Oh, well. Their loss.
Posted on 07/26/2023 7:05:51 AM PDT by CFW
Ownership of electric vehicles may be on the rise, but one Florida homeowner is still getting grief from his homeowners’ association about his new Rivian R1T.
Weston Hills Country Club resident Glenn Gordon describes his surprise when he received a letter from his HOA telling him that his pickup is against community regulations and that he could not keep it parked in his driveway overnight, local news station WPLG reported.
The neighborhood rules, which were reportedly written in the 1980s, stipulate that trucks, trailers, RVs, and commercial vehicles cannot be parked in the community overnight.
The HOA says that Gordon has to park his pickup in his garage. If he fails to comply, he could face fines and penalties and even lose his home. But Gordon believes that the community’s rules are outdated and could hamper the neighborhood’s desirability in the long run.
“It’s a different world. Tesla’s coming out with cybertrucks,” he points out. “And it may hurt our home values, as the new vehicles come out. We’re going to discourage people from buying in our community.”
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Person living in a HOA controlled subdivision purchases an EV truck. However, government agencies and local fire officials issue a warning not to park an EV in an attached garage due to fire hazards so he parks his new vehicle in the driveway. The HOA requires a homeowner to park their EV in their garage or risk fines and sends repeated notices to that effect. The homeowner finally complies and soon thereafter the EV catches fire and burns the house down. Could the HOA be held liable for homeowner's damages?
Another case of a dumbass not reading his HOA (aside from acceding to an HOA by buying a home governed by one in the first place).
Everything else is consequential to the original choice and a discussion which is moot.
Big difference between “rules” and deed restrictions.
The HOA policy is invalid as it is not in keeping with Health, Safety & Welfare requirements.
He KNEW what the rules were....dumbass should have read them better.
I SWEAR I didn’t read yours first....SWEAR!
“He KNEW what the rules were....dumbass should have read them better.”
It is much more fun to make a spectacle and whine and cry and complain—welcome to 2023!
Calling a Rivian a ‘truck’ is debatable..................
100% correct
HOA’s are the worst. No thanks, and yes i know we have Freepers who are on their HOA boards.
So,
1. Why doesn't he park it in his garage, and
2. who'd buy a house with a HOA?
Sympathy, but…a truck is a truck.
Why is it ok if it’s electric vs. gasoline?
Seems the “outdated” is a complete non-sequitur.
HOA’s for all their warts, were designed to keep your neighbors from running down your nice neighborhood and making it look trashy. That said, in some states, HOA’s have been found to only be able to dictate what takes place on the property itself, not the public thoroughfares. What happen then is people just park in the street, which is defeats the purpose of telling people not to leave cars parked in the driveway.
So fire regulations acknowledge there is a fire risk with their beloved electrics?
I thought people would want to park their electrics in garages for easy access to charging.
Good God. Electrics keep looking worse every day.
People wonder how they will control the whole population.
His neighbors don’t want their houses burning down. Oh what oppression.
Sometimes there is little choice. Unless you want a really cruddy risky-dink ancient house.
“The HOA policy is invalid as it is not in keeping with Health, Safety & Welfare requirements.”
I don’t think so. There’s no reason he can’t park his truck off the premises of the HOA, and comply with both.
I don’t know if the policy is valid or not, I do know that in some HOAs satellite dishes were banned, that became unenforceable when small satellite dishes became available, now the HOAs can’t stop them.
I suspect in this particular case the guy was not well like in the neighborhood and someone has a grudge against him, I’ve seen that in a couple HOAs I’ve been involved in.
When this subdivision was built, I suspect the intent of the HOA was to keep out work vehicles and heavy-duty trucks that are not appealing to a country club community neighborhood.
A Rivian Truck can be valued up to 100k, which is probably a lot more than other vehicles in the neighborhood.
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