Out of control Home Owner's Association

[LGARDENS]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Texas

My Home Owners Association (Houston TX) wants me to remove all plants except one hedge, 1 tree, and put in lawn where my flower beds were. Other houses in the HOA have more than 1 tree. In fact the deed restriction requires two trees. Other homes also have flower beds. They have recently sent this to their lawyer, who wrote a letter to me and want me to pay $140 within 10 days for the lawyer letter and for me to complete this task within 10 days. But when I tried calling the lawyer's office, the lawyer will not take my call. I've called about 9 times in the last 7 day. what can i do?

I admit it was "messy" in the past, but I've cleaned up and they are still on my back.

[HomeGuru]

Originally Posted by LGARDENS

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Texas

My Home Owners Association (Houston TX) wants me to remove all plants except one hedge, 1 tree, and put in lawn where my flower beds were. Other houses in the HOA have more than 1 tree. In fact the deed restriction requires two trees. Other homes also have flower beds. They have recently sent this to their lawyer, who wrote a letter to me and want me to pay $140 within 10 days for the lawyer letter and for me to complete this task within 10 days. But when I tried calling the lawyer's office, the lawyer will not take my call. I've called about 9 times in the last 7 day. what can i do?

I admit it was "messy" in the past, but I've cleaned up and they are still on my back.

**A: you seem to have had a run in with the HOA before and now you are the black sheep. You can hire your own lawyer if you feel that is the thing you need to do.