"mm" wrote in message
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On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:40:23 -0500, "Sanity" wrote:
"Nate Nagel" wrote in message
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Sanity wrote:
"Harry K" wrote in message
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On Dec 17, 1:38 pm, wrote:
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:52:28 -0800 (PST), "
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why anyone buys into deed restricted communities leaves me at a
loss........ my home means if I want a purple flamingo in the
front yard no one should be able to do a thing about it
There are people who don't want anyone around them to upset their
little
world with anything different than what their narrow mind
finds acceptable. I wouldn't be shocked if this case is appealed.
This fires a shot across the bow of every HOA in Florida.
BTW truck restrictions are not that rare around here. In Cape Coral
you can't have a truck in your driveway by city ordinance.
Wonder what kind of stroke the HOA would have were one to buy a
junker car, chop the top back off and remove the trunk lid, viola! a
Pickup but the registration will show it is a car.
Harry K
Explain something to me. Someone buys a home in an HOA. Prior to
buying they are given the docs and sign a statement to abide by them.
Then all of a sudden they scream, kick and cry when one of the regs
from the docs are enforced. Please explain why that person bought in
an HOA in the first place if he didn't want to follow their rules.
Don't get me wrong, I don't like HOA's but I sure wouldn't buy in one
if I disagreed with the docs and had no intention of following them.
I believe in the case that hit fark.com recently (I assume that that is
what this thread is about) the home moaner actually did check out the
requirements before buying, but the ones being enforced are not the same
ones given to him to review pre-purchase. I think that he does have a
case if the facts are as represented in the article I read.
Oh, and HOA's suck.
nate
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He only has a case if the docs and bylaws were not presented to him. And I
guaranty he signed that he received and reviewed them before closing.
Do you know the laws in Florida? Do you think that all laws are
obeyed precisely everywhere all the time?
You call yourself Sanity, for gosh sakes.
It's very risky to guaranty things when you don't know all the facts.
Don't imagine that the rules in your state are the same rules
everywhere.
I've lived in Florida and New York and North Carolina. If he went to
closing without a lawyer, which many people do, they he deserves whatever he
gets. A lawyer would have made sure he got the docs before he signed off to
them. In an HOA I lived in Florida, two weeks prior to closing and
interview was held with the prospective buyer. At that time it was ensured
that he received a copy of the docs and was told to read them and call if
there were any questions. If the buyer didn't read them and signed in the
blind, then he's the idiot.