Leaving HOA
After 30+ years of living in HOA communities I finally convinced my parents to leave their current HOA and move to a non HOA house.
My parents have lived in HOA communities for the majority of the last 35 years and retired to a newly constructed community last year. They had generally good luck with their previous HOA, probably because my uncle was on the HOA board for most of those years. They were some of the first people to move into their new neighborhood a little over a year ago and it was going well until the house next door was sold to a couple. These people are complete psychos who acted friendly at first before suddenly turning into absolute nightmare neighbors. These people report every little thing to the HOA but regularly violated rules and enforcement is not consistent at all. The neighbors harass and stalk my parents regularly. My parents are talking with a lawyer and are friends with their local state rep who is also a real estate agent.
I purchased a large property (55 acres) about 1.5 hours from them recently and they fell in love with the area after visiting a few times. After a bit of convincing they decided they want to move to be closer to me and my family. They’re looking at buying around 5-10 acres and building a house. It’ll be the first time they haven’t lived in an HOA in 30+ years and they’re rather looking forward to the freedom and no terrible neighbors.