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How strict, how toxic, how chill.
Every HOA lands somewhere between Chill and Hostile. It isn't stars. Two things drag it toward the red end: how heavy the rulebook is, and how nasty the HOA gets about enforcing it.
- Chill They mostly leave you alone.
- Mellow There are rules, but enforcement is gentle.
- Uptight A real rulebook, and they enforce it.
- Overbearing Heavy rules, or an HOA that leans on you.
- Hostile Punitive, selective, litigious. Out to get you.
Two very different HOAs
A strict, resented HOA
Rules, but they leave you alone
Check the ten things that actually start fights.
Before you sign anything, see what sorts of things will put you on the HOA's hitlist. We surface the dealbreakers so you don't have to wonder what's banned or allowed.
- Backyard chickens
- RV / boat parking
- Short-term rentals
- Solar panels
- Custom exterior paint
- Tall / privacy fences
- Yard / political signs
- Basketball hoop
- Holiday lights
- Flagpole
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One post is a bad week. A dozen is a pattern.
A single angry review is one person's bad week. A dozen describing the same $50 trash-can fine and the same three-week wait to approve a white storm door is a pattern worth knowing. There's a report button on everything, and a real person reads the reports.