Do any of you live in a HOA with restrictions on trucks?

[Naranjita]

I live in the middle of 5 acres in a dense rain forest and I have never met my neighbors on any side of me. The hell that I would let any of them determine what I do on my property. I do my best to make sure my enjoyment of my property doesn't interfere with theirs. And I keep my fences well maintained. Good fences make for good neighbors.

I don't think any of them even know that I have a new day-glow Ford Maverick. And that's just fine by me.

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[Shakesbear]

So I don't live in a HOA community but one of my friends does. I was telling him about my Maverick order when he mentioned "oh my HOA doesn't allow pickup trucks to be parked in the community over night so I can't get one." I thought this was odd, but he showed me a copy of the by-laws and sure enough, no pickup trucks parked overnight in driveways or on the street. My friend has a home gym taking up his entire garage, so sure enough, no truck for him.

I thought about all you first time truck buyers and wondered, how many of you live in HOAs that have similar restrictions, and if so, is there an appeal/exemption process for non-commercial vehicles?

Lived in Greatwood down in Sugarland, TX in the 90's. The HOA did not like cars parked on the street overnight, but my neighbor had a Z71 along with her bad ass sponsored Bass boat parked in her driveway with no problem. I live on a 10 acre hillside now, so I can park a Sherman tank here if I want to

PS: the street is too far away to park on

 

[NJ Pinelands]

In the counties by the New Jersey Shore, there are quite a few adult/senior citizen communities with an HOA. Ones that I have been in n or heard about all have community parking lots for overflow vehicles—boats, Winnebagos, motorcycles. Just park it there.

 

[teh603]

HOAs are just plain evil, from the beginning when they were founded to keep three specific ethnic groups from living in new suburban neighborhoods. And then some idiot judge decided that they need to be allowed to foreclose on peoples' houses because I have no freaking idea why.

I admit I'm no libertarian, and that's a topic for another board entirely, but HOAs flat need to go.

 

[Egz]

HOAs can be as good or as evil as the residents make it. There are some really horrible HOAs. I live in one right now, and it really lax. One neighbor has a diesel truck with a turbo so large it sounds like a jet warming up. 3 more trucks around me all with aftermarket exhausts, which also like to idle to warm up for 5-10 minutes before leaving. A Harley behind me who's exhaust causes everything to shake. Hence, teleworking can be quite annoying.

All it does is to ensure common areas are maintained (pool, parking, etc), and that houses aren't being modified in crazy ways and are being maintained.

 

[volksnuts]

I live in Katy,TX so almost every house has at least one truck
HOAs in theory are good but like many have said it all depends on those that run it
Our old hood had a non-functioning HOA and our neighbor decided it was ok to basically run a used car lot from his front yard (and all down the street)
I’m talking about cars parked in the grass half assembled
He even parked a trailer with jet skis in my yard (for a day, made him move it obviously)
Nothing worse than a neighbor making our street look super trashy
When we and our friends across the street decided to sell we worked a deal with him to keep his crap in check (pretty sure they paid him)

The new hood is a new build community with way more amenities than I would ever care about, but my daughter loves it and she’s what’s important
The HOA is fully reasonable, so far no real jackassery, but I don’t mind the hotrod golf carts and sidebysides either

One day I hope to live on some property where I won’t know who’s around me
That sounds like a dream

 

[olderbudwiser]

So can you get a vehicle wrap that looks like a Camry?

 

[GaMaverick]

HOA, no one in their right mind would live in one if they didn’t have too. Not unless you like being controlled or told what you can do with your property and house.

 

[TopGunGoose]

Imagine the horror if you came home one day, and $100K worth of property was stolen! Big deal, right?

The same thing is effectively happening if you bought in to a say $500K home, but because the neighborhood started to go to crap and was unattractive to home shoppers, the value dropped to $400K. Maybe you're rich, but losing $100K is pretty scary to me.

As mentioned, there were literally a lot of rich investors that would scheme to make this happen on purpose, say there would be some natural downturn and some people would move out of their homes. The realestate investor would purchase them all at slightly reduced market rate, but then rent them out to section-8 or something, as the home owners saw their property values plummet, they try to rush to sell while they still have some home value left, further driving the price down w/ the realestate investor buys up and repeats the process. Now there is total panic and people just take what the investor is offering, because no one wants to move into this neighborhood anymore after driving through and looking at the nearby properties. Homeowners practically go bankrupt from the sudden massive debt they have accumulated based on the reduced resale value of their home. Realestate investor buys more at really low prices, eventually ceases the rent contracts when they expire to evict them, renovates the homes or builds something else more lucrative in their place, and voila set for life. In response to this, HOAs were created that put restrictions on a owner's ability to drastically reduce the neighborhood's property values like renting out, purchasing multiple properties in the same area, or allowing the property to fall into a dilapidated state.

I'm actually in the market right now, and luckily we do have a HOA farmed out to an independent and impartial company that overseas many neighborhoods in the region, and so if you have a fence that fell down or weeds everywhere or something, they can step in to make sure your property has maximum resale value, which is great because sure enough our market value is WAY more than what we initially paid. The HOA also allows for the maintenance of communal things that the neighborhood can enjoy, like a pool, little park, playground, and beautifying other common areas that are always mowed and plants maintained or maintain the security and gates if its a gated community.

HOA's were created as a tool to continue with racist policies and keep out certain ethnicities, the argument they "help retain value" is disingenuous at best. Also timber frame homes are not guaranteed to go up in value, the amount of maintenance they require as they age makes this all but a certainty.

All this to say you have no guarantee even with an HOA that your home will be worth more in the future, and you shouldn't have one. No one should in a truly free market economy.

 

[CenTexMav]

I am in central Texas... almost everyone on the street has a pickup. I think it is pretty silly for HOAs to ban do a blanket ban like that. If the streets are wide enough, I don't have a problem with parking along the curb. There are some streets that are really too narrow. It makes sense that they would be restricted.

 

[Jakb]

Lived in an HOA with the worst management. Literally the stereotype of bad HOA. An old racist and super judgy couple who would roll around the neighborhood in their golf cart and take notes. Any question of their power or attempt to oust them resulted in them levying $1000s of fines and other stuff. After I left a lawyer moved in, fought them, lost and moved out.

The BEST you can hope for in an HOA is that you never hear from it. The worst is they seize your home. That's not worth the gamble for "maintaining your property value"

I live in the city now and I love it. The city will get after folks for too much garbage and parked cars, but the rules are enforced equally and are VERY clear.

I have some weirdo neighbors and even an abandoned house on my block, but the property values are doing fine because people don't expect suburb glam.

 

[Dechion]

I don't have an HOA, and honestly can't see why anyone would put up with one. Even ones that seem OK at the time of purchase can evolve into something totally different as board members come and go and rules change.

I know there are some who like them, including some of my family members, but even they complain at times. (One was fined by the HOA for having the same mailbox as the HOA president, which came with the houses, for example)

The only time I see value in one is for connected structures such as condos, where joint repairs and services may be needed, and even then there is plenty of room for problems.

 

[JASmith]

HOA's were created as a tool to continue with racist policies

That's been unenforceable since the Supreme Court ruling in 1948, and double-illegal in 1968 that further banned anything remotely race based in the housing industry. Since most HOAs were created after the 70s, that's obviously nonsense peddled by individuals that just don't like the idea of someone telling them to not leave their trashcan in front of the street all week, to take down the santa decorations since its already February, to maintain their property to a certain standard, or have to ask for approval to make modifications (which can be annoying).

In any case, its nice that people have the choice to either purchase in a HOA or not. Personally, I probably wouldn't even want an HOA if I had a very large property, because the neighbors don't really matter at that point and in those rural locations you're probably not sharing community landscaping and a community pool that needs dues to be paid to maintain that shared property.

But when you are sharing community property like that, particularly if its gated and you have to pay security too, and the houses are so close together that they are practically touching, then having a GOOD home owner's association that can set bare minimum acceptable standards and ensure that people are all contributing their fees to pay for community landscaping and what not is just a smart way to protect your long-term investment.

 

[DeanR]

If we had a HOA for Maverick's they would all be silver XLT Hybrid with Michelin tires and no floormats. Good thing we don't have one.

 

[jc888888888]

Absurd ,but possibly true .... Restrictive unreasonable BY laws in HOA,s are turned over in court routinely ..no commercial vehicles in driveways that is Very enforceable... No pick up trucks ?? The first sign of a lawyer or litigation the HOA will cave.

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