Florida HOA rules

fish6942 · Addict Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 603

I'm guessing an HOA wouldn't take kindly to my shooting range and ATV trails?? No f'ing way I'd go back to living in the city.

goofyboy · Posted: Apr 16, 2014 6:04 am Post subject:

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

Partyb · Posted: Apr 16, 2014 8:38 am Post subject:

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

Partyb, thanks for your insights into this. I did not read the contract or have access to it until after the fact. It's not my parents house either. From your assumptions in the first post I'm gonna have to go with option C and partially B. I figured out that basically the realtor misinformed them on the process and wasn't very good, but that being said I would have been reviewing the contract and the process before purchasing in a HOA community. I was just surprised from your answer as to how much power they actually have in being able to enforce such stupid clauses. I'm not really sure what a F2F is going to accomplish vs. a 30-min skype or something. And it's not that anyone is opposed to it, just that you'd think the HOA would be more accommodating when considering the circumstances. Like you said though, a bunch of old people with nothing else to do.

pyrocasto · Posted: Apr 16, 2014 7:29 pm Post subject:

Yup, those people arent me either. My current place has rules to follow, but only in reguards to building. They expire after 25 years also. The idea was to make sure only nice homes got built here, which keeps out trashy people and helps upkeep. But where many of you have lawn after lawn, we have woods. Very Happy

If my neighbor didnt mow his grass I wouldnt know, but if he tried to put a trailer on his property no deal.

Partyb · Posted: Apr 17, 2014 5:49 am Post subject:

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

Partyb · Posted: Apr 21, 2014 7:10 am Post subject:

I'm still trying to get a figure on "how FL rolls."

My hypothesis, based on some fact, is that FL growth first concentrated on rich folks with winter homes on the ocean/water; think Palm Beach. The servants and poorer service people all lived across the ICWW on the mainland, but still near the shore. This is where most of the smaller homes and crappier areas are now concentrated in SoFlo, approximately between I-95 and Federal Hwy/US1. That is in general, a stuff area, with no HOA's b/c they didn't exist then. My theory is that after the invention of a/c at affordable prices, FL really started taking off but mainly west of the already then populated eastern shore. The western lands were bought up by big developers in huge tracts that developed lands not one house at a time, but 100's at a time in a planned community and hence associations became the norm. Additionally, all the older communities and condos for the stereotypical FL retiree is all associations, but those people want that due to association assuming many of the responsibilities for maintenance, lawn, etc.

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

Partyb, in my experience, based on nothing but my own observation, is that the level of annoyance of an HOA is directly proportional to the ages of the HOA board members. I call it the "get off my (perfectly manicured) lawn" effect. Laughing

vette74 · Posted: Apr 21, 2014 7:28 am Post subject:

My second house I bought had an HOA. The number 2 item on the list had "no negros" the house was a little old. Actually my new house has a HOA and they selectively enforce the HOA rules. For example we remodeled my house and I had my trailer in my driveway to haul off debris we got a letter from the HOA to remove the trailer, however the president of the HOA has a trailer he keeps for his golf cart.

RampageWake · Posted: Apr 21, 2014 8:19 am Post subject:

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

*YAY for me! Laughing

Back in 2000, we had an HOA. I just got a new puppy, who was small enough to fit through the wrought iron fence in my backyard. So, to keep her in, I put a baby gate behind the wrought iron gate.

Got a letter from the HOA demanding I remove the "non-approved" gate.

I wish I had a copy of the letter I sent back. It was some of my best work. Laughing

eeven73 · Posted: Apr 21, 2014 9:15 am Post subject:

When I first got married I moved into my wives condo with a HOA.

Place had no AC so each summer we would put a window unit AC up. 10 days later I would get a letter demanding removal of unit. I would take it down for two days, then right back up. Rinse, lather, repeat. The only time in my life I have been thankful for Oregon's brief summers.

brew · Posted: Apr 27, 2014 1:30 pm Post subject:

eeven73 · Posted: Apr 28, 2014 6:43 am Post subject:

They went up because everyone wants to live next to the Bellagio.

Does it have a light show as well?

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

brew · Posted: Apr 28, 2014 6:11 pm Post subject:

eeven73 · Posted: Apr 29, 2014 6:15 am Post subject:

it is probably better in my mind anyway.

I am picturing Analyze This when DeNiro gives Billy Crystal the huge fountain.

brew · Posted: Apr 29, 2014 10:31 am Post subject:

Way better in your head. It's like a 3 ft tall blue swimming pool with a 3 tier concrete thing in the middle that water runs down. They used red brick edgers to hide the sides and then surrounded it with rose bushes. These are small lots so it takes up 1/4 of the front yard.

Aubs · Motorboat Queen Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9167