Anyone ever sued their HOA?
No, I'm not venting again, Smart ... this is legit!
As law abiding members of our HOA, we go through the proper channels (even though it's a pain in the butt) just like we're supposed to. Tina wants to extend our covered patio, in the back yard, the full length of the house, adding roughly 10x40 foot larger covered area and a sidewalk that goes from the front door to the street. I drew up the plans and elevations (which the ARC requests with your application) and we submitted them just like you're supposed to.
In the mailbox today (we hadn't checked it in a few days) was our "approval" letter from the ARC/HOA. They approved the covered patio, but denied approval for the sidewalk!
Here's the pisser ... from my front porch, I can see 3 houses, directly across the street, that have the exact sidewalk, that runs from their front door to the street. We drove around just two blocks, in our section, which is less than 5% of the subdivision, and found 12 houses that had sidewalks from the front door to the street. (this doesn't even include the butt ugly rock yard with the giant flagstone walkway, two houses down)
This might not seem like a big deal, but it's rediculous that they would deny this change when there's already others like it.
I'm calling them tomorrow and hopefully I can calmly express my point.
My plan of attack:
There are already houses with similar sidewalks all over the neighborhood. Your choices ... approve my sidewalk, provide documentation that all other similar sidewalks are under corrective action by the HOA, or I sue the HOA for discrimination!
Is this unreasonable?
As law abiding members of our HOA, we go through the proper channels (even though it's a pain in the butt) just like we're supposed to. Tina wants to extend our covered patio, in the back yard, the full length of the house, adding roughly 10x40 foot larger covered area and a sidewalk that goes from the front door to the street. I drew up the plans and elevations (which the ARC requests with your application) and we submitted them just like you're supposed to.
In the mailbox today (we hadn't checked it in a few days) was our "approval" letter from the ARC/HOA. They approved the covered patio, but denied approval for the sidewalk!
Here's the pisser ... from my front porch, I can see 3 houses, directly across the street, that have the exact sidewalk, that runs from their front door to the street. We drove around just two blocks, in our section, which is less than 5% of the subdivision, and found 12 houses that had sidewalks from the front door to the street. (this doesn't even include the butt ugly rock yard with the giant flagstone walkway, two houses down)
This might not seem like a big deal, but it's rediculous that they would deny this change when there's already others like it.
I'm calling them tomorrow and hopefully I can calmly express my point.
My plan of attack:
There are already houses with similar sidewalks all over the neighborhood. Your choices ... approve my sidewalk, provide documentation that all other similar sidewalks are under corrective action by the HOA, or I sue the HOA for discrimination!
Is this unreasonable?
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