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Our fun HOA
Jan 13, 2022, 9:12 AM
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So, I know HOAs often operate like they're their own little fiefdom that doesn't really have to answer to others. Ours is about the same, although we do have good people who serve on the board. The problem is they tend make a lot of missteps when they act without consulting the rest of the neighborhood.
Some in our hood think they're like a sinister Legion of Doom plotting against everyone, but really their #### ups seem to be more out of incompetency than ill intent. Some greatest hits:
-Pushing for new homes to be built in the neighborhood and promising that it would be done by a small-time, honest developer... then stood by as the worst developer in the Charleston area (I won't say their name, but it's Crescent Homes) strong-armed him out to take it over after the hood voted on it.
-Convincing everyone to vote and raise dues for a new common use path for carts, bikes, etc., to go to a nearby shopping center without actually getting the folks on the other side to agree to it. That was seven years ago and nothing has been done.
-Building a $800,000 park that looks like a few of us Lungers could have built in a weekend for $100 and a case of beer each.
Anyway, I also know it's a thankless job and some of the board members have caught some unnecessary nasty #### from residents. But this latest gaffe is particularly mind-numbing.
Without any discussion with the rest of the neighborhood, they put up two bollards on a path from the hood to a community area that is supposed to be general use for all residents. Especially for golf carts. They did this, using HOA money, because they said people were driving their carts in there too fast and had almost hit a couple of Karens.
The bollards were put in and measured to exactly fit a golf cart if you take em slow. But one of them isn't square due to poor installation. So you can get a golf cart through--unless you have a lifted cart. Which most owners in the hood do.
Now, the board has spent money without approval on something that either has to be redone or taken out completely. Some residents depend on this path to go to work or take kids to school. Now some people are going into a neighbor's yard to get around it.
So, Lunge, what are the smart personal options?
-Wait patiently for the board to fix this #### up?
-Drive around it and #### anything else? Cut down any netting put up on the side?
-Show up with the boys and a truck and pull those ####### out late one night?
-Insert your own suggestion.
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Lot o points [155901]
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got an angle grinder?***
Jan 13, 2022, 9:14 AM
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Chainsaw
Jan 13, 2022, 9:28 AM
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Cutting torch... then the safe at the HOA office.***
Jan 13, 2022, 2:39 PM
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Oculus Spirit [93667]
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Re: got an angle grinder?***
Jan 13, 2022, 3:31 PM
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Dewalt cordless with a 60a battery and 1/8" cutoff disc. Don't plunge the metal, cut a groove then back and forth in that groove until full penetration is achieved. Then go to another side and cut a groove then back and forth...that is the only way to get to the bottom of the groove without wearing your disc out.
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Re: Our fun HOA
Jan 13, 2022, 9:17 AM
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Oculus Spirit [78886]
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what's an HOA?
Jan 13, 2022, 9:17 AM
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what's a bollard?
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It's a British term for deez nuts.***
Jan 13, 2022, 9:18 AM
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Lot o points [180991]
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Something that is needed if live around FBC types.***
Jan 13, 2022, 9:19 AM
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Legend [15051]
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Add a traffic chute like the SCDOT did on I-85
Jan 13, 2022, 9:26 AM
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It will channel the cart into the right place. Keep your arms and legs inside the vehicle at all times, just like Disney World.
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Oculus Spirit [79429]
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Pull up bollards with my truck, then take over the HOA and
Jan 13, 2022, 9:27 AM
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Drop hot fiya on the head of the next person to suggest something ridiculous like that. What is with people down there hating driving golf carts on the street? Sounds like there needs to be a trailer park or small gang problem pop up to distract the busy bodies for awhile.
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Re: Pull up bollards with my truck, then take over the HOA and
Jan 13, 2022, 10:42 AM
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Taking over the HOA has been discussed by some of us but we don't want to do the work or deal with the drama or the irrational belief that we're some secret society bent on destroying everyone.
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110%er [5084]
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Move the heck out of Dodge where there are no HOA's
Jan 13, 2022, 9:30 AM
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Ain't nobody going to tell me I can't have chickens living in the front yard under my trampoline.
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CU Medallion [60228]
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to be sure, HOAs play an important role in society
Jan 13, 2022, 9:49 AM
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some people just need the structure and tyrranical rule that HOAs provide to live comfortably.
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Just lift your cart enough so it can straddle the bollard.***
Jan 13, 2022, 9:32 AM
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3***
Jan 13, 2022, 9:34 AM
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Jan 13, 2022, 10:21 AM
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Re: Our fun HOA
Jan 13, 2022, 9:39 AM
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What do you get for the HOA fees each month?
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Our new neighborhood has an HOA
Jan 13, 2022, 10:39 AM
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Its $160 every three months. So for $640 a year, I get access to two separate pools, a playground, lighted tennis/pickleball courts, maintained common landscaping, food trucks every sunday during the summer, a swim team (if my kid wants to do that when she gets older), multiple neighborhood events such as a kids tri-athalon, kids Christmas party at the clubhouse, and the ease of knowing that my neighbor isn't going to have a pallet deck.
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Sounds terrible***
Jan 13, 2022, 10:47 AM
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I mean, a family membership at the pool in our old
Jan 13, 2022, 10:56 AM
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neighborhood was $850 a year, for one pool.
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The river is free***
Jan 13, 2022, 10:56 AM
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So is the nutrient pollution***
Jan 13, 2022, 11:21 AM
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Re: Our fun HOA
Jan 13, 2022, 10:48 AM
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Maintenance and things up to code and what I feel is a decent pool. And then a lot goes to projects that never actually get done. Or done well.
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Handy hack for removing bollards when you get around to
Jan 13, 2022, 10:00 AM
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doing it. You've seen all the videos of tree stumps breaking out back windows and tailgates on trucks and wrecking tractors. Use a tire to provide proper vertical pulling force.
Also, video it for us.
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Lot o points [155901]
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I know you're all about appropriating material,
Jan 13, 2022, 3:27 PM
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but at least tag FBC in that pro tip. That's straight outta Mullins, SC.
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Lot o points [155901]
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Naw man. You drape your Carhartt jacket over it.***
Jan 13, 2022, 3:31 PM
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Oculus Spirit [93667]
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Lot o points [155901]
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or Carhartt jacket.***
Jan 13, 2022, 3:33 PM
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Jan 13, 2022, 10:04 AM
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I attended my last HOA meeting years ago after sitting through a three hour long b!tch session on why the neighborhood didn't need matching mailboxes or decorative street signs/light posts.
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Re: C
Jan 13, 2022, 10:13 AM
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Do you guys allow Pit bull dogs in your neighborhood? Some Pit bull mauled and killed some lady's Golden Retriever and ripped the lady's arm up a couple years back while she was trying to save her dog. This was before I lived here. The HOA decided no Pit bulls allowed anymore. That seems reasonable.
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They wouldn't have had to worry about that one...***
Jan 13, 2022, 2:35 PM
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Re: They wouldn't have had to worry about that one...***
Jan 13, 2022, 2:41 PM
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I am glad those type of dogs aren't allowed. I like all dogs, even those dogs usually. I have a dachshund and it would take much to kill him. I have a friend who had a small dog in a condo and the neighbors was really close and they walked out at the same time and that Pit Bull killed my friends dog. That Pit Bull killed 3 other dogs over time until the dog was taken away and put down. I just don't get why anyone would have a Pit.
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I have a 10y.o. German Shepherd... Loves everything but the
Jan 13, 2022, 2:46 PM
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rabbits who dump on his dumps during the night... My cat now takes care of that for him. ;~)
Cat's new monicker is 'Killa"...
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Re: I have a 10y.o. German Shepherd... Loves everything but the
Jan 13, 2022, 2:58 PM
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I like German Shepherd's. I don't read any horror stories about them, aside from Joe Biden's biting people..not even really hurting them though.
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Years back I attended an HOA meeting in a development
Jan 13, 2022, 10:27 AM
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where my mother had a house I inherited after she passed (not gonna say the development but it sounded like Linville Band Harbor in Linville, NC). It's mainly retired folks and/or 2nd homes.
Anywhoo, the board had a 45 minute debate on whether to spend $3 per tablecloth for laundering after functions. It failed to pass on a 3-4 vote.
#facepalm
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Mom and dad had friends that lived year round there
Jan 13, 2022, 10:34 AM
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The year rounders hated the way the summer crowd would show up and take over every May
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Show up with the boys and a truck
Jan 13, 2022, 12:20 PM
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and pull those ####### out in the middle of the day
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Whatever happened to walking or biking?***
Jan 13, 2022, 12:21 PM
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Oculus Spirit [75717]
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Hey, that isn't a community gate.
Jan 13, 2022, 1:30 PM
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I'm ready to help you bust some stuff up though.
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Ha, good memory!
Jan 13, 2022, 3:06 PM
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I actually had to padlock the "community gate" because some new neighbors and their kids really thought it was that to retrieve their wayward balls.
Funny how it stopped happening once I locked it.
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by code a walkway has to have a minimum 3 feet clear width
Jan 13, 2022, 3:25 PM
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so if they have installed said bollards closer than that, slap that on them.
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Our old HOA about to be sued
Jan 13, 2022, 4:03 PM
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On NYE, some kids launched fireworks inside the community poolhouse. Bunch of holes in ceiling, place almost on fire, etc.
Community is legitimately pissed (though of course all parents proclaim their kid would never do such a thing). A few of the HOA board members look at the video cameras, hand over evidence to police, then start sharing names of the delinquents around the neighborhood phone tree.
Problem is, one of the named kids was out of town. Her parents and extended family are about to rip the HOA a new hole. I can't wait to attend the next HOA meeting.
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