I don't get it, why buy a house in an hoa?

[Bailey Guns]

I'll make the drive into the city 5 days a week to be left alone and have the space to do what I do...

Ain't that the truth? I've lived in Bailey for 22 years. Yes it was a bit of a drive to work...and still is for the wife. But when we bought our first house it was way cheaper here than in the city. Not so much now.

And...not an HOA in sight.

I can pee off of my deck and walk around in my underwear if I choose to. I can park my car/RV anywhere I want. I can shovel/plow when I get around to it. Nobody tells me when/what color to paint my house. I take care of my trash bill. I shoot a reasonable amount when I feel like it. Something goes wrong it's up to me to fix it. Nobody comes up my drive uninvited unless they're driving a UPS or FedEx truck...or something with "Sheriff" markings on it. Property taxes for house, 30x40 shop and 16 acres is $1600.

That's why the wife and I put up with the drive.

[trlcavscout]

We decided when we first started house hunting that we didnt even want to look at anything with an hoa, its suprisingly scary how many hoods have them and how few of them actually do anything besides just cash checks.

[Lurch]

Ain't that the truth? I've lived in Bailey for 22 years. Yes it was a bit of a drive to work...and still is for the wife. But when we bought our first house it was way cheaper here than in the city. Not so much now.

And...not an HOA in sight.

I can pee off of my deck and walk around in my underwear if I choose to. I can park my car/RV anywhere I want. I can shovel/plow when I get around to it. Nobody tells me when/what color to paint my house. I take care of my trash bill. I shoot a reasonable amount when I feel like it. Something goes wrong it's up to me to fix it. Nobody comes up my drive uninvited unless they're driving a UPS or FedEx truck...or something with "Sheriff" markings on it. Property taxes for house, 30x40 shop and 16 acres is $1600.

That's why the wife and I put up with the drive.

This ^^^^^^. I live out in Elizabeth. Hate the drive at times but I also haven't mowed my grass errrr natural prairie in 5 years. Wanted to build a 28 x 40 shop went to the county and said I'm building a shop and they said are you adding on to your driveway, I said no and they said OK here is a permit. Hell I even forgot to call them on a couple of steps in the building process and they just asked well how did you build it. I told them and they signed off on the C/O.

[DangerLee_Industries]

I can pee off of my deck and walk around in my underwear if I choose to.

Exactly...... I just had that conversation with my lady the other day. Heck I have a deck on each side of the house so I can alternate as I wish....

Hack

[hatidua]

HOA's are fantastic if you are the guy writing all the bylaws. They aren't so nice if you are anyone else.

Thankfully, this isn't North Korea, Cuba, or a few other spots that come to mind: don't like HOA's? -don't live in a place governed by one!

[BlasterBob]

Wow, after reading all the above, I guess our POA covenants are really relaxed. Of course, instead of a HOA, we have a POA (property owners assn.) We are at least five miles out of town, way down on the extreme South end of the State. Out here we do have EXTREMELY relaxed "rules" but no one ever seems to complain about anything that I am aware of. In the seventeen years that we have been in this POA, I have never regretted having to be in this Association.
Guess we really lucked out moving down here.

Up in the General Discussion thread about "Target shooting on your own land", I commented about my target shooting on my little place.

[kidicarus13]

AK47 Ranger supporter