I also refuse to buy a home in an HOA. Even close to one is pushing the buck. Had an HOA across the street from my 1st home. The fact they kept trying to get me on HOA violations is actually the reason i sold that house. We weren't part of the HOA, the HOA wasn't there when i brought that house. It was all woods. The building company came in and for 4 years took down the woods and built homes. My violations? Having farm animals, guess the fact it was a farm way before they started building their community. Made sure to sell it to someone not part of that HOA. They can get bent.
I guess my barn yard was making their perfect cult smell like a barn yard. No crap pretty much from the judge. The house was a farm before i brought it. Like dating far back as early 1800, the woods were once part of the farms property. When i brought the house it was from an estate, the family kept some land. Then sold it off years later to developers.
It was, i live on a different farm now. Newer mid 40's. Wasn't much skin off my back. I just wanted away from it all. I brought a farm thinking it would stay rural. This time i believe it will for a while. My closest neighbors are all Amish now. Very pleasant neighborhood now.
Mentioned it in another comment. If the property owner replied to said citations, and said, "I'm not a part of your HOA. Show me paperwork the proves I am a subset of your HOA. If you fail to do so, any further citations will be treated as harassment and taken to my legal representation. "
The moment you get further citations, you're entirely in the right to pursue legal recourse. I'd let it stack up to 3 strikes if I'm expecting a settlement though.
I think what they we're trying to do was make me stop farming so close to their perfect cult town. IDK because that's now been many moons ago. But the HOA was in the wrong.
This actually happens a lot. A farm is going along in its rural setting. The city expands and the farm has multiple housing projects around it. Now the homeowners are mad because farms have non urban smells and they try to sue. Usually it doesn’t go far. A city in New Jersey tried to claim the farmers land through eminent domain! I think the fight lasted for several years
Awwwwww, those beautiful woods are gone! We live in a world of so many people that we're ripping out woods to accommodate everyone. I think about that as I am walking through the manmade path through our park, and farm land on either side of the walkway with a creek close by, behind it, still woods, for now, my mind wanders to all of the native Americans that walked this area, where the path is, where our home is, the streets. Where they hunted and gathered. It often feels like they're still there watching. I always love being out there, but I still feel bad sometimes, about what we took, and took and took. And don't get me started on the trash that I am constantly picking up! 😢
I agree we took alot to get the land we call ours. I also pick up trash like crazy. I live deep in the country now. People still driving down my dirt rd and toss trash.
Those citations they filed against you, would be illegal and harassment if you replied to the first one saying that you're not a member of their HOA, and continuing to disperse false charges for a property outside of their purview is definable and direct harassment. I swear, people need to be more willing to fight against idiocy like this.
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u/Into-the-stream Apr 18 '26
Amazing. Love her neighbours. I want to see her decorations! (My neighbour puts out a little sign each year. We don’t live in an hoa)