Buying a house with h.o.a... Yes or no

[snacksnack]

Like rreemo said when the home values are high enough it takes care of itself. Our neighbor hood starts in the mid 150's and goes into the 400ks so it's needed In my opinion.

[Ruffdaddy]

The areas I've been looking at when I drive through are well kept even when they dont have an HOA and are selling for $250k-$350k ( wylie, sasche, plano ). What areas would this not be the case so I can avoid them as well.

North frisco, allen, north austin...its everywhere.

My biggest problem is barking dogs. I cant stand to lose sleep because someone wont keep their dog quiet. And my wife works from home so it will effect her since shes on the phone with customers a lot. With my HOA they get fined after their first warnings. Luckily i was able to resolve issues with neighbors in the past, but other people in the neighborhood have literally been told to fuck off. This is in an area of all 300-400K houses. You wont notice this shit until you spend weeks somewhere.

[Ruffdaddy]

Ours provided no benefits at all, other than to continue lining the developer's pocket. They eventually raised it to $900/yr (ironically shortly following the street lights being cut off for non-payment). A bunch of us banded together and hired a lawyer, filed suit against the developer, and after about a year and a half, we won. We didn't get any of our money back, but the HOA was dissolved and our property deeds were amended removing us from any current or future HOA in our development. I prefer it this way b/c our community is outside of the city...lot sizes range from 1-5 acres, and all of the homes are in a price range that keeps the riff-raff out, as-well-as rentals. Yes, people can park RV's/trailers behind their house, and we can have metal out buildings, horses, etc. But that's what majority of us want and why we moved outside the city limits to begin with. We haven't had any problems with folks not keeping up their place or hurting property values. To the contrary, our neighborhood has become a very hot seller over the past couple years. I've heard numerous times that has a lot to do with no HOA, and I presume also the larger lots & country living that isn't too far outside of the city.

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[Rreemo]

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I never understood why someone would want to live outside of city limits, a little spread-out in a rural area...yet have an HOA tell them what they can and cannot do on their own property. I always thought that was the reason people move out to begin with....it was our primary reason.

To me an HOA makes more sense in the concrete jungle where people need to be reminded about limitations and doing their part for the community....you'll always have some slack asses.

[GrayStangGT]

Like rreemo said when the home values are high enough it takes care of itself. Our neighbor hood starts in the mid 150's and goes into the 400ks so it's needed In my opinion.

This, I don't have an HOA and with homes from 200-250k in my hood, its starting to look like the hood the way people are taking care of their yards.

[bcoop]

North frisco, allen, north austin...its everywhere.

My biggest problem is barking dogs. I cant stand to lose sleep because someone wont keep their dog quiet. And my wife works from home so it will effect her since shes on the phone with customers a lot. With my HOA they get fined after their first warnings. Luckily i was able to resolve issues with neighbors in the past, but other people in the neighborhood have literally been told to fuck off. This is in an area of all 300-400K houses. You wont notice this shit until you spend weeks somewhere.

Dogs bark. It's kind of what they do.

[crapstang]

A lot of them charge too much with little to no benefits. My place is not in an HOA neighborhood and I haven't seen anyone causing problems. The city code enforcement does not slack, so that probably has a lot to do with it.

[CexMashean]

Dogs bark. It's kind of what they do.

Let them bark inside, or let the owners get served with a noise violation ticket.

[one slow 5.0]

Ours provided no benefits at all, other than to continue lining the developer's pocket. They eventually raised it to $900/yr (ironically shortly following the street lights being cut off for non-payment). A bunch of us banded together and hired a lawyer, filed suit against the developer, and after about a year and a half, we won. We didn't get any of our money back, but the HOA was dissolved and our property deeds were amended removing us from any current or future HOA in our development. I prefer it this way b/c our community is outside of the city...lot sizes range from 1-5 acres, and all of the homes are in a price range that keeps the riff-raff out, as-well-as rentals. Yes, people can park RV's/trailers behind their house, and we can have metal out buildings, horses, etc. But that's what majority of us want and why we moved outside the city limits to begin with. We haven't had any problems with folks not keeping up their place or hurting property values. To the contrary, our neighborhood has become a very hot seller over the past couple years. I've heard numerous times that has a lot to do with no HOA, and I presume also the larger lots & country living that isn't too far outside of the city.

I'm jealous

[Big A]

I have renters to the left (corner lot) and directly across the street, the only two in the direct vicinity, and I would rather not have to look at their unkept yards. It would be worth a few hundred a year to me, and I'll be mindful of it when we move.

Mind you, the average price in the area is about $300k, so this isn't the hood by any means. There are people in all income brackets that could care less about certain aspects of life, and simply don't want to spend money or time on the appearance of where they live.

[Ruffdaddy]

Dogs bark. It's kind of what they do.

If you think its ok to leave your dogs outside barking all day and night in an HOA neighborhood then youre the trash im talking about.

[Ruffdaddy]

Let them bark inside, or let the owners get served with a noise violation ticket.

Exactly

[BLAKE]

I refuse to deal with an HOA. In most cases, they cause more pain than a barking dog or long grass. Some are good, but they are the exception to the rule.

[Captain Crawfish]

Weren't you the one who posted about partying neighbors taking up driveway spaces and parking in yards? Where was the HOA on that one?

All it took was me being in that spot for a couple times and they got the hint. I never called in to the hoa. If the problem would have continued then I would have called hoa

[CexMashean]

All it took was me being in that spot for a couple times and they got the hint

So what part of that equals your HOA keeping the rif raf out?