She Moved In and Immediately Pushed for an HOA. He Responded by Having Her Officially Banned From His Property
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Imagine living in the country on a farm that has been around for more than 100 years. What would you do if a new neighbor stopped by and tried to talk you into agreeing to form an HOA?
In this story, one man is in that exact situation, and he is not at all interested in an HOA. In fact, the HOA lifestyle is the exact opposite of what he loves so much about where he lives.
Keep reading to hear the whole conversation between the two neighbors and how it all ends with a taste of petty revenge.
New Hoa
I live on a farm that was created over 170 years ago.
We have a couple lakes across from us that have mostly cottages but a handful of year round residents.
A few years ago some jerk came to my door amid the “no tresspassing, no soliciting i dont give a heck who you think you are this means you” signs on my driveway.
He tells me “we are forming an HOA..”
He insists on saying what he came there to say.
I cut him off saying “good luck with that goodbye”.
He said “just hear me out as a neighbor”.
I said you have 2 minutes starting now..
“In order for us to form an HOA here, we need the earliest homesteads in the area to sign on and yours is by far the oldest and under the current regs we need you on board’.
OP was done humoring the neighbor.
I said “sucks to be you now will you PLEASE BACK OFF”.
This clown doubled down and told me how it would be all unicorns and rainbows if we just had an Hoa to “keep things under control’.
I said i dont legally even have to cut my grass and theres zero chance i am giving you wealthy losers any say in what i do here. If you dont like my operation now, you wont like it when i switch to hogs, which I would do just to spite you guys. If you need my permission to start one, thats fine but dont expect me to be any part of it nor pay any attention to whatever rules you make up. I am doing fine and dont need big brother in an hoa telling me how to live so if you do thats fine but i need no part of it..”.
Talk about perfect timing!
Thankfully my buddy stopped who was a sheriffs deputy and I said “just in time this jerk is trying to get me to join am HOA and refuses to leave, can you help him understanding the word no”.
I had him tresspassed off the property.
3 other neighbors told me they appreciated my stopping their plans.
I dont get how they think they can force someone who owns their own home, had no hoa when they bought the house, to join one.
OP lives in a really laid-back neighborhood.
We have townships that are essentially an hoa but with more legal oversight and proper elections.
Some townships here are worse than hoas, but i chose this location because as i mentioned i dont even NEED to cut my grass.
It doesnt matter if i want to keep an old car or ten behind the barn, if it cant be seen from the road, the township doesnt care..
OP got revenge.
I saw this guy was setting up for some sort of party at his place a couple weeks later so i went and got a trailer of liquefied hog manure from a friend who does run hogs, and sprayed my field across from him, which happened to be upwind of him.
Apparently it worked because he sold his place 3 months later… just my forget you and your hoa story.
If the guy wants to live in an HOA, he should move to an HOA, not try to start one where one isn’t wanted.
Let’s see how Reddit responded to this story.
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It might be time for him to update his will.
I doubt the neighbor would agree to this.
One person explains what the neighbor was thinking.
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Here’s more praise for how OP shot down the neighbor.
I can’t imagine anyone who doesn’t live in an HOA wanting to start an HOA in their neighborhood. If someone wants to live in an HOA so badly, they should just move to an HOA neighborhood that already exists. Most people who don’t live in an HOA hate HOAs.
I love that he not only got the neighbor to back off but also got the neighbor to move!
That certainly didn’t go the way the neighbor expected!
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