hoa stories

‘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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‘This wasn’t their property’: Entitled neighbors use garbage bins to block mom and son from sledding on HOA public property, resulting in a trash violation

Lana DeGaetano

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Shady arborist causes over $300k in damages to neighbor's yard, neighbor purchases his and his parent's online identity: ‘MY website is the #1 result on Google if you search for [him]’

Elna McHilderson

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'There is NOTHING states about an HOA': New homebuyer learns HOA is getting reestablished after moving, gets slapped with a ton of bogus fees, seeks legal action

Ben Weiss

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'The vote passed decisively': HOA president refuses to step down after being voted out by community, continues to harass neighbors claiming she's still in charge

Isabella Penn

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'Keep your word’: Carpenter tenant gets evicted after making a gentleman's agreement and spending $10k of his own money on renovations, rips everything out as he goes and gets the last laugh

Elna McHilderson

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Non-HOA homeowner refuses to take down holiday lights because of HOA rules: '[I] told her to just get off my property... I've just had enough'

Remy Millisky

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HOA claims they are a ‘voluntary HOA’ that creates rules as needed and tells homeowner he cannot construct a garden in his yard, so he reports them for unlawful behavior

Lana DeGaetano

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Homeowner finds a "well loophole" allowing them to leave their HOA by connection to municipal water: 'We rallied 44 people on our street'

Brad Dickson

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Homeowner's tree gets cut down without permission by neighboring HOA, so he rebuilds it with PVC pipe and covers it in lights: 'I did it ugly too'

Isabella Penn

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'The pool is closed... what you may not know is the reason': HOA board makes startling decision without informing homeowners

Remy Millisky

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HOA board threatens to fine homeowner $20/day for a standing basketball hoop, so he ‘digs around in the HOA covenants’ and uses their written rules against them

Lana DeGaetano

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‘Lawyer destroys HOA’: New HOA feels entitled to beach property of preexisting HOA, board president gets his after losing two lawsuits and going bankrupt

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I had birds on my roof . . . Wild birds’: Homeowners reflect on some of the most ridiculously outrageous violations their HOAs accused them of and fined them for

Lana DeGaetano

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'I say they can kick rocks': HOA gives homeowner the go head to paint their house black, Karen member tries to get board to to retract approval after project is already finished

Elna McHilderson

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