HOA sues retired Texas City couple for up to $100,000 for flower beds that don’t meet guidelines

KHOU7 ^ | Dec. 7, 2019 | Chris Costa

[bgill]

Among other violations, the HOA says the plants don't hide the foundation.

Sorry, Dorothy, the HOA is the overlord of your property. Never ever move into an HOA.

[BunnySlippers]

Stupid buy a home yet do not read the contract!

[hinckley buzzard]

This is why I would never buy a home under control of a HOA. They typically are dominated by busybody nitwits.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

HOAs are poison - you give control over your property to a committee of local busy bodies.

[DivineMomentsOfTruth]

Sorry, Dorothy, the HOA is the overlord of your property. Never ever move into an HOA.

Exactly right.

[bigbob]

Git ‘em! Those lawless bastids!

[wastedyears]

HOAs as an entity must die 1000 deaths.

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

NEVER, EVER, buy a home that has HOA’s NEVER!!!

[LegendHasIt]

In before the FReepers that love their HOA;

You know, the ones who prefer security over freedom, the ones who want everyone in their neighborhood to march in lockstep with everyone else.

Keeps their property values higher, dontcha know.

[Trumplican]

We do alot of contracting work in HOA neighborhoods. The properties look the best and the home values are usually the highest.

HOA’s can be overbearing bit so can sloppy, loud neighbors.

[alternatives?]

A coupe of observations.

The plants are not full grown. Will they eventually cover the foundation?

Why not just pile up pine straw 4 inches next to the house to cover the foundation.

[Hugh the Scot]

Your property value is not your neighbor’s concern.

[Vigilanteman]

busybody nitwits?

More like Junior Nazis.

[DivineMomentsOfTruth]

This is why I would never buy a home under control of a HOA. They typically are dominated by busybody nitwits

Busybody nitwits.. No truer words have been spoken! It's usually just one person who is a self-proclaimed "bigshot" suffering from dementia. The rest are those who just go along to get along.. and others who try to reign in the little Dictator.. then after a couple of years, quit in disgust.

[Vigilanteman]

Keeps their property values higher, dontcha know.

No it doesn't. Property values in West Berlin were always higher than their counterparts in East Berlin before the wall came down.

[Drew68]

Keeps their property values higher, dontcha know.

Stupid Freepers and their property values impinging upon my God-given right to leave rusty transmissions laying in my front yard and run a 24/7/365 garage sale out of my driveway!

[Drew68]

Your property value is not your neighbor’s concern.

Nobody held a gun to my neighbor and made him sign a HOA contract. He enjoyed the freedom to find a home somewhere else.

But he signed the contract, as did the rest of us, so he'd better abide by the terms. It becomes my concern when my pocket is getting picked.

[Hot Tabasco]

. Never ever move into an HOA.

When administered properly, an HOA is a necessity. I have lived under one for 18 years and all they have done is good for the complex.

It's not loaded with busy bodies who are ultimately the sources of these problems.

The problem with HOA's is that the only people willing to run for office are the left wing anal retentive nazis who want to control everything by the book.

With that being said, your HOA is only as good as the people you elect to the board. There is no way in hell this couple would have been attacked by the board members in my complex and would have likely been celebrated for attention to their property........

[Chickensoup]

old transmissions?

Heck, we have old tractor parts and truck tires all over the front yard.

and three cars up on blocks.

people get fussy sometimes.

[faithhopecharity]

We stay away from HOA’s and other Communist party block cells in general.