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The problem is you are probably going to live in your house for 5 to 30+ years. There is not guarantee the sane governance your HOA provides today won't be insa
by runamok 11y ago
The problem is you are probably going to live in your house for 5 to 30+ years. There is not guarantee the sane governance your HOA provides today won't be insane next year.
I am thinking of buying a house in the coming years and plan to avoid HOAs like the plague.
- dragontamer 11y ago> There is not guarantee the sane governance your HOA provides today won't be insane next year. Participate in your HOA elections.
- TheLoneWolfling 11y agoI don't think "guarantee" means what you think it means.
- ghaff 11y agoAs others have said, there are sane ones and insane ones. Sometimes you need them. Where my dad lives, for example, there's a shared private road and the maintenance/plowing of that has to be managed. One could certainly not live there, of course, but you really have no way to avoid some sort of HOA in that circumstance. (In general, it's probably also true that the more space and separation you have from your neighbors, the less need for a HOA to mitigate conflicts and standards. Tall fences make good neighbors and all that.)
- dpark 11y agoAn HOA could be structured such that it only has the power to do specific things. Need the HOA to maintain a shared road? Structure it such that maintenance of that specific road is all it can do, and all it can raise fees for. Also set it up so that changing the HOA responsibilities requires a unanimous vote. The real trick to having a good HOA is probably structuring it such that it cannot morph into a bad one.
- cookiecaper 11y agoIn some areas, HOAs are nearly universal. HOAs are often a compromise that you have to make.