What could happen if you do landscaping without submitting a plan to HOA
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LOL, I had a work acquaintance do this once.
Step 1: they send you a letter to correct. (pull it all out and submit plans)
Step 2: you refuse
Step 3: while at work, they send a landscaper to correct for you.
Step 4: they send you the bill.
It really depends on the HOA board and the committee heading the review/compliance. If there's a Napoleon, you'll have problem. If they're reasonable, you'll just get a fine. Unfortunately, smaller HOAs can have challenges with people getting on committees that treat each person's request as their own personal home design opportunity.
I don't have EXACT details, only the homeowner would have those. But what is going around is that someone in Phase 1 just decided to landscape on their own. Somehow the HOA found out and wanted them to rip everything out.
They fought back, contacted several people to fight the HOA. Unfortunately since they were Phase 1, the HOA had plenty of time to deal with them. So the HOA won. The person ended up ripping out every piece of their yard or the HOA was going to do it for them.
The bad thing for me is because of that person in Phase 1, the HOA has gotten SUPER tight on the entire community. They are taking close to 4 weeks to review EVERY single detail of every plan submitted henceforth.
I officially live under the landscape microscope.
Not Phase 1. Phase 1 got the nice spacious yards.
And the only reason I annexed some front yard was someone on TI doubled dared me to. So technically it's NOT my fault.
With yoir permission, can I use your quote for my signature??? Brilliant !!!
usctrojancpa
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Ahhh, the joys of not having an HOA. I think I might paint my house purple. 
I think I might go look at my neighbor's house which is a nice earth tone.nosuchreality
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sentosa said:
LOL, I had a work acquaintance do this once.
Step 1: they send you a letter to correct. (pull it all out and submit plans)
Step 2: you refuse
Step 3: while at work, they send a landscaper to correct for you.
Step 4: they send you the bill.
It really depends on the HOA board and the committee heading the review/compliance. If there's a Napoleon, you'll have problem. If they're reasonable, you'll just get a fine. Unfortunately, smaller HOAs can have challenges with people getting on committees that treat each person's request as their own personal home design opportunity.
irvinehomeowner
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We all know how qwerter responds when the HOA asks him why he doesn't submit his plans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxlf3ad9q5c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxlf3ad9q5c
ZeroLot
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qwerty said:
I don't have EXACT details, only the homeowner would have those. But what is going around is that someone in Phase 1 just decided to landscape on their own. Somehow the HOA found out and wanted them to rip everything out.
They fought back, contacted several people to fight the HOA. Unfortunately since they were Phase 1, the HOA had plenty of time to deal with them. So the HOA won. The person ended up ripping out every piece of their yard or the HOA was going to do it for them.
The bad thing for me is because of that person in Phase 1, the HOA has gotten SUPER tight on the entire community. They are taking close to 4 weeks to review EVERY single detail of every plan submitted henceforth.
I officially live under the landscape microscope.
ZeroLot
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lnc said:ZeroLot said:
But, but, but its just a small court yard, what can go wrong?
Unless they took ZeroLot's advice try to annex some front yard and got caught.
Not Phase 1. Phase 1 got the nice spacious yards.
And the only reason I annexed some front yard was someone on TI doubled dared me to. So technically it's NOT my fault.
irvinehomeshopper
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This is why FCBs love HOA. They grew up with control and crave for it still.
homer_simpson
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irvinehomeshopper said:
With yoir permission, can I use your quote for my signature??? Brilliant !!!