The HOA documents do not mention flagpoles.
The Board is complaint is based on “aesthetic guidelines”.
If a flagpole was specifically mentioned, there is no question, it has to come down unless approved.
My advice to all of you—do not buy in an HOA controlled community. If you love the community, rent there, but do not buy.
You will have little, if any, control over your monthly dues and increases.
It all sounds rosy when you are buying, then when you live under the control of the developer or the HOA Nazis, the dream turns into a nightmare, even if you think you understand what you bought into.
I know from personal experience.
Do not buy in an HOA neighborhood.
Precisely!
funny story......... ..... back 40+ years ago in HS, my friend lived in one of those communities and was regulated to the max. Somehow, the local garbage contractor bought a home there....after a few months he started to leave 3 or 4 garbage trucks parked out front of his house, in this High Tone neigborhood....
and do you know what the committee did about it.
NOTHING, BUPKISS, ZERO, ZILCH, NADDA...
because the carting company owner was a Mafiosi....and they were scarred $h!tless of him.....
You offer some excellent advice.
Most HOA guidelines don’t specifically mention pink flamingoes, but they are regularly rejected because they violate aesthetic guidelines.
Some people seem to think that every item you could possibly imagine to put in your front yard has to explicitly be mentioned and banned in order to be rejected.
Instead, since the flag pole is NOT mentioned, it does leave it up to the discretion of the board. If the community wanted to allow flagpoles, they would have mentioned flagpoles as being permitted, and given guidelines as to location, height, and lighting restrictions.
I’m sure the HOA has a rule about front yards, something like “all man-made items of a permanent nature exceeding 12 inches in height must be approved for aesthetics and compatability with the look and feel of the community. If approved, county and state rules regarding permits must be followed. Plans must be submitted indicating the location of the item, it’s height, color, and use”
If the HOA has the right to stop people from putting totem poles in their front yards, they have a right to stop flag poles.