What is the name of your state?Texas
My HOA is 3 years old. When I brought my house (200K+) in 2001, you could not have an Aluminum patio cover or above ground pool.
In 2004 I had a wooden patio cover build that matches my house. You cannot tell the builder didn't build it at the time the house was build. I also had an in ground pool installed at the same time. I spent a total of 50k for the pool and the patio cover.
This week I get a letter in the mail saying the HOA (five members on the board) is now allowing home owners to install Aluminum patio covers and above ground pools are ok as well. There are 144 homes in my neighborhood and no house is older than 4 years. Can these 5 people make changes to the HOA bylaws without a vote? I don't think letting others added this kind of stuff to their backyards are going to help property valves in our neighborhood. Would I have still spent the kind of money I did to mine knowing this? I don't think so?
It will be harder to get this kind of money back out of my property when the guy behind me and next door has a white aluminum patio cover by his rusting above ground pool?
Is there anything I can do to put a stop to this? There are at about 15 houses with in ground pools, and about 20 that have added the wooden patio covers in the neighborhood. I believe we are going to take a lost on the valve of our property. Can we take action again our HOA for trying to make these changes? I was told at closing on my house these bylaws could not be changes for ten years?
My HOA is 3 years old. When I brought my house (200K+) in 2001, you could not have an Aluminum patio cover or above ground pool.
In 2004 I had a wooden patio cover build that matches my house. You cannot tell the builder didn't build it at the time the house was build. I also had an in ground pool installed at the same time. I spent a total of 50k for the pool and the patio cover.
This week I get a letter in the mail saying the HOA (five members on the board) is now allowing home owners to install Aluminum patio covers and above ground pools are ok as well. There are 144 homes in my neighborhood and no house is older than 4 years. Can these 5 people make changes to the HOA bylaws without a vote? I don't think letting others added this kind of stuff to their backyards are going to help property valves in our neighborhood. Would I have still spent the kind of money I did to mine knowing this? I don't think so?
It will be harder to get this kind of money back out of my property when the guy behind me and next door has a white aluminum patio cover by his rusting above ground pool?
Is there anything I can do to put a stop to this? There are at about 15 houses with in ground pools, and about 20 that have added the wooden patio covers in the neighborhood. I believe we are going to take a lost on the valve of our property. Can we take action again our HOA for trying to make these changes? I was told at closing on my house these bylaws could not be changes for ten years?
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