hoa stories

'I owe the HOA 1 cent': Resident of 20+ years in the neighborhood refuses to pay the $0.01 he owes in HOA fees on principle

Ben Weiss

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Scorned HOA resident-turned-president gets revenge on former president, who fined them $50 for a crooked mailbox: ‘[I] spent 2 years making his life a bureaucratic [nightmare]’

Lana DeGaetano

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Sneaky HOA board kicks resident out of meeting after they point out that the current president's term has expired: “Tyrannical HOA’

Lana DeGaetano

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HOA fines condo owner $500/month over noise complaints and expects them to redo their flooring, despite not having owned the condo when the original floors were installed: ‘Retaliation mixed with incompetence’

Lana DeGaetano

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HOA cites resident for violating "aesthetic standards" by having a chair and a plant on his balcony: 'Maintain visual consistency!'

Ben Weiss

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HOA fines resident $500 for not carrying his dog in common areas, resident discovers he only was fined because the board president's wife doesn't like him: 'The wife lied to the property manager!'

Ben Weiss

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HOA resident becomes HOA president and disbands their association: ‘What a time to be alive’

Lana DeGaetano

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HOA board member has it out for one neighbor and gets her car towed, neighbor debates legal options: 'The car towing is the final straw!'

Ben Weiss

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Community roasts HOA president after he tries to forbid legal hot air balloon landing and regulate aviation: 'Residents are NOT allowed to let balloons land'

Ben Weiss

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New homeowners ignore HOA president's empty threats, then get even by uncovering violations on his property: 'Greg was hit with thousands of dollars in fines'

Ben Weiss

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Neighbor can't stand the location of resident's trash cans, reports him to the HOA, resident claps back by enhancing the smell: 'Let's see how you like that!'

Ben Weiss

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Botanist moves from Los Angeles to a quiet townhome, gets fined by HOA for having "too many plants," then they destroy her rare succulent collection, driving her to move out as she vows never to live under an HOA again:'I found my collection hacked apart'

Emma Saven

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HOA fines resident for planting "unapproved" flowers, resident uses his neighbor's broken Christmas lights to dispute it: 'I plant a few flowers and get hit with a $75 fine'

Ben Weiss

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New homeowners allow previous residents to stay for one more week, now they refuse to leave: 'This is why you don't do nice things for people!'

Ben Weiss

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HOA demands neighbor to pay $2,500 in landscaping costs for area outside of her property, she threatens to take them to court: 'They could not enforce any action!'

Ben Weiss

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Neighbor continuously parks truck on public boat ramp blocking anyone else from using it, then watches it roll straight into the lake: 'He had to deal with karma for his entitlement'

Isabella Penn

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