*** To quote Scarlett O’Hara, “As God is my witness, I’ll nevah buy in an HOA again!”***
Agreed, at least, not if we can help it!!
A couple of years ago, there was a neighbor on the board as president who was just a power hungry beeotch. She made things difficult and unfriendly here for 2 years.
One time she sent a nasty letter to a homeowner threatening them with hefty fines if they didn’t maintain their lawn as often as she wanted. What she didn’t know is that it was an elderly couple, and the husband passed away from CoVid the month before. Well, other neighbors heard about the widow’s dilemma, and mowed her lawn for her.
People are still helping out that family from time to time, but that was one incident (among several) that were just outrageous. People need to be compassionate instead of sticking by the fine print on the by-laws sometimes. I am so glad I don’t live near that lady. She would be hard to get along with.
My ex-mother in law was once an HOA ruler.