Remember these? Bush thieves, ‘crack grass,’ Santapede: Houston homeowners share their wildest HOA stories - What's the craziest thing about your HOA? Let us know in the story here.-- KPRC2
We asked Houston-area residents to share their most outrageous dust-ups with local homeowners associations and what we got back were hundreds of grievances.
“For Halloween I put out three skeletons done up like from the movie Human Centipede. After Halloween, I added Santa hats to them and called it my Santapede. It stayed up all of November and into the first week of December when they sent me a letter and said it needed to be “less offensive.” - Veronica Lynn Smith of Katy, Texas
“Things we got letters for from the HOA: 1. Having a water hose laying out in the lawn. 2. Not watering our lawn during a drought. 3. A flat bed trailer full of mulch sitting in the driveway while we re-mulched our landscaping. 4. Grass growing between the cracks in the driveway. 5. Having pink flamencos and a “you’ve been flocked” sign in our front yard - which was temporary and a fundraiser being held by the local church youth group. 6. A bicycle learning against the side of the house.
“We have been harassed by our HOA due to my husband having his work vehicle in the driveway. Apparently it’s considered a ‘commercial vehicle’ and should be ‘stored’ away. My husband drives a car that has his company’s logo on it and is by no means a ‘commercial’ vehicle. And to make it worse at one meeting we were told it devalues a neighborhood. So apparently blue collar workers are beneath everyone.
“I bought a new house and three years later got a letter stating I didn’t get approval to install screens over all my windows. I wrote a letter back kindly telling them that the house had screens already installed when we bought it three years ago. I didn’t receive another letter after that.” - Ron Wills
“Barbecue pit was still out in the front. The pic they sent still had smoke coming out.” - Kyle Dodd Bigley “I once received two letters on the same day. The first said my front yard needed to be mowed, the second said I needed to treat my front yard to promote growth.” - Josh Diak “Okay, so I got a notice to wash my driveway. It came with a picture that showed me pressure washing my driveway. My neighbor got a notice for a dead bush. They went out with a can of green spray paint and painted it. Never got another notice.” - Greg Smith
“I got a letter for putting a plant stand on my front porch. They said I needed approval from the architectural improvement committee before I made any “additions” to my home. Seriously?! A plant stand???” - Tera Shelton“I keep receiving letters about my solar yard lights, the ones that you just stick on the grass. Had to send them plans and pictures for five stupid lights, got the approval... And I am still receiving letters about how I have to ask for approval. Also letters about my gazebo...
“We get our grass cut every other week and HOA sent us a letter a day before our grass was to be cut that we needed to cut our grass.” - Sabrina Almaguer “Mandatory three large oak trees in small front yards that cannot handle to roots of trees that big.” - Snazz Tazz Bazz “I had an insurance claim to replace my damaged roof do to storm damage got an email after the shingles were removed to STOP my project since I didn’t get approval and they said I needed to fill out the paperwork for replacing the roof, funny thing was the paperwork they have is specific for pools and patio covers -- nowhere to fill out for a roof replacement!!!” - Chris Pfeffer
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