Both would get a hard no from me. Law Enforcement needs to go to a judge and get a warrant to come into my home there’s no way I’m letting a bunch of busybodies “inspect” my home because they voted on it. Keeping up the outside appearance of the neighborhood is one thing, come onto or into my property and we’re going to have a problem.
Agreed. I was saying it's more acceptable (as in given only the two choices) not that I would want it to actually occur.
Agreed that's why I clarified in this below comment what I meant:
Omg....just crazy!
Who are these illegal tenants that everyone is so concerned about?
How do I find out what the requirements are in a perspective HOA? I am looking to move into an over 55 community and don't want to end up in an extremely ridiculous environment. I want peace before I die...LOL.
Ask the realtor you're working with. I'm sure they can get you a copy of the covenants.
They’re supposed to give you a copy of the covenants before you sign anything. Don’t just skim them, READ them, ALL OF THEM. It’s tedious and a pain in the butt but you need to know what you’re agreeing to.
Exactly. Although the reality is, some are unenforceable. My subdivision has very very very few CCRs and no HOA to enforce them. But it IS a violation to work at home according to them. So much for telecommuting! Guy across the street made violin and other string instrument bows in his bedroom for 30 years, no customers there, he shipped everything. Nothing said. Former next door neighbor ran is "small" business accounting firm from his extra bedroom. Again, no customers there. The current owners of the home did ask me why there were 10 landline circuits into their house.
From the several articles I was reading about this particular HOA in the OP a homeowner was discussing their displeasure in having to have their garage door open during the day but stated he understood it was because with a different homeowner in the neighborhood had people living in their garage illegally. The HOA in the article decided to combat that was to force all the homeowners to have their doors open during the day.
Agree with other comments. I would speak with your realtor.
I just didn’t want to get caught out with something stupid like, “Plant A must be exactly 1.3 inches shorter than Plant B unless Plant C is exactly 2 inches taller than Plant A and every other leaf is yellow but no amber.”
Ok I am outing myself. I used to live in this town. I used to live in this condo complex. This is considered the "bad side of town". Auburn is a really nice place, but this is more lower income. There is a HUGE homeless encampment across the street or HWY 49. We had a chair stolen while were moving in. We left it in the carport because we had no room in our condo with the boxes. The next morning it was gone. The Greens has some very nice generous people who live there. Seeing the same homeless people day after day, you can easily get to know them. I can easily see someone letting someone live in their garage. There is also a huge immigrant Mexican population. They might have let a family or friend live in their garage. All my neighbors were very nice. Aside from the chair incident I never had any problems. I know further in there is more of a drug problem closer to the park. A lot of the condos have been bought up and used as rentals, so I can see how a rental company might want to pressure the HOA into doing something that might hurt their value and possible chance at rental income. When I lived there I never saw the HOA do anything except announce when there was some road work being done. We lived there for a little less than 18 months.
Unbelievable....why couldn't someone work from their home, that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! As long as there are no customers coming to the home, why would it matter?
What state do you live in?
Not at all unbelievable. In some areas it isn't a local CCR, it is a City Ordinance. They won't issue you a business license if your location is in an area zoned as a residential area. They want residential areas to be just that. But, practically speaking, it is ignored in this telecommuting age.
California
