Neighbor already building fence - asked me to pay half. Am I liable?

[steppinthrax]

HOA are for pretentious douchebags, crotchety old women who have nothing better to do and bored housewives who need some form of entertainment other than banging the mailman and gossiping about everyone else in the cul-de-sac.

This is everywhere. Regardless if you live in a HOA or not.

 

[steppinthrax]

I used to be extremely anti-HOA... until I lived in a community without one. Local regulations aren't going to keep your idiot neighbors from clogging up the street with their three teenagers' cars, leaving their trashcans (filled with trash) at the curb all week long, keeping the grass under 12", having their home presentable (paint falling off, etc).

I recently sold a home, and it was VERY difficult because of one troublesome neighbor. We got routine feedback that they loved the house but "didn't like the street". Aside from this one neighbor, the street was gorgeous and immaculate.

A *GOOD* association can really work to the betterment of the entire community, and it can be done without grossly interfering in people's lives or turning into a little tyranic government. On the flip side, I'm sure some communities thrive just fine without one. It really depends on the make-up of the homeowners. Of course a bad HOA can be horrific. I know some are run by power-hungry megalomaniacs with nothing better to do than take issue with a bubblegum wrapper on your driveway. Then again, the lines I'm drawing between "good" and "bad" are arbitrary. Buying a home includes studying the neighborhood and the HOA.

The home I'm moving into has an HOA with annual dues of about $250. A pittance to make sure the public green areas (including a community playground) are in good shape and that some asshole doesn't - like someone else mentioned - paint his house pink (this was also done in our last neighborhood, but it was several streets over).

EXACTLY, traditional state laws and regulations will not cover these things. The worse situations that can occur is when your selling your house and have trashy neighbors who don't give two shits about how their front yard looks. The prosepective buyers are going to be interested in the house, neighborhood and overall enviroment.

 

[Gothgar]

what's the latest update, dont feel like looking

 

[Sho'Nuff]

HAHAAHHA there it is

I thought it was Waggy

Checked out the thread motion brought up. F'in hilarious.

 

[Adrenaline]

No.

I work with a guy that talked to both of his neighbors about putting up a fence while splitting half the cost along that side of the property. They each declined so he decided to build his fence 6 inches in on his property line and said they better not connect to his fence or he was cutting 6 inches off their fence.