• Nalivai@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    22
    ·
    3 months ago

    My friend bought a house in a good neighborhood with “good HOA”. Half a year later they went on vacation and while they were away, hoa people entered his yard with a key that they apparently have without informing him, and cut down a beautiful cherry blossom tree in his yard, then sent him a bill for a removal, with the explaination that the tree had “incorrect leaf density”.

    • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      3 months ago

      Your friend should have sued the fuck out of them. If that tree was more than a few years old they could have been looking at 6 figures in damages

      • hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        3 months ago

        HOAs have some crazy legal standings and abilities. IANAL but I wouldn’t be surprised if that was technically legal according to their rules, and they are protected

        I will never live in an HOA.

          • hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            3 months ago

            IDK, depending on how it’s written and how messed up it is, I think they can make it so when you sign and buy the house, you’re only renting out leasing the land underneath it. Therefore they’re not cutting down your tree, they’re cutting down their tree. Something like that 🤷‍♂️