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Posted by: Howard Jan 31 2005, 04:37 PM
Our Homeowners' association must hire from Stanford Security Rejects, Inc.
I want to paint my house. Call H/O assn (mistake 1) and they inform me I must submit a color sample and $125 to handle the cost of review. I ask, even for the same color? Yes!
Go paint store with chip from house. They match it. Buy one gallon, paint piece of cardboard (8.5x11 as required) and submit it with the check. Get letter from them.
'Your color as been rejected since is does not fit the palette.'
I call them and ask, 'OK, where do I get this palette?'
'There isn't one.'
'How do I know what color is OK?'
'Send us sample and we will let you know.'
So come on down. You can park your car in front of my house and help me paint. When the Paint Police come by, I'll use the Patti Hurst defense....
'A crazed NorCal liberal held me at gunpoint and forced me to use this color.'
Posted by: DNHunt Jan 31 2005, 04:41 PM
Just a suggestion. Get a contrasting color approved and Paint a big FU*K YOU on the front of their house
Dave
Posted by: redshift Jan 31 2005, 04:42 PM
I'd get a Wagner power roller, and paint the fuggin house freekin Ravenna one night.
You should start a fire!
M
Posted by: Meredith Jan 31 2005, 04:42 PM
| QUOTE (Howard @ Jan 31 2005, 02:37 PM) |
| Buy one gallon |
Mistake # 2...When in the testing stage, quarts are your friend!
I will never understand how these associations come up with their crazy guidelines.
Posted by: nebreitling Jan 31 2005, 04:53 PM
LMFAO!!!
bravo 
on finding what must be the most senseless HOA ever organized. i like Dave's idea.
so the latest with my abandoned car is...... no news. nothing. i've called, emailed, went to see them in person, every one passes the buck. meanwhile i've got some renegade rent-a-pig running around with a true hardon for towing my car, and the apparent legal authority to do so. my legally registered, legally insured, valid-parking-permit-equipped-car, that is. 
wtf.
Posted by: redshift Jan 31 2005, 04:56 PM
Dood, I would be out of there in a second. I don't put up with shit, from dumbasses.
Why don't you go straight to the Dean, Yo?
M
Posted by: SLITS Jan 31 2005, 05:00 PM
Now watch it guys, this thread will get locked or deleted if it gets to political.
Just a warning from the thought police 
Oh, I forgot...Does the $125.00 include a BJ?
Posted by: ! Jan 31 2005, 05:00 PM
Funny....when I was at Howie's house last month I asked what his Association was like...... I prolly jinxed him. 
I live NEXT to an Association and I have been getting grief from them for 10 years. I don't belong, don't wanna belong, but they think because they are 18 members strong they can push me around.....been going rounds with them and I'm ahead on the judge's cards 8-2.....
It only takes ONE Nazi on the Association's Board to cause you grief.
Posted by: SLITS Jan 31 2005, 05:09 PM
| QUOTE (mikez @ Jan 31 2005, 04:00 PM) |
| Funny....when I was at Howie's house last month I asked what his Association was like...... I prolly jinxed him. I live NEXT to an Association and I have been getting grief from them for 10 years. I don't belong, don't wanna belong, but they think because they are 18 members strong they can push me around.....been going rounds with them and I'm ahead on the judge's cards 8-2..... It only takes ONE Nazi on the Association's Board to cause you grief. |
You being anywhere jinxs the whole shebang...you showed up for lunch at the Casa Sirena and it suddenly became the Casa Bada and everyone bailed.....I wonder what effect this is gonna have on the WCC05 Motel 6 crowd?.......hmmmmm
Posted by: ! Jan 31 2005, 05:12 PM
Like I would be caught dead in a Motel 6...... 
Posted by: Headrage Jan 31 2005, 05:12 PM
I bought a new home in an area that was under the control of a HOA. Moved the fence 6 feet towards the street (Still 6 feet from the front of the house) and got cards and letters for a month. Finally went to one of there satanic sacrifice rituals and told them to bite me. Never heard from them since.
Posted by: SirAndy Jan 31 2005, 05:16 PM
| QUOTE (Howard @ Jan 31 2005, 02:37 PM) |
| 'Your color as been rejected since is does not fit the palette.' I call them and ask, 'OK, where do I get this palette?' 'There isn't one.' 'How do I know what color is OK?' 'Send us sample and we will let you know.' |
Posted by: SirAndy Jan 31 2005, 05:19 PM
| QUOTE (SLITS @ Jan 31 2005, 03:00 PM) |
| Now watch it guys, this thread will get locked or deleted if it gets to political. Just a warning from the thought police |
that's why you're not an admin ...
Andy
Posted by: sanman Jan 31 2005, 05:26 PM
sound like a good way to make $125. WE WOULD HAVE PROBLEMS if I paid and the present color (on my house) 
was not aproved.
Posted by: SLITS Jan 31 2005, 05:28 PM
| QUOTE (SirAndy @ Jan 31 2005, 04:19 PM) | ||
that's why you're not an admin ... Andy |
I guess I should withdraw my application.....
Posted by: jwalters Jan 31 2005, 05:30 PM
So sorry to hear your grief--I really lucked out--knocking on veneer right now, here in SoFl H/O is all the rage--cept where I live. Nope, none, no siree H/O can go 
themselves--Everybody around me for about 5 blocks works on thier cars, build things in the yards, and also mow thier own grass. I have a few times now been outside in my yard, at 8 pm with lights on my project and using a angle grinder or a sawzall with all the bravado of someone that just don't care---know what? Not a single complaint!!!!! 
Course, It COULD have something to do with me being a federal law officer and 2/3 of the homeowners around here smoke pot---
But it is just a theory........ 
hehe 
Do your worst to them nazi's--hell, if it is like most H/O ass. it will be years before you go to court, if it ever even comes to that---
On another note--my buddie who lives in Hollywood, next to the beach, went to work one day and came home to find a code enforcement ticket ( $50.00 ) on his door--the altercation??? One sprig of weed had grown 4 inches above the grass while he was at work!!!! True story----
Posted by: Cloudbuster Jan 31 2005, 05:38 PM
So it cost $125 to compare a sheet of cardboard to, uh, NOTHING. How would that play out in small claims court?
Posted by: scott thacher Jan 31 2005, 05:45 PM
my mother was the pres of a hoa, they had simple guide lines sheds must be same color and surface treatment as house, fences had to be one of ten designs, and you did have to get a permit for the above and for painting but it was free.
now there was a neighbor who put a permit in for a planeter across the front of his house, well he built it across and next to his house. then he asked for a permit for a flag pole, they said no till he asked for a permit to build the planter next to his house. well he put in the permit for the planter and it got approved. next the flag pole was to be a 15 pole, which he got approved for, but he put in a 25 footer, then he asked for a permit for a fence, which got disapproved, can you guess why, the guy always did more than what he asked for, but it always got approved after wards.
well six months later he tried to get a pool, which got approved, when they tried to did up his yard, the hole flooded, so he tried to put in an above ground pool. well what do you know above ground pools are a no no, he did it anyway. well the hoa sent letters, had the inspectors for the county turn it down, but he did it any way. then he learned his lesson. a year later after the pool was done with out county permits and stuff. the hoa got a court order and removed the pool, and even landscaped the yard where the pool was, now he has a 10000 lean on his house to pay for the removeal of the pool and the other work. my mother got out of the resinged from the hoa when the other members pushed this to that point.
hoa may suck but thier are reasons, not ones i understand but they have thier reasons
Posted by: Headrage Jan 31 2005, 05:49 PM
There good to keep the furniture and b-b-q's off the front lawn at least.
Posted by: Howard Jan 31 2005, 06:47 PM
Thanks, all, for your support. It's just a bit of silliness that occurs when a really little person has nothing better to do. I like having a HOA, keeps the riff raff out
Anyway, the house is coming out great; I accidently started painting before I received their declination letter. Oopsie 
Posted by: 914 novice Jan 31 2005, 07:00 PM
Howard, they liked the color so much they probably wanted it for their house 
Posted by: TimT Jan 31 2005, 07:23 PM
Howard, I drive by this house everytime I head for my place in Vermont..
Rumour has it that the owners of the house and the town fathers dont get along.. Hence the "in your face" paint job! This house has been paintd in this fashion for going on 12 years now, and heck you dont see it from your living room!
I once lived in a development that had a homeowners association... getting away from those stepford assholes was financially one of the best things I have ever done..
What ever happened to individuality
co-op board/hoa kiss me right here 
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Posted by: redshift Jan 31 2005, 07:33 PM
hahaha
Show up with full elevation plans on the new paint 'scheme' for your house, and it includes hand painted smileys, and 2nd grade fingerpaints..
Oh yeah... ravenna it is.
M
Posted by: Howard Jan 31 2005, 07:36 PM
| QUOTE (TimT @ Jan 31 2005, 05:23 PM) |
| Howard, I drive by this house everytime I head for my place in Vermont.. Rumour has it that the owners of the house and the town fathers dont get along.. Hence the "in your face" paint job! This house has been paintd in this fashion for going on 12 years now, and heck you dont see it from your living room! I once lived in a development that had a homeowners association... getting away from those stepford assholes was financially one of the best things I have ever done.. What ever happened to individuality co-op board/hoa kiss me right here |
Love it! Don't tell me it's on 'Historical Route 7'. That's the tightest ass group I ever saw. 'Effin Green Mountain Boyz can KMA.
Posted by: TimT Jan 31 2005, 07:40 PM
Not Rt 7, Connecticut, its on 22a in Hoosick Falls NY
Posted by: redshift Jan 31 2005, 07:43 PM
| QUOTE (SLITS @ Jan 31 2005, 07:28 PM) |
| I guess I should withdraw my application..... |
Preparation-H is supposed to be hard to get off... once applied, and if you keep touching it....
it's not going to heal.
Also you said 'withdraw', this concerns me, because it's a topical ointment.
M
Posted by: neo914-6 Jan 31 2005, 08:25 PM
Howard,
Can't beat em, join em. Paint and landscape your house exactly like the presidents. Become the HOA president and then make your changes...
Posted by: Joe Ricard Jan 31 2005, 08:34 PM
Man sure do love living in good ole South town USA. I put my car up on jackstands in the drive way every once in awhile and leave it for a few days just because I can. Tires off tools soread out and a oil puddle where I spilled the dran pan.
I'll paint my house what ever color my wife tells me So there!!!! Put a brick mail box infront of my house Because I wanted one.
Posted by: Bruce Allert Jan 31 2005, 11:38 PM
We bought a small place & 4 acres on a lake wayyyy up in the mountains. Wouldn't ya know it there was a HOA with a bunch of anal Hitlers runnin around. This house was the eye sore of the lake for 15 years & we remodeled it complete with metal roof, new windows and paint inside & out. But they wouldn't leave us alone 
We had to go thru the HOA for colors and the type of windows. What a bunch of BS. What really chapped us was when we tore down the old dry rotted deck & was in the middle of pouring a patio when an ass hole came up & said we had to stop & get permission to do that work...
We thru empty beer cans (& some full ones) at him till he left!
To drive 2 hours away from civilization and have the asshole HOA tell ya what to do is beyond what I can take.
BTW.... it's on the market
.....b
Posted by: Howard Feb 1 2005, 12:00 AM
Ya know, it's not just this. CA DMV story:
When I bought the V8 car it did not have a front plate. The car is kind of 'noticible' so didn't want to get pulled over for no plate. Blow the extra $45 to get personalized when I find out MTLMTR is available. Cool!
Go to DMV and order plates. Turn in old plate and get temp permit. 6 weeks later, DMV sends letter, plates are in. Go in and wait almost half an hour while they look for them. Finally find one motorcycle plate that says MTLMTR. Cute, but not quite what I wanted for the 914. Yada yada, they will order another. 6 weeks later get a letter from DMV. They want an extra $45 since I would not accept the plates ordered. Right! I call and ask for my old plate back and a refund. Today I get yet another letter stating that if I do not come in and get my plate(s) they will destroy them.
For my convenience, the plates are in Modesto, 200+ miles away, not my local DMV. They give me an 800# to call. Can't wait to make this call tomorrow.
It ain't the HOA's, dems, republicans, christians, muslims or nazis. It's the idiots that are taking over the world. Thank God for Absolut and thank God I'm old; don't know how much more of this I can take 
Posted by: Rhodes71/914 Feb 1 2005, 01:05 AM
I love the fact that I can have 2 boats, couple of old snowmobiles, stack of firewood (tarped in whatever color I want), any kind of landscaping, my dog, and whatever the F else I want in my yard.
I will never again live in a neighboorhood with an HOA.
My 914 may even end up on jackstands in the driveway if I feel like it.
Posted by: DNHunt Feb 1 2005, 08:25 AM
Howard
I hate to tell you that you can't run away from it by dying.
My dad died in 98. He loved to play golf so on his birthday I would take a couple of golf balls over and put them on his grave. Last year my mom got a note from the cemetary say that golf ball were not an "appropriate demonstration of affection".
Posted by: SLITS Feb 1 2005, 10:19 AM
| QUOTE (DNHunt @ Feb 1 2005, 07:25 AM) |
| Howard I hate to tell you that you can't run away from it by dying. My dad died in 98. He loved to play golf so on his birthday I would take a couple of golf balls over and put them on his grave. Last year my mom got a note from the cemetary say that golf ball were not an "appropriate demonstration of affection". |
I would tell them to fuck off with a megaphone next to their ear.
Posted by: Bruce Allert Feb 1 2005, 10:39 AM
| QUOTE (SLITS @ Feb 1 2005, 09:19 AM) | ||
I would tell them to fuck off with a megaphone next to their ear. |
I wholeheartedly
I'd be on a megaphone in the other ear watching their brains go skyward
What a bunch of dickwads
.......b
Posted by: DNHunt Feb 1 2005, 10:55 AM
I've got a solution.
A couple of well placed divots. Dad always got a kick out of big pelts
Posted by: Howard Feb 1 2005, 10:56 AM
| QUOTE (DNHunt @ Feb 1 2005, 06:25 AM) |
| Howard I hate to tell you that you can't run away from it by dying. My dad died in 98. He loved to play golf so on his birthday I would take a couple of golf balls over and put them on his grave. Last year my mom got a note from the cemetary say that golf ball were not an "appropriate demonstration of affection". |
I hope your dad is shooting under par on the big course in the sky and laughing his ass off. Tell the cemetary nothing, but start leaving golf balls all over the place. I've got a bunch of old shag balls if you need them. That's how you get even with the idiots of the world, not by screaming. My house is getting painted just about the same color it was before.
Spoke to DMV this morning, and got about 50 'You can't do that, sir' responses. They told me I had to pick them up personally, but they would try to get them sent to local DMV. Right! Will go into AAA today (where I should have started), report the plates lost, and get another set made. Think it's $10.
Gotta love this shit
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