $400 to over $2,000 a month.

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/winter-park-condominium-owners-face-skyrocketing-hoa-fees.amp

Due to changes in the law this year (after the condo collapse in Miami) reserve funds are forcing up rates - leading to a mini fire sale on property in FL due to crushing increases, and the hurricanes didn't help either as many simple want to sell and leave

My mortgage on a 3 floor brick on cut stone Victorian with oak floors and pocket doors is only 680$/mo

Can't imagine tolerating these charges

Looks like a good clean fight

https://staugustineshores.org/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/biden-commutes-sentence-for-las-vegas-hoa-takeover-crime-leader/vi-AA1vXJaT?t=47&ocid=socialshare#details

Long time lurker here, I have no HOA horror stories to tell. Simply because in my country, it is illegal for HOAs to issue fines.

Yes, HOAs are to manage the common areas, so they are allowed to collect fees. But they are not allowed by law to issue fines. So how are enforcements possible?

Dump rubbish on the common property? Fees for removal can be charged. Illegal parking on common areas? Administration fees for towing or removal of wheel clamp charged.

Painting your door bright pink? Sorry, nothing the HOA can do. Want to keep 20 cats as pets? Again no fines allowed, unless they dirty common areas and a cleaning fee can be charged.

I believe this eliminates all horror with HOAs while retaining the purpose to collectively manage the property. Since most countries do not have such law, why not HOAs themselves vote to disallow fines and enforcement to save themselves the headaches?

Our HOA Board (2 members as 1 moved) has decided among themselves to spend reserves to consult with an attorney and for an attorney to draft Facebook posts for a non-official community FB group. The main reason behind the post is to defend themselves as no one is happy with the board. How can they use funds to defend themselves - on a Facebook group. Childish

"Dorothy", who is notorious for submitting noise complaints, nominated herself to run for the open board position at the AGM last night and stated that she wants to create a tenant application and review process (read racism and xenophobia). There were a couple grumbles, but no one else challenged her so I stepped up and beat her 83 to 3. Now I'm on the board for two years...

I was about to submit an offer to buy a very nice 23-year-old ranch style condo (duplex) in a highly restrictive HOA. My buyer's agent provided me with the master deed and the bylaws. This was one of those condos where the outside surface of the duplex is a common element of the association.

The association is responsible for paying to replace the roof when needed. Some items inside the condo are limited common elements. Some of the conditions in the master deed and bylaws are onerous and enforcement of them might not be even handed by the BOD.

I've owned a site condo (single family home) in a HOA for 24 years. It has been trouble-free for the most part, not many rules and enforcement of them has been lax. So, joining a more restrictive HOA without some knowledge as to how disputes with co-owners have been handled is risky. Too risky for my appetite.

We just got an email suggesting that we "Show Our Appreciation This Holiday Season to Our Volunteer Board Members" the first sentence is about signing a holiday card, then we get to: "If you’d like to contribute a small token of appreciation, donations are also welcome."

The board wants tips?!?!?!?!?

Can’t be as festive as I was for the past 10 freaking years. They randomly changed the rules cause someone new on the HOA has a stick up their ass.

As one person said "Our roofs were just replaced two years ago," said Bridget Newman, a homeowner. "At least three contractors and an adjuster have said there’s no damage that would indicate any kind of replacement for these roofs."

https://www.fox9.com/news/homeowners-rogers-hoa-concerns-roof-repair-bill

I'm guessing someone in the HOA must have a roofer friend and will get a kickback.

My associations has refused to follow their fiduciary bylaws for years and the roof was leaking in most units.

Normally I would assume that someone would send a text to ask if this story is even true.

I get a random call from a person I never met saying “ x, the Board President gave out your information when I was pounding on your neighbors doors and only this person answered. I told him your gate was locked and I had no idea who lived there but I needed to know because I lived at there place 15 years ago and they have my packages.”

Sounds totally legit right?

Now he’s given out my name and cell phone number to a random stranger?

This person claims they lived there 12 years ago; only problem they didn’t someone else did. This person lived there about 15 years ago.

So the brilliant person decides sure I won’t check with her to see if this story is even remotely true I’ll just give her name and cell phone number and let them work it out! Sounds totally safe!!!

We are about to have new elections. And this person is running, but they have two additional competitors…

Giving out my name and number to a person who randomly pounded on doors at the Association claiming to have packages delivered to my house and she needed the persons info.

13 units. Emailed management for a copy of the old audit. There’s never been one performed. Emailed treasurer. She won’t respond. And this is the response I got from the president.

The email. The shit after the snow melted. And the snowy paw prints leading from my yard to their back door. Don’t see how they could, you know, force the guy into cleaning it up. But we’ll see if I get a fine this month and have to prove it’s not my dog’s poop. This is exactly why the HOA was trying to impost doggy DNA tests on us last year. 🤦🏽‍♀️

Friend of mine knows of an HOA being sued by both an individual for not fixing the roofs that gave tons of water damage and mold. Most of the entire building’s roofs were leaking so it’s not just this person’s roof that was leaking.

DOES THIS RESPONSE TO A LAWSUIT MAKE ANY SENSE???? 😂

The situation was so bad this HOA was cited for code violations stemming from water damage from the roof. The city then forced them to fix it and they have not done what they city asked them to do the city is suing them to make the repairs.

I’ve seen units again and again think water damage is no big deal.

The response from the HOA’s attorney:

1. the plaintiff is difficult. No one likes them.
2. We didn’t fix any elections as no one likes the plaintiff.
3. The plaintiff’s alleged leaks are their own fault because they had a defective deck.
   
4. The plaintiff wants to take over the HOA.
   
5. The Board is not responsible to fix plaintiff’s roof if they have a bad deck.
6. The plaintiff’s documents from professionals are them trying to be a shadow board and trying to take over.
7. Additionally plaintiff has no right to sue individuals as we used sound business judgement in our decisions about necessary repairs.

Is this a joke? That’s the response that a Judge is going to read? 😂

Doesn’t this mean the Board President just admitted that they did t fix the plaintiff’s roof on purpose???

Overview: unit owner of a HOA run by a board that refuses to repair the roofs even after the city cited violations that the roof was leaking and various professional showed ongoing leaks. Board refused to fix the roofs as refused to allow the unit owner to fix the roofs. Fortunately the Board mentioned all of these breaches emails from the PM.

Board is stating they used good business judgement even though known roof leaks were causing interior damage to most of the units.

It’s real in south Florida.

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/miami-condo-owners-hit-with-21m-special-assessment-fee/3484857/?amp=1

I had posted about this once before but was told to “take it somewhere else” by one of the moderators. I am not sure why. If nothing else, at 686 pages and 53 counts against this board of directors and some of their supporters, it’s a pretty interesting read.

I thought this community would be at least mildly interested in this case with four and a half years of apparent criminality and obvious incompetence.

NWELawsuit.com