LeeOblivious t1_j9hu1wj wrote on February 22, 2023 at 1:58 AM

I'm not your lawyer, and I am not a contract/housing lawyer. If it is important and may cause you to lose your home, get a lawyer who specializes in that area to look things over for you.

That said, it will generally depend on the charter, what YOU signed when you purchased the home, and how big of a bunch of dicks the HOA is. Last I looked court cases were all over the place, but mostly the HOA's won.

BrainMinimum7402 t1_j9huafi wrote on February 22, 2023 at 2:00 AM

Nice, from what we see from our neighbors yards, etc. it seems to be a low key HOA.

LeeOblivious t1_j9husx1 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 2:04 AM

Did they start with a fine, or just ask you to move the trailer? And do not go by what others have in their yard. Good old boy selective enforcement is a thing.

You should have been given a set of rules governing what you can and can not do with your property when you signed the HOA contract as part of the purchase. If not ask them for one ASAP.

BrainMinimum7402 t1_j9hv7fh wrote on February 22, 2023 at 2:07 AM

We got the list of rules a week and a month after we moved, which was a week after we had the trailer in the backyard. It does say to have the trailer in a driveway. I was just curious on what people have had to deal with I guess!

LeeOblivious t1_j9i7cdk wrote on February 22, 2023 at 3:39 AM

The convent and rules should have been provided to you prior to you purchasing the home. They have direct bearing on if you had informed consent when you entered into the contract. The title company and seller fucked up if they did not disclose these to you.

WrittenByNick t1_j9l2t32 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 7:30 PM

Yeah, if you had a realtor or lawyer representing you in this purchase, u/LeeOblivious is very correct. That's a huge no-no for anyone involved in the process, and can't believe the Title Co didn't pick up the slack either.

One of those documents you signed said you agreed to a list of provided HOA rules. There's a chance you didn't see them in the pile of papers that you initialed?

Now, past that - HOA's can be annoying, and they can be a godsend. I know the overwhelming response is "Never be in an HOA!" I've been in them, I've been outside of them, there are pros and cons to each. Inside an HOA, I was told I couldn't build a brick mailbox considerably nicer than the requirements, because it had to match the others. Outside an HOA, I had a neighbor who let his family member live in a 6 foot utility trailer on the front lawn for years, and seemed to not have a septic tank for their house - a waste pipe just ran into the woods out back.