https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 14 Nov 2026 02:45:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa/page/2#post-1516544 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 09:02:30 +0000 alohaorchid 1516544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Where we are right now has two. One for our section of the neighbourhood, which is $153 a month and they take care of the landscaping park thing right by our house as well as snow removal, etc. Then there's one for the entire neighbourhood, which is $450/year and that's for usage of the private lake.</p> <p>Our new neighbourhood doesn't have any. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa/page/2#post-1487584 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 18:15:05 +0000 teamjse 1487584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes we have HOA, but in our area it's really the norm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa/page/2#post-1487520 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:34:03 +0000 AmandaB8 1487520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do, but there are few restrictions. Like, no junk in your front yard or furniture other than outdoor furniture outside (which really is an issue in Missouri). We pay $47 a year, and it covers a security car, snow plowing, and common area upkeep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa/page/2#post-1487358 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:16:22 +0000 cranberryapple 1487358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live in a condo, so we have an HOA, and I haaaateee it!! We pay $520 a month for it too! It does cover water though, so at least we don't have to worry about that. We live on the second story and we had a tree outside that was literally growing its branches against our roof. I requested that they trim the tree twice and they NEVER did it, even when they said they would. DH finally got fed up and decided to go out and buy a trimmer and do it himself! Our HOA has also gotten us in at least two current litigations that have been on-going for more than a year, and we were unable to re-finance when the rates were amazing, AND if we were to sell our condo, the buyers would have to pay all-cash because no bank will offer a loan when an HOA is under litigation!! AHHHHH!!! I want to rip my hair out!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa/page/2#post-1486793 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 13:18:19 +0000 LindsayInNY 1486793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: Well, we have 11 different buildings so I could buy 11 different console tables and mirrors? We've been having issue with smokers downstairs and I would love to get on the board and make some changes with that... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa/page/2#post-1486770 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 13:09:02 +0000 Anagram 1486770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mamimami: our building now is a HUGE step up in the "respect" area. We don't have major things like dog poop in the hall (thank goodness!). That's just unexcusable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa/page/2#post-1486751 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 13:06:18 +0000 Anagram 1486751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: when you get on the board, just don't buy a new console table and mirror for the foyer without a professional to help. ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa/page/2#post-1486069 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 10:03:19 +0000 LindsayInNY 1486069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live in a condo so yes. And, ironically, I want to be on the board because I don't like how our current board is handling some things! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa/page/2#post-1485784 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 08:52:40 +0000 LuLu Mom 1485784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, it's fairly cheap anad doesn't really do anything besides maintain/mow a public area. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa/page/2#post-1485774 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 08:48:32 +0000 mamimami 1485774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: Dude, I am glad you find these people funny because I want to punch them all in the face. Like the person whose dog crapped in the lobby? And the other person who put a sign on it? Or the time when we organized a Halloween party for the kids, and someone ripped the invitation into a million pieces and shoved it into my mailbox? I am still watching my back, those are the kind of people who knife you.</p> <p>Anyone who thinks mankind is inherently good has never been involved with a condo board. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa/page/2#post-1485716 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 08:27:29 +0000 swurlygurl 1485716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do, but it's just fees for trash and recycling pickup. It would have been more expensive for us to buy our own trash and recycling pickup, so it didn't bother us too much. I actually wish it was a little more bossy, because we have some nasty houses in our neighborhood, dragging down our value :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa#post-1485642 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 07:52:13 +0000 Alivoo01 1485642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our current home - no. I loved not having an HOA and someone telling me yay or nay on something. </p> <p>Our new home - yes. It's expensive and doesn't cover anything either. WTF?! No common area/club house, no park, no pool. Nothing.</p> <p>Older neighborhoods don't have HOAs, but nicer/newer neighborhoods do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa#post-1485432 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:48:33 +0000 lemondrop 1485432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, but I wouldn't necessarily mind one since we have some pretty crappy home owners in our neighborhood and have to rely on the city to get them to keep their yards maintained. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa#post-1485218 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:13:01 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1485218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes but ours is super lax so it's all good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa#post-1485156 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:40:25 +0000 DillonLion 1485156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. Our neighborhood has several pools and parks and the grounds are lovely and well kept. The rules keep our neoghborhood neat and orderly. Im totally fine having an HOA. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa#post-1485008 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:39:39 +0000 mrs. 64 1485008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No we don't. They are pretty uncommon here unless it is a condo. I think I would have a hard time with one. Our in laws have one and have gotten some of the nasty letters before. I'm shocked because they are very diligent about keeping their yard nice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa#post-1484977 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:25:43 +0000 MsMamaBear 1484977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, most subdivisions around here do. I hate them sometimes, but they do keep people in check. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa#post-1484972 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:23:29 +0000 Ginabean3 1484972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilyann: same! we do and it definitely keeps the neighborhood looking nice. ours is interesting because it's NOT a new build community. there is a really nice clubhouse with a gym, pools, tennis courts, and lake that we can use too!</p> <p>also, they don't seem nitpicky here about stuff (we only moved in Dec.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa#post-1484946 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:13:57 +0000 808love 1484946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: you tell great stories! Stickynote keepers lol!!<br /> We have no HOA and specifically chose a neighborhood that didn't based on cost alone. There are neighborhood dramas regardless. I feel the plusses balance out the minuses. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa#post-1484273 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:17:13 +0000 pinkcupcake 1484273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, and they are so freaking irritating. It's mostly a bunch of older retired ppl here with nothing better to do than measure each blade of grass to make sure it's the proper length. So. Annoying. I totally agree with enforcing rules about tidiness, trash cans, Etc but sometimes they just take it too far </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa#post-1484271 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:16:13 +0000 avivoca 1484271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We specifically looked for a neighborhood without an HOA. We didn't want anyone telling us what we can/can't do with the outside of our house and our property. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa#post-1484265 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:14:37 +0000 shinymama 1484265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. I don't mind them too much because {as someone commented} they help keep the "bad neighbors" from in check. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa#post-1484254 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:12:17 +0000 chopsuey 1484254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our condo does. Our house does not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa#post-1484248 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:09:52 +0000 MrsH 1484248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, the fees go towards the street lights and plowing the road. It's pretty relaxed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa#post-1484242 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:07:50 +0000 spaniellove 1484242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: Oh man, condo boards/associations are something else! DH was on the board for our old building and still works with them because of his job and they are a handful. Last I heard they're renovating the lobby and you can imagine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa#post-1484174 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:42:27 +0000 yoursilverlining 1484174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes - both for the condo we own and our home. I like having the HOA; neither is obnoxious, but the rules ensure that people's homes and yards are kept up with and clean, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa#post-1484169 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:40:03 +0000 HabesBabe 1484169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, we didn't want to live in a neighborhood with HOAs or Mello-Roos. We live in an older suburban neighborhood with neither :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa#post-1484164 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:38:25 +0000 Anagram 1484164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yup. But we live in a condo building so it's inavoidable. We also have an email listserv full of hilarity, so it almost makes paying the fees worth it. </p> <p>There was the lady who took a picture of trash in the hallway and emailed it to everyone demanding to know the perpetrator.</p> <p>Another man sent out a long diatribe saying he claimed a coffee table from the trash room (someone else was throwing it out), and put a sticky note with his name, but then someone ELSE took it (Um...maybe the trash people?) He was so steamed, he sent out an accusatory email to all, daring the person to step forward and "return his rightful property". Um, no...I'm pretty sure with trash, it's finders-keepers, not finders-sticky note-keepers.</p> <p>And the HOA board members "updated" our lobby with new paint, and a new console table and mirror and people lost their SHIZ because every disagreed with what type of console table and mirror should be in the lobby (although the one thing everyone could agree on was that they hated the table and mirror that the HOA board chose).</p> <p>There were so many "reply all" comments demanding to know which decorator was hired for the job, and then the hapless single-guy HOA president who admitted he just picked it out himself. I don't think he knew what he was getting into when he made that console-mirror decision. ;-)</p> <p>And don't even get me started on the reports of nanny and dogwalker "wrongdoings" that again, are emailed out to us all. </p> <p>Entertainment for days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa#post-1484118 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:23:37 +0000 spaniellove 1484118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't and wish we had one. Most homeowners in our neighborhood work really hard to keep up their properties, doing annual renovations and a lot of maintenance to their yards, while some can't be bothered to rake a single leaf. It would be nice to have a little consistency - and maybe someone to come down on the house that parks six cars, including two clearly commercial vans across the street. It's at a school crossing and everyone has to squeeze past the parked cars, almost hitting the kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-hoa#post-1484107 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:21:20 +0000 looch 1484107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My town is older and there are few developments, so the majority of homes do not have HOAs. </p>