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Context of why I love them:

They take care of the big field we co own

They take care of the nice pool we share

There are only about 20ish homes

Part of hoa fees covers partial home insurance so everyone got a roof covered by hoa when storm damaged the roofs.

It's only $200.

They ask for volunteers in the community for stuff before hiring anyone. Like we always have someone get certified as a pool tech so don't have to pay outside service. Someone in the community with a mower mows the field for a discount. When a tree needed to go that was by my house but shared, everyone came by and helped since it needed to go.

There is no style guide because none of the houses look the same. There are 5 fancier town homes, 5 simple town homes, 4 duplexes, then 6 single family homes built in different styles all around a big central field we share with a pool. The original builders back in the 80s made some interesting choices.

So yeah, they take care of good stuff and have caused me no problems.

So I love my hoa, which few will say.

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[–] The_HKP@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I don't love our HOA, but they are pretty inoffensive and don't really bother me. They don't want to deal with actual fines and whatnot, so they just keep kindly reminding folks to move their trashcans and their cars off the street. Our very low yearly fee is used to maintain common ground, pay for the lights on the street, and snow plowing for the subdivision streets. In general, I think I would still prefer not having one and having more freedom, but so far they haven't been anything like the mini dictatorships you hear about all the time. Solid meh.