Community Chat

[SilleeMee]

Does someone there have an extra car that they don't drive often? They could just park it there and leave it there (with permission of course) so there would be no 'in-and-outs'. 

[CatsyCline]

@PickyPicky3   having owned a townhouse i feel for you.  remember, unless it's different for you, you own from the studs in.

all exterior is governed by the HOA. at least my complex was.

my issues were with the owner with whom i shared one wall. i had nice neighbors until they moved in, partying every weekend,  throwing F bombs on the back deck.

then they set up a sub-woofer for their surround sound system. t was placed in the not sound proofed attic and the vibrations came through my wall. like those cars with the loud sound systems you can hear for miles.  i could not sleep!!

it was resolved ...lets just say it would have been best had i gone thru the HOA first.  

[Pink123]

Hi @PickyPicky3  I thought a town house has a garage where you go into with a remote.

Am  I correct?  Best of luck if I'm wrong but I now see your an owner and you have to deal with HOA.  If so you must talk to them first.

I know, it is a nightmare but the best plan is go to to the asssociian if you are indeed an owner.  You have rights..

[PickyPicky3]

@SilleeMee  Right now everyone with two cars has worked out their own solutions but I'm keeping an eye out.

[PickyPicky3]

@Pink123   We are legally a townhouse community. HOA maintains sidewalks, parking areas, cuts grass and removes snow.

[Desertdi]

My "youthful" neighbors began parking in my driveway.   After a couple of  $50 tickets, they learned not to mess with the "old lady"...

[Pink123]

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@PickyPicky3 wrote:

@Pink123   We are legally a townhouse community. HOA maintains sidewalks, parking areas, cuts grass and removes snow.

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@PickyPicky3  I'm so sorry, I too have dealt with HOA issues.  The worst wa a  cigar smoker om my neighbor., a European man which was constant from 6:30 am until 11 pm.  It was a nightmare for years.  I did get an arttorney, which I won and he had to stop smoking indoors's.  Yet he sat on his 1,000 foot balcony feet where he set up a table and chairs and it blew right up into my apartment again.  He loved it but yet could not move to the other side.  In South Florida on the ocean the winds blow 30 to 45  miles per hour and more so higher up. It blows through thr windows, floor to ceiling.

Never ever willl I live in a HOA, its a nightmare.  You have my sympathy.  

[PickyPicky3]

Our HOA consists of one guy who has lived here since this was built and handles maintenance contracts. The good news is he has kept our fees at 1/4 of other townhouse communities. The bad news is if he doesn't want to get involved with something, he won't even return your call.

No callback on this.

[sabatini]

@PickyPicky3, that would drive me up a wall too.

I too live w/ an HOA - my first one, ever. Parking is always an issue!

Here, each owner gets one parking space.

One.

However, in each section of townhomes, there are 2 open spaces, supposedly reserved for visitors, handymen, etc.

In my section, those 2 valuable, open spaces literally 'belong' to 2 people: 

to a guy who parks his seldom used work truck in one space, & the other parking spot is taken by a woman who parks her fun car, a Jaguar, there.(wrapped tightly under a cover)

That leaves nada for anyone else.

Yes, it's petty of me, but it steams me nonetheless!

[PickyPicky3]

@Pink123   I am allergic to tobacco smoke and asthmatic and moved here after a bad secondhand smoke issue developed in my previous home. So I understand completely. I have had to move two other times in my life for the same reason.

I bought this place because I was convinced the construction and location would keep out secondhand smoke. I was right.

So my current situation is nothing when compared with the joyful smokefree existence I have had for eight years. 

You'll find a way too.