Yeah, some of the rules I love.... they keep the neighborhood looking nice and keep the trash out.
No dishes on the front of the house works for me... keep the street sides looking clean. Not parking outside is hit and miss for me. I see what they are doing... keeping people from owning a ton of cars and parking them outside. We also have rules about clutter in the front yards, non-running vehicles getting towed (so junkers are sitting there rusting away), keeping your grass mowed, no loud parties etc... From my experience, the HOA is always willing to work with you if you talk to them about things. (IE: You want to have a superbowl party and lots of people will be parking on the street. If you tell them in advance, they'll help you out and approve it all with parking passes etc... If you just do it and they find out, they'll tow each and every car and send you the bill.)
The reality is HOAs are usually trying to keep all included/surrounding property values high. If you are a homeowner, it usually work FOR you if you are ok with the rules. Imagine having a really nice house, then not being able to sell it for it's full value because the surrounding places are trashed out and making it look ghetto.
No dishes on the front of the house works for me... keep the street sides looking clean. Not parking outside is hit and miss for me. I see what they are doing... keeping people from owning a ton of cars and parking them outside. We also have rules about clutter in the front yards, non-running vehicles getting towed (so junkers are sitting there rusting away), keeping your grass mowed, no loud parties etc... From my experience, the HOA is always willing to work with you if you talk to them about things. (IE: You want to have a superbowl party and lots of people will be parking on the street. If you tell them in advance, they'll help you out and approve it all with parking passes etc... If you just do it and they find out, they'll tow each and every car and send you the bill.)
The reality is HOAs are usually trying to keep all included/surrounding property values high. If you are a homeowner, it usually work FOR you if you are ok with the rules. Imagine having a really nice house, then not being able to sell it for it's full value because the surrounding places are trashed out and making it look ghetto.
