hoa stories

Entitled HOA board member threatens to sue family for not paying matriarch's late fees after her estate was frozen, family proves he has no case: 'There is nothing to sue!'

Ben Weiss

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Entitled resident hogs coveted parking space and refuses to move, HOA intervenes and kicks him out for a full year: 'All this just because he didn't want to move his car for one day'

Ben Weiss

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'[The HOA] expressly forbids all forms of grilling': Top HOA stories that sparked bitter feuds between frustrated homeowners and entitled HOA board members

Ben Weiss

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HOA forces homeowner to give up 15 x 250 feet of his property, hatches plan to get his land back: 'They've changed their mind [and] want to give me my property back'

Ben Weiss

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‘Should have known better than to chuck things onto our property’: President of woman's neighborhood association throws wood panels over her fence without warning, woman tosses them right back and confronts her

Lana DeGaetano

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HOA Karen reports her neighbor for doing yoga on their terrace, claiming they're ruining the family community with workouts that are ‘inappropriate for children to see’: ‘I practice at 6 AM, wear completely normal clothes, and make zero noise’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Entitled HOA board member sends petty email to resident about their solar lights: 'They appear to be, for lack of better wording, cheap and sloppy'

Ben Weiss

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Pilot defends their seaplane from HOA members: '[I] told them I have no intention of changing anything'

Remy Millisky

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HOA sends letters to non-HOA homeowner, owner gets back at entitled HOA president: 'I crashed the meeting... the president emailed back'

Remy Millisky

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HOA fines resident for planting sunflowers on his lawn, resident hires lawyer to find loophole in the policy: 'I should be able to plant sunflowers'

Ben Weiss

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New homeowner signs contract stating "no HOA," then gets fined for breaking HOA guidelines: 'Can they actually enforce this?'

Ben Weiss

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‘I might actually respect the HOA for this move’: HOA pulls ‘Uno Reverse’ and successfully restricts a door-to-door sales company with 120 voicemails

Elna McHilderson

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Property owner calls out HOA for shady charges but gets ignored, does his own detective work and finds proof that's suable for $4,000: ‘You can beat the HOA—sometimes!’

Elna McHilderson

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'I owe the HOA $0.01': Resident discovers his annual HOA maintenance fees were $161.64 instead of the $161.63 amount he paid, prepares to fight back

Ben Weiss

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‘Now [$12,000] looks like chump change’: 20+ NYC renters share their most frustrating experiences in the real estate market

Elna McHilderson

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Beloved old couple moves out and loud obnoxious gearhead moves in, neighbor gives him a dose of his own bad-neighbor medicine: ‘I took a gamble… It was the right call!'

Elna McHilderson

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