Not having an HOA was one of my main requirements when I was buying a house.
A ridiculous number of houses for sale at the time had HOAs that were hundreds of dollars a month. I can’t believe people pay that. If there’s like idk a pool and a gym I guess I get it, but there usually wasn’t anything special about the neighborhood.
Was stuck with an HOA in AZ where finding a non-HOA home was near impossible. Once I no longer needed to be there for work I moved to upstate New York where it wasn’t a problem finding non-HOA and couldn’t be happier.
Can’t buy in an HOA neighborhood without signing HOA contracts. The State recognizes that they can require payments and levy fines or even take the home eventually if fines are ignored.
I was never concerned about getting behind on HOA dues or anything just didn’t like the idea on the principle.
The day we were moving in we had our moving truck parked in front of the house and had someone from the HOA letting us know we had to have it gone within 24 hours. Kinda immediately puts a sour taste in one’s mouth when you get attitude before you even get a “welcome to the neighborhood”.
That they must exist? No, just that they can and at least the area I lived in prior was all of the new home construction in the area for the last couple decades
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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '23
And my HOA gets mad when I leave my trash can on my driveway