‘It’s a living nightmare,’ says driver whose HOA ‘refuses to let him extend driveway even though neighbors got approved’ | 88I24H8 | 2024-05-12 12:08:01
'It's a living nightmare,' says driver whose HOA 'refuses to let him extend driveway even though neighbors got approved' | 88I24H8 | 2024-05-12 12:08:01
A DRIVER is warning others to avoid living in HOA communities after he has been blocked from extending his driveway.
The homeowner from Michigan has claimed that he is being discriminated against after neighbors had their extension requests approved.
"There are five homes with extended driveways, yet mine was turned down," they wrote on a Condo Association blog.
The homeowner explained that he struggles to fit two cars side by side on the 16-foot wide and 25-foot long driveway.
With a wife and children, the family requires more space for their vehicles.
However, the homeowner claims that when he called the local HOA board after his extension request was denied, he was shut down.
"I tried to call the board for a meeting but the only response I got was 'I don't think so!"
He added that the issue does not just surround his driveway but other changes the family wishes to make to their home.
Calling their experience a "living nightmare," he claimed that they are being discriminated against as other homeowners have their requesters approved.
"Ever since we moved in here we feel like we are living in Hell," he wrote.
"It's nothing but a living nightmare for my family.
"All I'm trying to do is improve my home and property that I pay for and I pay the association fee for the whole year and still being turned down for no reason."
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He and his wife bought their home in 2005 in a foreclosure auction and said they were never told about the HOA.
"If I would have known about this I would never purchase our home.
"If I could, I would move but I can't!" he added, claiming that board members were "abusing their powers."
<p class="article__content--intro"> One in five Americans live in an area with a Homeowners' Association - or HOA. But what exactly is it that they do? </p> </div> </div> In the comment, fellow homeowners and members of HOAs told him to hire a lawyer.
One sympathized saying their neighbors were allowed "flag poles, plants, [and] satellite dishes" outside their homes but their English mailbox had to be removed "because it was out of place and not approved."
Meanwhile, some said that escrow companies and other parties involved in the sale of their home in 2005 will have flagged the HOA somewhere in the documentation.
The U.S. Sun has previously reported on another homeowner who claimed that living in their HOA was like being in a communist state.
Writing to a local newspaper, the Californian claimed that those living in HOAS "have no rights" and that "there is no accountability or responsibility for their [the HOA's] actions."
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