HOA/POA ???

darpar · 2025-07-18T15:55:19+00:00

Here on the ranch/resort we have a POA. Are all of these type of Associations inherently dysfunctional? I know ours sure is,seems like the board changes memb...

sdandrea1

I live in an HOA community that provides us with trash service, snow removal, a nice outdoor pool, a nice park on the river with cooking stations, picnic tables, boat ramp and pier. Our cost is $1500/year. The HOA is responsive to complaints and requests for changes and the community as a whole is well kept by the owners. It can work.

Par4QC

sdandrea1 I have the trash service, choice of 2 rivers w/boat ramps, many parks with picnic tables/cooking stations/basketball courts/tennis courts/outstanding softball 'stadiums', water in my home, all for just $61/month. Hell, I could even park on the street if I wanted to. 😄

And I mow my yard when I want and can plant what I want and landscape as I desire.
I can do a lot of damn things that some bitch from an HOA would be ranting about as being wrong and telling me I have to undo it!

Oh, and I do live in a nice quiet area where people 'watch', but mind their own business.

rsvman2

sdandrea1 Where do you get that kind of a deal?

azgreg

I was talking to a guy not long ago who has a house on the coast in LA and his HOA fee is $1,200 a month.

garyt1957

azgreg I was talking to a guy not long ago who has a house on the coast in LA and his HOA fee is $1,200 a month.

Going by memory but remember looking at On Top Of The World 55+ community in Florida and HOA was $800 a month! I thought that was absolutely crazy

sdandrea1

garyt1957 Going by memory but remember looking at On Top Of The World 55+ community in Florida and HOA was $800 a month! I thought that was absolutely crazy

We paid $300/month at the Del Webb 55+ community but we had a lot of really nice facilities amenities and services. You can't compare the amounts without comparing what you're paying for.

garyt1957

sdandrea1 You can't compare the amounts without comparing what you're paying for

Agree, but $800 a month? Does it include, lawn, utilities, hooker?

Par4QC

sdandrea1

garyt1957 Agree, but $800 a month? Does it include, lawn, utilities, hooker?

Cheap hookers........,😉

johnnydoom

garyt1957 I live in an entirely different world. The only bill I’ve ever had over $800/month was my home mortgage, and it was barely more than that.

darpar

Here the dues are $185 per lot, per year and covers none of the amenities.
Dues are mainly for road repair (which seldom occurs),mail boxes, mowing empty lots,trimming trees...
The golf membership includes the pool,miniture golf,tennis etc...they actually have a water park
here too,but doesn't look like it'll ever open again.
We're lucky enough live to in a somewhat isolated part of the ranch, so not much traffic and the POA/ACC
hopefully doesn't pay much attention to what we do in our small neighborhood.

sdandrea1

rsvman2 Where do you get that kind of a deal?

SPOTSYLVANIA county, just outside the Fredericksburg city limits, New Post on the Rappahannock. K Hovnanian built community.

jsippy73

$0.00 here, do whatever you want, even shoot an AR-15 if you want to. Have my own driving range. No water bills, no sewage bills, only garbage pickup.