Thursday, March 09, 2006

Stupid Homeowner, Stupid Homeowner's Association

This case is tooth-grindingly annoying. Woman with soldier husband serving overseas puts up "Support our Troops" sign. Problem: she's in a gated community with a rule against yard signs.

So now everyone is going round and round. Sigh.

If you're going to move into a community that has rules, read the darn rules and decide whether you can live by them or not. Sheesh.

If you're going to have a community with rules, be prepared to make modifications for them under certain circumstances. "Support our Troops" signs are probably a safe exception to the no-signs rules.

This is how despotisms start. Someone gets tired of watching the yammerers yammer, draws a sword, and starts cutting off heads until things are done intelligently.

2 comments:

mythago said...

The thing with signs rules is, there are no safe exceptions. "We don't allow signs" can be justified under the First Amendment; "We don't allow signs, except pro-troops signs" don't fly.

I've walked away from one tempting house offer because it came with a HOA; I'd rather rent.

emily1 said...

i like to refer to them as 'Village Idiot Committees'.