Then do it for free and cut the dues to the bone.

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Oct 29, 2024
9:49:48am

DirtyWater All-American

Then do it for free and cut the dues to the bone.

That’s what I did. Fire the management company and cut the insurance coverage to minimum or eliminate it. Insurance policies attract lawsuits that would never be filed otherwise in many cases.

Stop maintaining the road if it only benefits 20% of the homes. Let the 4 homeowners do it. Most roads only need a repaving every couple decades.

Cut everything. Eliminate the fees.

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I would love to get rid of our HOA, but it’s essentially impossible to do. I just got the management company’s 2025

cheezedawg Properly rated

Oct 29, 9:46am

Then do it for free and cut the dues to the bone.

DirtyWater

Oct 29, 9:49am

We do the bare minimum required by CA law. The HOA is mandated to have insurance and accounting and reserve studies.

cheezedawg

Oct 29, 10:00am

Okay. You didn’t say CA before. I’d change my advice to, "Just move."

DirtyWater

Oct 29, 10:02am

That's pertinent information. CA is half the problem.

TailgateU

Oct 29, 9:05pm

Do what our HOA did--something not legal. They were sued, lost and now no HOA.

EM_Puma

Oct 29, 9:49am

Is that the Ranches? Cause it is way more complicated than that.

YSMACK

Oct 29, 9:52am

Maybe...it was a bit TIC, but I really do dislike HOA's that have a staff that

EM_Puma

Oct 29, 9:59am

Fair enough.

YSMACK

Oct 29, 10:00am

One of the things I did when I was elected President is I stopped the proactive enforcement. The management company used

cheezedawg

Oct 29, 10:15am

That can be a great policy in low-maintenance communities.

YSMACK

Oct 29, 10:18am

Wonderful. My wife was cited, when we had a deployed son in Afghanistan, for

EM_Puma

Oct 29, 10:23am

Don’t you just love the jerks who get caught and then blame you?

DirtyWater

Oct 29, 10:49am

Can’t those 4 homeowners take responsibility for the road?

KingDave

Oct 29, 9:51am

Those 4 homes pay for the road.

cheezedawg

Oct 29, 9:53am

Get rid of the management company.

Baron

Oct 29, 9:51am

I'd change management companies

Tare

Oct 29, 9:52am

For real. There are many good management companies. Also,

YSMACK

Oct 29, 9:53am

It’s an 18 year old neighborhood with no common areas. People don’t complain and just get along. What are you suggesting

cheezedawg

Oct 29, 9:57am

For starters,

YSMACK

Oct 29, 10:03am

Way easier said than done. Most management companies are geared towards larger HOAs. We picked our current management

cheezedawg

Oct 29, 9:58am

just run it yourself. we do.

bald man

Oct 29, 9:55am

I think we will end up doing this. It would be nice if more people in the HOA chipped in. For the past 7-8 years, there

cheezedawg

Oct 29, 10:04am

Then raise the rates and pay yourself more. Make it worth it to you if they’d

DiamondMo

Oct 29, 10:08am

HOA boards are not allowed to be paid in CA.

cheezedawg

Oct 29, 10:11am

Well crap.

DiamondMo

Oct 29, 10:36am

The idea of an HOA is not bad. But somehow, the execution often is.

spoxjox

Oct 29, 9:57am

Why would one of you have to take it over for free?

squidmark

Oct 29, 9:57am

I will never live in an HOA. Nothing good comes of it.

Schultz is back

Oct 29, 9:58am

I once lived in small community of 26 properties. My wife was elected to board.

txblue

Oct 29, 9:58am

Here's the thing, though...it usually only saves a little and the fact remains

Iman23

Oct 29, 10:06am

Every home I've purchased since 2005 is not cursed with an HOA.

Shihan

Oct 29, 10:01am

Government loves HOAs. My city requires a lot of builders to form an HOA as a condition for the permits. What’s not to

cheezedawg

Oct 29, 10:06am

I’d pay 40 a month over watching my neighbors broken down 1998 Honda civic

Oct 29, 10:05am

Most cities have laws about cars parked on the street long term

Schultz is back

Oct 29, 10:06am

That they don't enforce

YSMACK

Oct 29, 10:22am

If you're proactive about it as a neighbor they will

Schultz is back

Oct 29, 10:56am

If all of your neighbors got together and put $40 into a pot to buy that civic

Shihan

Oct 29, 10:11am

Then you can use what is left over after getting rid of the civic to throw a

Shihan

Oct 29, 10:49am

Many people pay $400 a month for an HOA. How would you like that?

Shihan

Oct 29, 10:12am

Our new 55+ management & HOA is being turned over to us homeowners soon

TeeKaa

Oct 29, 10:06am

I know a ton. I will send you a boardmail.

YSMACK

Oct 29, 10:08am

Look for a new management company

Gente_Boa

Oct 29, 10:07am

18% with no explanation? then reject it and take the management internal. I'd love to see the budget. $4800 x 20

ChinaFan

Oct 29, 10:20am

The budget is $13k/year plus those 4 homes on the private road also pay an extra $100/mo each for the road ($4800/year)

cheezedawg

Oct 29, 10:50am

So glad our community doesn't have an HOA. What a nightmare they are.

SausageKing

Oct 29, 10:24am

Yes and no. They keep the RVs and commercial vehicles out, keep the parking

Iman23

Oct 29, 11:57am

I think they have diminishing returns. They can be helpful when a neighborhood is new to establish a culture and

cheezedawg

Oct 29, 12:32pm

They have you by the short hairs…

airbug

Oct 29, 10:28am

Can you shrink the HOA so it only includes the 4 homes on the private road?

TheNerd

Oct 29, 10:28am

That’s actually something we have talked about. They need the HOA way more than us.

cheezedawg

Oct 29, 10:37am

If those 4 owners opposed it (which they likely would), you would likely lose.

YSMACK

Oct 29, 10:45am

Yes. Any action needs to be unanimous.

cheezedawg

Oct 29, 10:51am

Can you hire a new management company?

CBaass

Oct 29, 12:34pm

Yeah I’m looking around again.

cheezedawg

Oct 29, 12:58pm

Ha. I found a place that described a minimalistic service that would be less than half of what we currently pay. But

cheezedawg

Oct 29, 2:42pm

Ah, HOAs, the importing of fascist neighborhood Gestapos into American life,

Mitty

Oct 29, 12:48pm

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