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People who lived in an HOA, what was your biggest nightmare with them? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by zachimusprime44@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you don't want to pay for a pool then don't move into a neighbor that has a pool. If you don't want to have an HOA, don't move somewhere that has one. If you don't like how the HOA is run, volunteer to help run it.

What you don't do is hold up the rest of the neighborhood that actually wants to take care of things properly.

The change to the dues required a change to the bylaws, which required 100% participation in voting, and required 60% approval. The change passed with over 85% approval. Most HOA dues in our area are $600 - $1000 per year, and many of those don't have a pool. There are also many places around that don't have an HOA.

[–] vladmech@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It sounds like they moved into a neighborhood with an HOA that had an opt in pool and a two tier fee based on usage, and y’all changed that after the fact and are holding the smaller percent who don’t care about the pool hostage. This is part of why no one likes HOAs.

Prior to the pool retrofit could folks still move in and choose whether or not to pay for/use the pool?