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  Colorado HOA Experience

  by Astrobootes, about 1 year ago

  Volunteered, elected, and served in different capacities, ie., Secretary, Treasurer, VP and committees.

  I have reviewed the existing entries to the task force and so far many of the replies ring true. I was encouraged when I first saw and read HB23-1105, but the jury is still out relative to any changes that may result. What I’ve experienced is that the legislature creates and the governor signs bills affecting HOA governance, but other than litigation there is no enforcement. We have become a litigious and apathetic society. Times have and continue to change!!

  • Current HOA boards are pretty useless, imo... Continue reading
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  Uninformed or misinformed Homeowners in HOA's

  by Debra, about 1 year ago
  In making a career change 22+ years ago, I made a conscious decision to become part of the Community Association profession. I have been positively impacted in working in various capacities, to become educated and informed, then sharing information, successes, failures and experiences from the 'front lines' in guiding and engaging communities. Over the years, learning how much misinformation and how many under-informed buyers creating climates of angst, rather than open & respectful communication, is an ongoing challenge.

  
  

  Acting in the best interest of communities and neighborhoods (HOA's), the responsibility rests on the shoulders of ALL Leaders. Effective communication... Continue reading
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  HOA members are volunteers

  by rwitting, about 1 year ago
  After owning a house for 34 years in a community without a HOA (and having a neighbor who never planted grass and had knee high weeds that whole time), I was determined to get a townhome in a HOA managed community when I decided to retire and downsize to a townhome. I also wanted someone to care for the exterior since I like to spend time in the mountains and traveling.

  
  

  One of the primary reasons for choosing the community I bought in was how beautiful and well maintained it is. The HOA is so well managed, they have never... Continue reading
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  Support the HOAs

  by PattyAnn, about 1 year ago

  I have lived in our condominium community since 2014. When I first arrived, the community was in great shape. However, a year later, things began to backtrack:

  • The pool could not be used (for many years).
  • The property needed a better maintenance plan.
  • Many residents needed to catch up on their dues. Not paying cost the community more money, so the community had to build up the reserves.
  • No one complied with the rules; if violations were made, they were not enforced.

  This was a valuable lesson on the importance of HOAs and their board of directors. Since then, the... Continue reading
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  Foreclosure initiated against neighbor

  by bhr1988, about 1 year ago
  An elderly neighbor of mine who is up to date on her mortgage recently had the HOA initiate a foreclosure process against her. The HOA feels this is justified to cover unpaid fines which snowball due to legal fees incurred by the HOA to attempt to collect smaller fines from said homeowner (in other words, small fines snowball when the HOA chooses to involve a lawyer and charge to the homeowner). HOA’s should be required to shoulder 50% of legal fees to incentivize against snowballing of fees and/or fees should be capped at some sane amount (e.g., $5-10,000). Additionally, homes... Continue reading
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  Is digital really the way to go?

  by LRB, about 1 year ago

  We have a household in our HOA that currently demands everything be sent electronically. Fine for documents already digitized; not fine for dealing with compliance issues. The problem is, proof of action cannot be obtained via email. We have no way to verify that the email sent went to the person and a simple denial on their part of not received puts the board at risk. Right now, the only way to verify sending something and it being delivered to the recipient's mailbox is USPS or courier service. This adds expense, but, seems necessary when dealing with compliance issues, in... Continue reading
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  Unaccountable control freaks

  by Jdub, about 1 year ago
  The HOA we're in has a president who does not even live in our town and threatened a lien against our house (no prior notification or warning) that our house had to be painted a "modern color " even though the current paint job had only been done 6-7 years before, and with no definition of what a "modern " color was, nor approved palate for selecting from.We had to submit colors several times until they approved the ugliest one. Neighbors have had similar nightmares happen to them as well. There needs to be more accountability and recourse for what... Continue reading
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  HOAs Get A Bad Rap

  by skkoog, about 1 year ago
  It’s really sad that most people only see the bad comments about HOAs.

  Having lived in an HOA for the past 27 year, having worked for a company that managed HOAs for approximately 5 years and now being an HOA president, I can verify 2 things. The first is people don’t think through the choice of buying a home within an HOA, and if they do, they often never read the governing documents, or choose to ignore them.

  
  I know there are HOAs that aren’t run well, but there is a lot things to be done, more often by volunteers... Continue reading
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  HOA has too much control

  by MER, about 1 year ago

  Our HOA raised fees 170$ a month over the last three years. Services were greatly reduced until this year but no $ was returned to residents. Services since last winter have improved immensely, I am most grateful for the snow removal and the how nice looking the groundskeepers keep our community.

  To vote for the budget was very confusing due to poor wording. After more than a year of proposing a change to the verbiage, it was finally changed. Additionally, at least 50% of the community must vote against the proposed budget for the board to allow changes. The total... Continue reading
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  Water Issues

  by kdsher, about 1 year ago
  After several issues with water coming into our home from the outside, we took a HUGE financial hit and sold. The HOA didn’t address drainage issues, failed to provide access to HOA owned infrastructure that was creating water issues so that we could try and mitigate future damage, and never paid for the damage inside our home from their neglect. The whole, you own inside the walls and we own outside of them doesn’t work well when the outside is creating issues inside. i literally stepped in backed up sewer water that flooded into our home. It happened multiple times... Continue reading