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Saturday, September 12, 2009

HOA...what good are they?

You know renting was so much easier and stress free. But home ownership is not bad, in fact it is a wonderful thing. Except for my useless Homeowners Association.

The Gatlin Place HOA charges $250.00 a year and is supposed to take care of the neighborhood. As far as I can tell, the current board took on more then they could handle. The rules of the HOA are not enforced, the website is not maintained and the residents really do not step up to help. It looks as though I am going to be that guy, you know the one that stirs shit up just to get results.

I am unable to walk through my neighborhood with my son without walking through the streets instead of the sidewalk. Why you ask? Because people pile so much shit in their garages that they can't pull their cars into the garage. Evidently these residents don't believe in throwing stuff away. Let's keep it for a raining day attitudes. But I should not be surprised, this is the attitude of most Americans. Because they are all hoarders in training their cars are stacked end to end and over lap the sidewalk. This is compounded by the unauthorized garage sales every freakn weekend. You now have professional hoarders of other people cast offs driving way too fast through the neighborhood.

Lawn care and landscaping issues are not enforced by the HAO. I have neighbors that could careless what their lawns or the exterior of their homes look like. There are more weeds and long grass then is allowed. The board does nothing about this. It is sad that I paid good money for a home in a neighborhood where a section of the residents don't give a damn. It is even sadder that I pay someone to care and enforce the laws of the community. I have no recourse but to complain yet again. If I could oust the current board I would.

I'm not sure if the rest of you have experience a situation such as this but if you have I feel your pain. The HOA is set up to assist it's residence not make excuses that they are not able to catch all infractions. If you can't do the job, step aside and let someone else take charge.

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