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2011-06-23 Great White North

Neighbors pull plug on injured vet's home

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Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-06-23 10:01|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Bastards, caring more about their homes value.
(Sarc)

Posted by Redneck Jim 2011-06-23 10:34|| 2011-06-23 10:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Go find a home site not ruled by homeowners association Nazis.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-06-23 13:53|| 2011-06-23 13:53|| Front Page Top

#3 That's getting very hard to do. Most suburbs were encouraged in the 1980s to create HOAs, by city governments, who preferred to deal with group leaders instead of individuals. Only those neighborhoods where the people were smarter than that rejected the idea, and are now isolated islands.

As far as this particular situation, home prices have been slashed nationwide, and so lots of people are very touchy about having them cut further.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-06-23 14:05|| 2011-06-23 14:05|| Front Page Top

#4 There's one way to fight this, and the people involved should use it: refuse to build or live in a neighborhood with a tight home-owner association. The guy is free to come here and move into the house that's for sale next door to mine. I'll help him any way I can.

Posted by Old Patriot 2011-06-23 14:17|| 2011-06-23 14:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Sounds like the builders had approval via email and then the HOA changed it's mind and pulled the plug - using the loophole that the approval was only via email.

And the home size is the recommended size according to the HOA's own documents. That they are now coming back and claiming it's not big enough is bullshit. It doesn't matter if the other houses on the street at 5,000SqFt or not - the HOA's documents state 2,700SqFt is the recommended size.

I hope they can sue the HOA Nazi's for the cost of the work which had already been done.

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-06-23 14:49|| 2011-06-23 14:49|| Front Page Top

#6 refuse to build or live in a neighborhood with a tight home-owner association. That's what I do. I would avoid areas where HOA's are common. Nazi ruling the neighborhood lowers my property values.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-06-23 16:03|| 2011-06-23 16:03|| Front Page Top

#7 The HOA should enlarge the plot and build a bigger house and pay for the difference...

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-06-23 16:30|| 2011-06-23 16:30|| Front Page Top

#8 It appears that Sgt. Gittens is black. That is probably the real reason for this HOA action - they don't want a black family in the neighborhood. Probably not the feeling of the neighborhood anymore, but quite possibly of a few HOA Nazis on the board.

Posted by Glenmore 2011-06-23 18:48|| 2011-06-23 18:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Why is this under "Great White North"? Has nothing to do with Canuckistan. I think it's Michigan or Atlanta or wherever, but it isn't Canada for whom we stand on guard.

Posted by Canuckistan sniper 2011-06-23 19:53|| 2011-06-23 19:53|| Front Page Top

#10 "blame Canada!"

/Cartman

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