When most people purchase a home, they are thrilled to have a safe, comfortable space to return to every evening. A humble abode that they can do whatever they like with. Tear down a wall separating the kitchen and living room to make one large space? Sure! Install wood floors in the dining room and a pool in the backyard? Whatever floats your boat! Your home is yours, and it should be the coziest, most welcoming place in the world for you.
Sometimes, however, homeowners don’t get to have the full say in how they decorate and run their homes, because HOAs might insert their input as well… An HOA, or Homeowner’s Association, is an evil group of people designed to make residents’ lives challenging– Oh, excuse me. I meant it’s “an organization in a subdivision, planned community, or condominium building that makes and enforces rules for the properties and residents”, according to Investopedia. But in reality, HOAs are notorious for implementing and enforcing outlandish rules and regulations and responding swiftly with hefty fines any time a resident refuses to comply.
Down below, we’ve gathered some of the most annoying examples of HOAs exercising their power over residents that homeowners have shared on the Mildly Infuriating subreddit, so you can either relate to their pain or count your blessings if you live in a non-HOA area. Keep reading to also find an interview with the hosts of The HOA Show podcast to hear their thoughts on the topic.
Be sure to upvote the photos that make you want to file a complaint against these HOAs, and let us know in the comments if you’ve ever personally felt victimized by a frustrating HOA. And then if you’re interested in checking out even more HOA horror stories we’ve featured on Bored Panda before, we’ve got you covered with this article right here.
#1 Celebrating Pride Despite Our HOA Not Allowing Pride Flags. They Don’t Regulate Yard Lights Though, So… There’s Always A Loophole
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#2 The Hoa In My Friend’s Neighborhood Recently Threatened Her Neighbors With A Fine If They Didn’t Hide Their Trash Cans. They’ve Been In The Same Spot For Over A Decade
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#3 HOA Violates Your Property Rights
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#4 A Local HOA Karen Forced A Father To Tear Down His Kids’ Recently Built Tree House
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#5 Head Of Hoa Lives Across From This Guy And Was Giving Him A Hard Time About The Appearance Of His House. So He Painted His House Pepto Pink Out Of Spite
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#6 Thank You All For Your Prayers. The Hoa Sprayed Toxic Chemicals In The Backyard Causing Severe Tremoring, Hypersalivation, And Neurological Problems
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#7 Kids Are Having Fun With Friends So A Neighbor Reported To Hoa That They Must Be Running A Childcare
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#8 Neighbor’s Response To Hoa’s Email About Taking Down Halloween Decorations. Now It’s A Christmas Decoration
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#9 A Friend Of Mine Got A Complaint From Her Hoa About A Dying Shrub On Her Property
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#10 My Neighbor Received A Letter From Hoa Saying His Tree Needed To Be Cut Down. This Is What He Did With The Trunk
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#11 An Hoa Fined Woman $100 For Moving Her Car After A Snow Dusting Leaving Behind This Lovely Flurry Phallus
A few weeks ago we got a pitiful little snow that was barely really a frost. Just enough to cause a little trouble of the roads (cause any sort of weather causes troubles on the roads here), but nothing severe. So my husband and I go out, get in our cars, and leave for the work day.
Awhile later (I don’t remember if it was five days or a week), we get an email from the HOA saying we are being fined for something. They aren’t very specific at first, but they are saying it’s about the snow and our cars. We are very confused. There is not enough snow to shovel, as you will soon see.
Finally, after a few back-and-forth emails, they simply send us a picture “describing the problem”. The imprint our car left in this and somehow that’s our fault.
I died laughing y’all. This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard of being fined for, and we flat-out told them we weren’t paying. Eventually, they realized we were serious about not paying, and since there were no by-laws on the books about something like this, they dropped it.
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#12 Homeowners Association Requires That This Should Be A Lawn
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#13 The Neighbors Hate Us And Went To The Hoa Because We Had Something “Poisonous” Growing In Our Backyard. Here’s Our Harvest
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#14 When The Hoa Needs To Place A Notice About Farting In The Elevator
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#15 Hoa Requires Elaborate Christmas Decorations In This Neighborhood. This Resident Complied
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#16 Our Hoa Illegally Gutted The Courtyard Behind Our Townhome That Contained Very Large Privacy Bushes And Protected Cypress Trees
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#17 $50 Fine From Hoa For Having A Dead Lawn (It’s Rock) And/Or Excessive Weeds (None)
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#18 Hoa: Done
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#19 A Friend’s Hoa Sent Letter Requesting Kids Only Play In Park, Not In Yards
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#20 Hoa Landscapers Threw In A Free Internet Trim
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#21 My Parents Hoa Passed A Rule This Year That All Houses In The Neighborhood Must Be 35′ From The Road. These Neighbors May Have To Tear Their House (Which Has Been There For 12+ Years) If They Are Not Approved For A Variance Permit
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#22 Our Lovely Homeowner’s Association Dog Park. No Shade, No Turf, Just Gravel, And Rocks
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#23 Hoa Cut Our Privacy Bushes In Half Without Asking
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#24 I’m Parked On My Property And I Get A Violation. F*ck The Hoa
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#25 My Hoa Put Up Fences So We Can’t Drive From Section To Section
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#26 Our Hoa Installed Some Sprinklers By The Lake Last Year. Here Is One Of The Heads A Year Later That Waters The Lake Twice A Day
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#27 The Only Thing Worse Than A Florida Hurricane Is A Florida Home Owner’s Association
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#28 Texas Couple Being Sued By Their Hoa For Feeding Ducks
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#29 Hoa Decides To Ruin Our Sideyard By Putting A Sidewalk Through It, Then Bursts The Water Pipes Coming To Our House
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#30 Hoa Refuses To Remove Dog Waste After Months Of Payment. They Ignored Calls And Dealt With The Smell Complaint By Turning Each Doggie Station Into An Overflow
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#31 Hoa Recently Replaced Our House Numbers
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#32 You All Enjoyed My “Handwriting” And Pink Boots Last Time. I’m Back Today After Receiving A Note From The HOA Reminding Me To Actually Finish Power Washing My Driveway
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#33 The Hoa Is Ridiculous. You Can Clearly See A Net On That Goal In The Picture They Took
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#34 The Hoa Mounted This Sign Slanted
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#35 Hoa Wanting Free Labor For Cleaning Up Construction Trash Home Builders Left In Our Neighborhood
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#36 Hoa Decided Behind This Bush Was A Good Place For Our House Number To Be Placed
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#37 Hoa: You Broke The Bylaws By Lettings Your Kids Play On The Side Of The Street
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#38 Hoa’s Need To Chill Out, I’m Not 100% Sure, But I Think The Hoa Blocked A Walkway To Another Neighborhood. Very Annoying
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#39 Our Hoa Made Us Each Pay About $30 Each To Set Up Lights Around Our Neighborhood Sign (Sorry For Bad Lighting)
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#40 My Hoa Put Up A Fence The Week Before I Stained Mine
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