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I lived in a HOA that was pretty cool once. The president had been the same guy, Bill, since the development had started, about 15 years when I moved in. He was a retired wood/metal shop teacher on dis*bility and ran the HOA incredibly well. Common areas were well kept, yearly 4th of July party at the neighborhood park/clubhouse that was always great, and super mellow on the HOA violations, always working with people who were having a hard time keeping up with yard work and the like by organizing a volunteer group of neighbors to help out. I read the original CC&Rs when the HOA was first formed and the amendments, and he has systematically convinced the members to remove all the small nitpicky rules like paint colors, fence styles, etc.
He told me there was only house that the HOA ever had to theaten with fines and it was because they had at big old sh*ty RV they kept parking in the street next to an intersection where you couldn’t see oncoming traffic. Great guy but he also probably gave it 20+ hours a week.
He [passed] about a year after I moved in, and the VP convinced the members to get a management company to handle the HOA. Within a year everything had gone to sh** and our dues had almost doubled with less services, nobody volunteered anymore. I ended up selling and moving for work and never even looked at a house in an HOA after that. RIP Bill you were a unicorn and we didn’t deserve you.
Author: Kayitsi.com
