HOAs are important if you want the neighborhood to be nice for a long time. A HOA saved me, the HOA sued the Propane company because they were raising prices and threatening anyone who tried to get a different provider in our neighborhood. Also my neighbor tried to get his whole front yard turned into concrete which would ruin the value of his home and mine. Also my other neighbor kept parking his cars in a way that it was blocking my driveway there was no town rule, but there was an HOA rule. We asked nicely for him to stop when he didn’t, the ones blocking the driveway were towed. So please think before you make dumb comments. Also you have the right to not live in an HOA it’s called don’t live in one.
@@Dan-mq6xt Your last part is where you failed. In California and a growing number of other states, developers can't build new homes unless they are part of an HOA. Why do you think local/state governments want HOAs so badly? It's about regimented control and limitations on individuality. That trend is what has lead us to where we are now.
@@Dan-mq6xt I'm not sure why you would even waste your breath replying to someone who prob has never and will never own property, arguing against an entity they will never even be part of. The ol' youtube effect. Experts with no expertise. They're EVERYWHERE.
the case was dismissed. andy lipka and his attorney filed for petition to dismiss. likely the hoa backed down and cancelled the fines after all the press coverage and outrage that people were having over it.
I own a 40 year old car and a 29 year old truck & a 20 year old truck. Two of my vehicles have faded patinas but they are excellent mechanically with rebuilt engines and transmissions. Nobody has the right to tell me I have to get rid of my vehicles just because the neighbors don't like the faded paint jobs.
As someone who likes older cars way more than newer ones, just know that this HOA fucking sucks and everyone else thinks your truck is way cooler than anything made today
I owned a home that had an HOA for about 20 years. I hated it. I wasn't allowed to hang my clothes in my back yard. My son visited from out of state. He has a motorcycle and stayed with us for two weeks. We was told the motorcycle wasn't allowed in the driveway. My AC broke down in the middle of a Texas hot summer but we'd have to wait for a few weeks for a part to be delivered so we bought an in window AC.. we was told it needed to be removed. We sold that house last year and moved. I told my realtor absolutely NO HOA when looking for a new house.. I would never have one ever again.
Update: he easily won in court, the HOA then proceeded to ban him from "all use of any and all of the common facilities for a period of one (1) year" for no other reason than they were salty they couldn't kick him out of his home
I was building a patio for a customer years back, is HOA said patios and decks could only he a certain square footage and could not extend beyond 15 feet front the house's fondation, that left them with very little room for their furniture and grill. Since there was no restrictions on landscaping I placed two large patio slabs just off the main patio so he had a place for his grill, his HOA rep was NOT happy buy couldn't find any infraction that covered his gripe, but he never forgot. A couple of weeks later I was a few houses down and the guy walks over and told me he received a HOA citation for not having a over on his grill. Turns out he cooked a couple of steaks and left the grill to cool down before putting the cover back on, it started raining so he left it to early the next morning to covered it. The only way to even SEE the grill is to actually walk behind the row of houses through the 10 foot wide area the builder had to leave beyond the 15 toot lot envelope, the only people that go back there besides the home owners are the lawn cutting crews...and apparently the anal retentive nightmare of a HOA nazi out on a rainy night looking for revenge. BTW the guy took his citation to the full board, explained what happened and got the violation overturned.
OMG, I can picture the Nazi out there in the rain, hunched over in their trench coat, furiously flipping through the rule book with a pair of binoculars... these people are sick.
isn't it always a Karen or a Stacy or a Stacy Karen that is voted in as an HOA president someone with a southern accent that says that is a violate that is a violation I will have to issue you a fine you cannot do that you missed trash day
@@litiviousspartus4611 Or you could move if you don't like your neighbors. What you gonna do when Joe Xiden starts planting bolivians in your precious HOA?
@@Bartonovich52 A lot of the Karen’s and other suburbanites have a tacky sense of fashion and that’s coming from a guy that wears jeans, boots and camouflage.
Weird underhanded insult. I think his truck looks better than any basic cuv out there. I mean that's the kinda vehicle I'd pass in my neighborhood and admire while I drove by.
I knew this woman who ran an HOA & they didn't even allow you to park in your own driveway overnight, you were supposed to use your garage and couldn't have more vehicles than your garage could house. Crazy. I looked into it, these cases were dismissed.
We have the same rule and I AM SO glad we do! Otherwise you have people like you parking their beaters everywhere because you've turn your garage into a man-cave for all your beer drinking "bros" to come over and make noise on game day!
@@kendallevans4079 well first of all I don't drink & second of all my car is older but it's not that old & is rust free with just under 54k miles & ugh I don't know where this is coming from
@@AllanAdamson OK, apologies. The whole HOA is a touchy subject for me because I'm always in the minority because I'm 90% pro-HOA. I like a tidy, quiet neighborhood.
HA HA HA good for you You pay your HOA monthly the nerve of her to come "solicit" a donations I bet a quarter that solicitation is against HOA rules though I might fine her if I lived there
@@Bailey_54R Bailey that is not what it is there for its to keep the property and home value up on your and the others in the HOA it is a set of "standard" rules that all must follow such as your lawn must be no longer that 10 inches you must move your trash barrows to behind your fence before the end of the night the RULE moderately SEVERE body damage does not apply in any way shape or form there was zero body damage moderately SEVERE would be a car that was recently totaled the HOA woman was trying to push her weight around we don't have HOA to have a babysitter
I live in a HOA and they decided to redo our public pool and splash pad. However, there really was no need to, and when they did they made the splash pad a lot smaller and less fun for kids. The HOA got displeased with how it turned out so they redid the splash pad again! What a waste of money. P.s- splash pad still bad to this day.
I once lived in a neighborhood that had a HOA. One rule was no utility trailers allowed to be parked on the driveway. I had one I kept stored under my deck in my back yard. I used it one day and when I was finished I parked it in my driveway intending to put it back under the deck the next morning. The next morning I had a letter from the HOA in my mailbox already with a picture of my utility trailer parked in my driveway. A note was with it explaining I was in violation BLAH BLAH BLAH and had something like 2 weeks to rectify the situation. So I let the trailer sit there up until the very last day I had to "rectify the situation" and THEN I moved it back under the deck in the back yard rather than moving it the very next morning after having used it. Reminds me of that quote: "Don't hate the player. Hate the game." And reminds me of an old Charlie Sheen quote: "Winning!" 🤣🍻
Don't you understand English? It clearly states that it can't be parked in the driveway. Sad that you need someone else to tell you to follow the clearly stated rules. Move somewhere without HOAs.
@@ksmith2852 I understand English. I also understand how to not be a complete ASSHOLE. Apparently you don't. I'll bet you're a member of an HOA. hahaha! Your problem, not mine.
The dumbest part about it is that these people worry about him 'dragging down' the neighborhood values, as if his truck will magically make you not want to move in, for me, it'd do the opposite. I would love to see his truck every morning when I head out.
@@ViolentMLG Exactly. I am the proud owner of a 1961 Chevy Apache 10 stepside, so seeing somebody else with a classic vehicle would only make me want to move in more.
@@ViolentMLG "Wow, an old car. I guess that means we'd have a neighbour who is...interesting to talk to? Wait...independent thought? IN A SUBURB??? DOES NOT COMPUTE!!" 😂
Here in Australia as long as the car is registered they are not allowed to dictate if you you can keep it on your property they can only do it if the car is in non running and unregistered
@@Kamesuko What's even better is when they refuse to talk to the press and then send out letters saying "I trust you'll cover both sides of this story". They can't cover your side if you won't give it to them, idiots.
HOAs are ran by kids that got bullied in school, so now that they're adults, they think they can get away with being bullies themselves. I swear, HOAs should be outlawed. That's a damn good looking truck, I'd love to have it in my driveway.
Cardboard Sliver Fn home Nazi Association years ago my girlfriends parents live in a home not see area they bitched constantly about my 64 Dodge that had a paint job like this truck. her father constantly asked me when I was going to get a new paint job. I always replied:" Are you paying?" His solution was to ban me from coming over. She left that house and came to live with me.
why should HOA's be outlawed, because you don't want them, it's a choice to live there, everyone gets a copy of the rules/bylaws, only a fool would think that they could ignore them. if you don't like the control don't buy, it's simple.
Pringle Boi, people who buy in an HOA were not thinking about the fact that they were spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy a house where you have to follow someone else’s rules.
should be, but won't be ... would love to see a nationwide movement to dissolve them ... www.hopb.co/blog/understanding-the-process-of-dissolving-a-homeowners-association-hoa
@Trinexx007 Exactly how I feel about the truck owner. Your dumbass moved into an HOA, now they are cracking down on _your_ shit, and you have a problem with it? Time to move pal, sorry you had to learn the hard way.
Bought into an HOA, I had a Chevy Blazer that didn't fit in the garage. They had a "no trucks parked in the drive way" rule. They took me to court over it. I won by pulling out the registration that categorized it as a station wagon.
Awesome. Many states register even 1/2 ton full sized pickups, like any 1500 series, with the same plates thats any passenger car can get. If the HOA wants to go play rotten like that, that means that probably 95% of the vehicles in that neighborhood have to park inside, with the trend of everyone needing an SUV. Are they trucks, or are they cars? A little of both, really.
You have to check what the registration indicated... mine was marked as "SW", which in Florida was "Station Wagon". Their lawyer asked me why I didn't tell the HOA it was designated a "station wagon", in front of the judge. I told him they never asked and frankly it wasn't my job to educate them... that was HIS job. The judge laughed.
I know, the homeowners seem like they have no taste or appreciation for things like that truck, if they don't like the truck being parked then they should just leave the owner and his truck alone, why even send him to court??
HOAs are a double edged sword. It's like anything. People get very nit picky and personal which is what we have here. I dealt with this in Colorado. As one commenter wrote. "Imagine living in a place where your largest problem is you don't like the paint on your neighbors truck." It turns into a pissing contest and the time and money could be better spent on helping people out.
I’m a Brit and absolutely shocked that this goes on. We don’t have HOAs thank god. The fact they can sell your house is ridiculous, the HOA are petty dictators
@@RangerCaptain11A ...what they're doing is jerking peoples chains. nothing more. you sound like one of those two bit cowards that hide behind that load of malarkey
@@RangerCaptain11A No, they said his truck violates the rules because it is so damaged, only I fail to see any body damage. He does need to find a new house though, not only to get away from this ridiculous HOA, but he is clearly a car collector and needs more storage space for his collection. I really want to see the other two vehicles he owns.
No they exist for the property’s in the hoa to be maintained so the houses won’t look bad and when the other houses look like shit the nice houses value goes down.
Beautiful truck. Love that patina. I would never paint that. That has NO body damage. There should be no way he loses this battle. The contract CLEARLY says "Severe body damage". Paint Patina is NOT body damage.
@Bite Me I think it depends on the rules. I’ve lived in a condo with an HOA for over 20 years now, and while some of their rules seem stupid to me, on the whole I really can’t complain.
@Dr. Giggles The new constructions are HOA, though them buying rural land and making it HOA should be stopped at once. Matter of fact all HOAs should be outlawed as they violate the U.S. Constitution and are basically just a racket to enforce conformity. Guess if there's no rural land for independent people we'll just have to live in the mountains and fight bears over berry bushes! ; )
Just another example of a big baby wanting his way. The car looks like a piece of junk. Park it in your garage and be a friggin grownup. HOA's keep people like you from trashing neighborhoods. Grow up, park it in the garage or move somewhere they don't have an HOA.
That's absolutely ridiculous that an HOA can force foreclosure on someone because they have an ancient truck (THAT STILL IS MECHANICALLY SOUND). HOAs will be a complete dealbreaker for me if I'm househunting, PERIOD.
I live in a HOA residential 55 years old and older. The president of the HOA lives right across the street from, my gardeners come once a week to mow and trim my yard. When they gardeners have finished my yard the president of the HOA will blow all his leaves into the middle of the street, and when the car's zoom by the leaves well blow into my yard. He does this every week right after my gardeners are done with my yard. Our street is the messiest street in the HOA residence.
They thought the truck would decrease their property values. It does not. Ironically, their lawsuit might actually reduce property values in their neighborhood. Wouldn’t want to live near any of those sad people.
WHY? In his interview with the news Lipka actually endorses HOA's with the caveat that "this time they have gone too far". Not only did he CHOOSE to live somewhere where others can tell you what to do with your own property, but he AGREES WITH THE PRINCIPAL. Even after it has bitten him in the ass, he stands behind the tyranny of HOA's. Same principle, different subject with socialism: "Socialism works but they didn't do it right." "HOA's work, but they're not doing it right." HEY DUMBASS! Any time you voluntarily give up liberty for your benefit and it bites you in ass as soon as you disagree with the people that you allowed to have power over you, don't complain! Remember: HE ASKED FOR THIS!
@@Stacy_Smith I understand your sentiment, but the reality is that today if you need to live in the suburbs, HOAs are in your future. So taking them to court and reigning them in is the way to fix them, IMO.
@@Navin.R.Johnson Bottom line, these people are all about telling others what to do and are totally fine with the practice until... The fingers start pointing back at them! Then they are like: "THIS IS BULLSHIT..."
There was an HOA here in Florida that had a golf course inside of it. The owner of the golf course died, and his son inherited it. He immediately closed it down, and was going to turn it into a water park, because he hated golf and everything about it. The hoa blocked him from doing this, so now the golf course is closed, the residents that "paid" to live on a golf course are salty, and last i heard, he was trying to get section 8 high-rise apartments built on the land😅
I had a green 66 that looked alot like that one but hardly any rust patina. Had the 289ci engine and 3-on-the-tree if I remember right and drove quite nice. It also had a cooler insert in the driver's door to fit a 12-pack or more with a drain out the bottom for melted ice. I really liked that truck and cooler way back in my road tour days. It was a good ride but not too nice for gravel roads.
@@dansmith6990 wow lol someone salty I'm assuming that's the exact position your in, did ur wife run away with another better man? Or do ur kids just respect ur wife's sugar daddy more than u. Maybe ur broke ass should fix that
You are correct. There is no benefit to an HOA and a huge downside. I would never give some clique power over my home. I already have a city government that drives me spare and gives me no opportunity to do anything about it. I don't need another level of that shinola.
@@puppetsock I honestly think that if we paid for it and as long as nothing is physically hurting neighbors or anyone then it should be ok. I seriously abhor regulations like that, just because a few karen's who made their HOA think that what they say should be law, F that.
My dad did auto mechanic and auto body. This is only paint wear. This is a classic truck which probably qualifies for historic plates. I dont see any body damage to this vehicle from this clip. Auto damage to me is when your in a car accident and its damaged fenders, mangled car parts, missing car parts and the like. The HOA thinks his truck is an eye sore. If the man is paying his bills and HOA fees, they shouldnt be able to foreclose. It seems the HOA is being greedy, wants more money, and unreasonable. I hope the court and judge see this is a classic truck and its on his property, not the street.
I actually turned down a really good bargain on a very beautiful house because it had that little piece of micromanaging government. With the way we have too much government to begin, why would anybody volunteer for more government in a HOA? I guess the house was so affordable because it had a HOA and nobody wanted to bother with that stupidity.
i literally hate people who are in homeowners associations. if i ever catch someone snooping around my yard, i raise a rifle after a fair warning for them to leave
I live in an HOA. I have been here for 15 years. It is a good common sense organization and keep a moderate control over our housing area. Gets after keeping cracks sealed on the roads, keeps drainage ditches clear and has a simple, practical set of rules. A minimalist approach. This HOA is excellent, caring group. No problems here.
@@joerogers4227 You live in a good HOA then... I lived in a St.louis area HOA for 12 years and I felt I was under the Nazi regime... Needles to say... I now live in Texas... I can own a donkey if I want... lol..
@@joerogers4227 Disagree. HOAs are, essentially, leftist communes in which individuals forfeit personal liberty in favor of Big Brother 'protection'. However, it is still your right to abdicate personal liberty and responsibility, and Andy Lipka still has the right to escape the restraints of his HOA by selling and moving. If I am on the jury In this particular case, the term "moderately severe body damage" doesn't come even close to including the condition of his truck. Lipka is not the one violating the HOA rules.
I'm not sure on the stats, but probably 4 out of 5 homes these days are under HOAs. Those that aren't may not be affordable or meet many folks' criteria for being able to purchase.
I used to live in a historic district and hated it. It's basically a city controlled HOA x10. They want to keep old ass houses original yet they hate classic cars, and gave me shit for my 1955 F1 on the driveway. Glad I moved away into the country
sadly they are more and more common. these large developer with new construction especially in a suburbs that build multiple units in a one neighborhood wont let u buy a house if u dont sign s pact with the devil
I live in a beautiful neighborhood and I Boston suburb and I’ve had numerous “ yard monuments“ and Only once did they come to my house and say you can’t have two unregistered vehicles on your lawn at the same time. This was not an H O Way this was the town I told him that I wasn’t going to do anything about it and that it was my yard and they never came back...
How did "I wish we could do something about those noisy neighbors" turn into giving a bunch of do-nothing busybodies so much power over your most valuable asset.
True. But all cars parked on the driveway make the place look like a used car lot in time. Case closed. He needs to park that work truck in his garage.
Christian Clue you tell me: 2006 BMW 325Xi 6MT wagon 100% stock (no ugly mexicanized rims and fading paint), a 2012 BMW 128i 6MT w Sport Package with no / ghetto rims, beautiful original paint 100% stock, and - imagine this: I use my garage for both! I don’t care that they’re both becoming collector’s cars. My neighbors don’t want to live in a used car lot.
Christian Clue sorry if i offended you; my points are that we should remain sensitive to community standards and parking a beat up non restored truck with fading paint and ghetto rims in the driveway is testing and challenging neighbors. I have been on 4 HOA boards and would definitely supported towing this eye sore away.
Christian Clue you’re still ignoring my points after 3 attempts: park in the garage, trashy rims and bad paint are non conforming and aesthetically problematic, remain sensitive to neighbors. I could drive a greater visual albatross than that old truck and because I care about my neighbors and use the garage it wouldn’t matter. Final comment on a really obvious point.
@@samanbalal824 i believe in order to live somewhere with an h.o.a its a stipulation to agree to their rules. I dont think they make up suggestions lol they're called rules for a reason. Which is why people have trouble with them, because they cannot pick and choose or refuse to obey the rules. Im not sure i follow your whole 80 percent logic. And why compare it to nazi Germany? I dont think its fair to compare something like an h.o.a to nazi germany.... Thats a bold statement and im sure alot of soldiers and civilians that went through that wouldnt agree with you.
But he was already aware of the HOA, and he also knows the rules, as there is no acceptions to be made. Maybe some of his neghbors also fought in wars and they maybe one those also complaining. You have to follow the rules, no acception and I dough that he will win his case.
I agree with this poor guy that his truck is fine but on the other hand if you get rid of HOAs entirely there'll be folks who run their auto repair business on the street in front of their house. I had a neighbor who's a truck driver who felt it perfectly okay to park his semi on our street over every weekend. He was so proud of that thing I guess he figured we all wanted to see it in our front window.
Using your home as a base for a business is entirely legal Karen, shut the hell up and stop obsessing what other people do with THEIR property. Go whine to the manager until they accept your expired 25 cent off coupons.
Anytime you buy a house. Make sure an HOA isn’t there yet. When it is. NEVER JOIN, that way the next buyer of the home will be grandfathered in without being in the HOA.
those assholes and ass kissers only think about profit not what makes the person or individual. My brother in law lives in one of those places and his son is a deputy and even he was told the patrol car couldn't be out at night by the curve so my nephew spoke to his captain and he made a couple of phone calls and guess what the president had to finger his own asshole after that.lmfao
Tusktroll HOAs are more on the communists side. Communists/socialists want everyone equal with order no one can be different this includes house color, garden setup, type of roofs, property maintenance all have to be the same... fascists are based on hierarchy level. One government (HOA) picks who should do what. In theory it would pick houses to look great and other to look horrible creating a hierarchy. But both communists and fascists have absolute control. Having no HOA would be considered a liberalism. Free to do whatever one desires usually it describes an economic standpoint. All this to tell you HOAs a garbage. When you buy a HOA home (usually cheaper) you give them rights to your property. It’s another level of government added to your home.
That and every other reason. Never anything simple when theres an h.o.a.... As a contractor i have met some real nasty people with huge power trips when it comes to h.o.a .
I live in an HOA neighborhood, thing is I was here before the hoa was established, they didn't like the 3 project cars I've got, all run just look like shit but when they threatened me i went to the court house and asked about it, they said since i was here before the HOA and since I didn't sign my name into the HOA when they established I'm exempt, they keep trying to give me fines but they are powerless. I'd recommend to everyone to not buy a house with an HOA
Oh I leave my damn Christmas lights up now a days and I have a fake pumpkin for Halloween outside I also let my monte carlo sit in the front yard with no engine, fuck them
My sister and brother in law lives in one of those HOA your right it's a boring neighborhood and they bring there car's to be worked on at my home so my brother can fix it. We have many old classic car's 1940s-60s in my yard. I'm thinking one day the city will complain about it. It's a good thing all my neighbors are cool.
@@Brandon-nz7pd What can they do? When you don't agree to be part of an organization and don't pay that organizations due's, you are not legally bound by that organizations rules and regulations. Which the US Supreme court has upheld on numerous occasions.
Frior Ast This is incorrect. You won’t be able to close on the house. When your house is part of an HOA, it is legally part of a PUD (Planned Unit Development) and you need a Certificate of Approval by the HOA for both your lender and the county record. HOAs have a lot of power. They’re like a mafia....
no one special If you think about it, you are always renting because you have to pay property taxes, too. No such thing as really owning anything in this country. If you don’t pay them, the county will put a lien on your house and eventually seize it.
@Steven and in reciprocal fashion, don't hate because you don't have the freedom to do what you will with your "property" and justify it with a neatness fetish. 😉 But there again, you have the freedom to give up freedom for a better appraisal value.
Bjorn A'grin y’all are overreacting. I’ve lived in non-HOA and now in an HOA community. In Some areas of the country you can’t find a nice neighborhood unless it has an HOA. So far I’m happy. They don’t abuse and they simply keep my community neatly cared for. Don’t hate or think that you truly have freedom, by the way. This is the USA... where you are as free as you can afford to be. If you don’t pay the govt, you’ll be out on the street and even jail for being “free”. Relax.
@Steven I live in a super nice neighborhood :D No HOA. If anything our wood chip lawn is the ugliest thing on this block lmfao. P.S cars "Littering the streets and parked on peoples lawn" those are usually ppl who actually work on their cars and dnt just "take it to a mechanic and pay the bill" sorry you aint got those life skills N always get fucked over at the shops. No need to take it out on others.
Those are the rules and that truck is an eye sore. I already have a neighbor who has a broken down truck and sitting on blocks for more than a year now.
It's so simple, don't buy into an HOA development if the contract and rules offend you. Of course this guy knew the truck could be frowned upon when he purchased it.
@@patricksaxon3983 people like you are the problem. his truck is parked on his property. the truck is in good working condition. learn to mind your own business.
@@patricksaxon3983 How is that an eye sore ? It's a fabulous looking vintage truck. Your 2001 Honda Accord with a dented bumper and an oil leak is an eye sore.
It is likely only one stupid, nosey, neighbour with no life complaining to their microgovernemnt of HOA. I do not know why people move into stupid places that have them. Why subject yourself to mroe government willingly?
I don’t see the HOA winning especially if the court has any sense of monetary value, sentimental value, and if they can see just how ridiculous the HOA is being
The problem is that a lot of us have no choice. More than 80% of my city is HOA controlled, and unless you want to live the crappy areas of town, you're in an HOA.
Me and a couple buddies were rearranging our garage at my stepdad's house and we rolled out his hot rod so we could move some stuff around in the garage and his HOA tried to pull the same kind of shit on us about a car with no hood All the complaints stopped when one of the HOA president's cars just so happened to miss a hood and wheels tires and windows and all sorts of stuff turned up missing on their car It was a major eyesore and very quickly they quit complaining about our hot rods sitting in the driveway and worried about their own things
@@carissafisher7514 My little neighborhood formed an HOA *on their own.* Quite a few of the morons signed up. Anybody new that moves in must join. They are pissed off that we refused to join and there is nothing that they can do about it.
Our street had an active HOA from 1991 until whenever and I am so glad I had my realtor print out all the vintage documentation that clearly stated ALL garage doors must remain closed from 8am to 5pm no matter what as well as grass length and color requirements. BEFORE SIGNING CLOSING I took those documents to at least four homes on our street to ask about all that jazz and every one of the folks looked at me like a damn alien as it was dissolved decades ago. THANK GOODNESS! I would not pay a cent for any home within such a shitshow of a micromanagement nightmare of weenies spooking out of their damn windows with binoculars at their neighbors!!!
@@kova1577 I have to agree that HOA's take it a step above simply due to how local and ever-present it is. Precisely why I could not live within an HOA. I can't park my car outside *my own house?* Wtf is that?
My Parents had issues with their HOA because of a flowering plant they had in their garden. The HOA made a big stink but couldn't do anything legally as the plants were contained. (there was a fear that it would invade the local lake/pond and dry up the lake) On the day my Father died, my mother had died the year before, the HOA was literally in the garden hours later pulling up the plants. My sister and I were selling the house so it wasn't worth fighting, I couldn't believe that my father's Body wasn't even cold yet and they were removing the plants without our permission.
@@LakeHowellDigitalVideo it's not rust man. I did not see a spec or rust on it. Maybe on the undercarriage. You do know not everything that looks worn is rust right? Lol
an HOA should NEVER have the power to foreclose on a home owner. In fact, HOAs should be outlawed.
Yep. HOAs are filled with petty dictators, just like our government.
HOAs are important if you want the neighborhood to be nice for a long time. A HOA saved me, the HOA sued the Propane company because they were raising prices and threatening anyone who tried to get a different provider in our neighborhood. Also my neighbor tried to get his whole front yard turned into concrete which would ruin the value of his home and mine. Also my other neighbor kept parking his cars in a way that it was blocking my driveway there was no town rule, but there was an HOA rule. We asked nicely for him to stop when he didn’t, the ones blocking the driveway were towed. So please think before you make dumb comments. Also you have the right to not live in an HOA it’s called don’t live in one.
@@Dan-mq6xt Your last part is where you failed. In California and a growing number of other states, developers can't build new homes unless they are part of an HOA. Why do you think local/state governments want HOAs so badly? It's about regimented control and limitations on individuality. That trend is what has lead us to where we are now.
@@Dan-mq6xt I'm not sure why you would even waste your breath replying to someone who prob has never and will never own property, arguing against an entity they will never even be part of. The ol' youtube effect. Experts with no expertise. They're EVERYWHERE.
@@StephenKershaw1 Ain't that about the truth. So obviously ignorant of any real knowledge concerning HOAs.
The good news is he won - "Dismissed as of January 10th with all parties to pay their own court costs"
Thank you for the update. Glad the guy won. I was wondering how this turned out.
Disgusting that he had to pay his own court costs - it should never have gone to court, and he should sue them for such a frivolous lawsuit
this is the comment i was looking for :D
Really they should be forced to pay the court costs since I doubt it was cheap.
I think the only reason he paid his own costs was because he filed a countersuit.
As a driver of a 49 year old truck, this guy is a hero and I hope he won.
no hes not a hero hes just a jackass
the case was dismissed. andy lipka and his attorney filed for petition to dismiss. likely the hoa backed down and cancelled the fines after all the press coverage and outrage that people were having over it.
I own a 40 year old car and a 29 year old truck & a 20 year old truck. Two of my vehicles have faded patinas but they are excellent mechanically with rebuilt engines and transmissions. Nobody has the right to tell me I have to get rid of my vehicles just because the neighbors don't like the faded paint jobs.
@@Kenneth-ey7ejhow? That original paint on that stock truck is worth MONEY.
As someone who likes older cars way more than newer ones, just know that this HOA fucking sucks and everyone else thinks your truck is way cooler than anything made today
I owned a home that had an HOA for about 20 years. I hated it. I wasn't allowed to hang my clothes in my back yard. My son visited from out of state. He has a motorcycle and stayed with us for two weeks. We was told the motorcycle wasn't allowed in the driveway. My AC broke down in the middle of a Texas hot summer but we'd have to wait for a few weeks for a part to be delivered so we bought an in window AC.. we was told it needed to be removed. We sold that house last year and moved. I told my realtor absolutely NO HOA when looking for a new house.. I would never have one ever again.
I'm sure no one was sad to see you leave.
@@NeilNBlome Stupid, ignorant statement.. you must be a hit at parties.
We found the the miserable crappy neighbor WHO SUCKS HOA BIG FAT
@@NeilNBlome🤡
@@NeilNBlomeThat was random, had a bad day?
If they foreclosed on my home over something like this, I'd weld steel plates around my bulldozer and...
Oh shit!! Lmfao. I just watched that vid a lil while ago. Like out of a movie.
Lmao, good reference
Calm down Mr. Heymeyer
Kill dozer 2: HOA Nightmare starring Sylvester Stallone
The guy in graby Colorado did that
Update: he easily won in court, the HOA then proceeded to ban him from "all use of any and all of the common facilities for a period of one (1) year" for no other reason than they were salty they couldn't kick him out of his home
Hopefully they won't mind when he stops paying HOA fees.
Retaliatory Harassment. smells like another lawsuit.
IF HE PAID THEIR FEES, THEY HAVE NO LEGAL AUTHORITY TO BAN HIM.
HE CAN SUE FOR FRAUD BY CRIMINAL RETALIATION.
He's a Marine, he'll damn sure shoot back
I would sue the shit out of them how they going to keep him out? Hire a guard for the pool gate? No seriously that is retaliate and it is illegal.
That truck is a work of art; a masterpiece of preservation. I'd move to get away from people who can't see that.
A loud piece of junk.
Not to people now and day wonderful world of idiots we live around right that guy has a very cool truck
I was building a patio for a customer years back, is HOA said patios and decks could only he a certain square footage and could not extend beyond 15 feet front the house's fondation, that left them with very little room for their furniture and grill. Since there was no restrictions on landscaping I placed two large patio slabs just off the main patio so he had a place for his grill, his HOA rep was NOT happy buy couldn't find any infraction that covered his gripe, but he never forgot. A couple of weeks later I was a few houses down and the guy walks over and told me he received a HOA citation for not having a over on his grill. Turns out he cooked a couple of steaks and left the grill to cool down before putting the cover back on, it started raining so he left it to early the next morning to covered it. The only way to even SEE the grill is to actually walk behind the row of houses through the 10 foot wide area the builder had to leave beyond the 15 toot lot envelope, the only people that go back there besides the home owners are the lawn cutting crews...and apparently the anal retentive nightmare of a HOA nazi out on a rainy night looking for revenge.
BTW the guy took his citation to the full board, explained what happened and got the violation overturned.
OMG, I can picture the Nazi out there in the rain, hunched over in their trench coat, furiously flipping through the rule book with a pair of binoculars... these people are sick.
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 "Vare iss your grill cova?"
@@GeneralChangOfDanang”up your nazi ass, GOD BLESS MERICA”
isn't it always a Karen or a Stacy or a Stacy Karen that is voted in as an HOA president someone with a southern accent that says that is a violate that is a violation I will have to issue you a fine you cannot do that you missed trash day
always goes around the neighborhood in a golf cart with a three ring binder clipboard highlighter and a pen a windbreaker and a hat and sunglasses
Our local HOA got shut down when the majority of home owners didn't want to pay the fees and didn't want to be told how to live.
HOA gone.😄
This needs to happen more.
Nothing wrong with that if the majority of the people want that them so be it.
I think they should be illegal anyway. Way I see it, as long as Im not violating any city ordinances then leave me alone
@@richardbutton1179 then don't buy a home in an HOA neighborhood.
@@litiviousspartus4611 Or you could move if you don't like your neighbors. What you gonna do when Joe Xiden starts planting bolivians in your precious HOA?
His truck doesn't look any worse than all the ugly-ass 80's siding, shutters, and decorative trim on the houses.
Looks better than most McMansions do out of the box.
Sorry Karen... but you have no taste.
@My Channel .......................................................what?
@Brovelli Contact
You must be one of those hoa octogenarians that drive around in a golf cart looking for anything to complain about.
@@Bartonovich52 A lot of the Karen’s and other suburbanites have a tacky sense of fashion and that’s coming from a guy that wears jeans, boots and camouflage.
Weird underhanded insult. I think his truck looks better than any basic cuv out there. I mean that's the kinda vehicle I'd pass in my neighborhood and admire while I drove by.
I knew this woman who ran an HOA & they didn't even allow you to park in your own driveway overnight, you were supposed to use your garage and couldn't have more vehicles than your garage could house. Crazy. I looked into it, these cases were dismissed.
We have the same rule and I AM SO glad we do! Otherwise you have people like you parking their beaters everywhere because you've turn your garage into a man-cave for all your beer drinking "bros" to come over and make noise on game day!
@@kendallevans4079 well first of all I don't drink & second of all my car is older but it's not that old & is rust free with just under 54k miles & ugh I don't know where this is coming from
@@AllanAdamson OK, apologies. The whole HOA is a touchy subject for me because I'm always in the minority because I'm 90% pro-HOA. I like a tidy, quiet neighborhood.
@@kendallevans4079 Full blown fuckin Tard supporting the HOA, you're a Fed and a Rat.
That's not body damage plain and simple. That's a classic truck that help build real America.
A lady from the HOA came to my house asking me for donations for the neighborhood pool, so I gave her a glass of water.
HA HA HA good for you You pay your HOA monthly the nerve of her to come "solicit" a donations I bet a quarter that solicitation is against HOA rules though I might fine her if I lived there
Nice!!! Lol😆
Why did you move into a HOA?
@@Bailey_54R Bailey that is not what it is there for its to keep the property and home value up on your and the others in the HOA it is a set of "standard" rules that all must follow such as your lawn must be no longer that 10 inches you must move your trash barrows to behind your fence before the end of the night the RULE moderately SEVERE body damage does not apply in any way shape or form there was zero body damage moderately SEVERE would be a car that was recently totaled the HOA woman was trying to push her weight around we don't have HOA to have a babysitter
I live in a HOA and they decided to redo our public pool and splash pad. However, there really was no need to, and when they did they made the splash pad a lot smaller and less fun for kids. The HOA got displeased with how it turned out so they redid the splash pad again! What a waste of money. P.s- splash pad still bad to this day.
Hoa is a group of potential Karen's looking to complain about anything.
And don't forget the "Bertha the bitch's".
Potential? They are Karens
WHY DO THEY EVEN EXIST ???
Karens and Gertrudes and alike.
@Jimo National A prison sentence
THIS is why you NEVER move to where there is a homeowners association.
I once lived in a neighborhood that had a HOA. One rule was no utility trailers allowed to be parked on the driveway. I had one I kept stored under my deck in my back yard. I used it one day and when I was finished I parked it in my driveway intending to put it back under the deck the next morning. The next morning I had a letter from the HOA in my mailbox already with a picture of my utility trailer parked in my driveway. A note was with it explaining I was in violation BLAH BLAH BLAH and had something like 2 weeks to rectify the situation. So I let the trailer sit there up until the very last day I had to "rectify the situation" and THEN I moved it back under the deck in the back yard rather than moving it the very next morning after having used it. Reminds me of that quote: "Don't hate the player. Hate the game." And reminds me of an old Charlie Sheen quote: "Winning!" 🤣🍻
Don't you understand English? It clearly states that it can't be parked in the driveway. Sad that you need someone else to tell you to follow the clearly stated rules. Move somewhere without HOAs.
@@ksmith2852 I understand English. I also understand how to not be a complete ASSHOLE. Apparently you don't. I'll bet you're a member of an HOA. hahaha! Your problem, not mine.
@@ksmith2852 fuck HOAs. They are a nuisance.
@@ksmith2852 Ok Karen Smith lol
@@ksmith2852I'll park whatever the hell I want in MY driveway thank you very much. Mind your own driveway lady, lol
Imagine living a life so easy that your biggest concern is your neighbors paint job
The dumbest part about it is that these people worry about him 'dragging down' the neighborhood values, as if his truck will magically make you not want to move in, for me, it'd do the opposite. I would love to see his truck every morning when I head out.
@@ViolentMLG Exactly. I am the proud owner of a 1961 Chevy Apache 10 stepside, so seeing somebody else with a classic vehicle would only make me want to move in more.
@@ViolentMLG "Wow, an old car. I guess that means we'd have a neighbour who is...interesting to talk to? Wait...independent thought? IN A SUBURB??? DOES NOT COMPUTE!!"
😂
so true
Douche bag snob neighbors don't understand classic cars or his passion. I knew what he was doing its the original paint, they think it looks trashy.
That's not "body damage". That's cosmetic. Case closed. Go home Nancy .
Jack Stucki pretty sure he was comparing the HOA to Nancy Palosi who complains and tries to find everything wrong with everything
Karen
My apologies for getting the meme wrong.
@Jack Stucki nancy was the original karen. had a legal name change so it took people a bit to figure out her new name.
It’s normal wear and tear from decades of use.
Thankfully he won this case!! The HOA should have paid his lawyers fees though!!
Here in Australia as long as the car is registered they are not allowed to dictate if you you can keep it on your property they can only do it if the car is in non running and unregistered
When the HOAs don't answer their door, that tells me theyre guilty.
Guilty of what?
@@jefftickleschitz1265 guilty of corruption and bullying, to say the least
What’s funny is that they never answer their door. I’ve been watching a lot of these videos and they never try to defend themselves.
@@Kamesuko What's even better is when they refuse to talk to the press and then send out letters saying "I trust you'll cover both sides of this story". They can't cover your side if you won't give it to them, idiots.
@@jefftickleschitz1265 Guilty of being turds.
HOAs are ran by kids that got bullied in school, so now that they're adults, they think they can get away with being bullies themselves. I swear, HOAs should be outlawed.
That's a damn good looking truck, I'd love to have it in my driveway.
Cardboard Sliver Fn home Nazi Association years ago my girlfriends parents live in a home not see area they bitched constantly about my 64 Dodge that had a paint job like this truck. her father constantly asked me when I was going to get a new paint job. I always replied:" Are you paying?" His solution was to ban me from coming over. She left that house and came to live with me.
Home Nazi not home not see
why should HOA's be outlawed, because you don't want them, it's a choice to live there, everyone gets a copy of the rules/bylaws, only a fool would think that they could ignore them. if you don't like the control don't buy, it's simple.
@@jinov191 because 90 percent of them are corrupt and just abuse the power there given?
If I’m paying for a house and the land it’s on I will park a broke car in my driveway wether they like it or not
I lived in an HOA for 5 years. NEVER again! I hope he wins his case! These idiots have way too much power!
HOA’s should be illegal.
People have the right to be stupid.
Liam Armstrong he isn’t stupid he’s a car enthusiast
Pringle Boi, people who buy in an HOA were not thinking about the fact that they were spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy a house where you have to follow someone else’s rules.
should be, but won't be ... would love to see a nationwide movement to dissolve them ... www.hopb.co/blog/understanding-the-process-of-dissolving-a-homeowners-association-hoa
That's not American.
That is why I would never buy a house that is controlled by an HOA!!! Never ever ever! Nobody's telling me what to do on my property!!!
Lucky for me mine is just outside of our neighborhoods hoa zone, we can have as much crap on our lawn as we want and they can't do shit
Me ether.
And i tried to warn friends of mine not to move into HOA hoods.
Same here. Just bought a house and one of my requirements to the realtor was absolutely NO fucking HOA's
@Trinexx007 Exactly how I feel about the truck owner. Your dumbass moved into an HOA, now they are cracking down on _your_ shit, and you have a problem with it? Time to move pal, sorry you had to learn the hard way.
@@froopty1854 Not for nothing, it's neighbors like you that cause people to want to form HOA's lol
This world we live in
This is crazy. Let the man drive his truck in peace
NEVER GET A HOME IN AN HOA
Moral of the story: Don’t EVER buy a house in those types of communities!!!!
Hell burn the entire neighborhood down.
People say murice great cuntry, hell yeah
@@Ornys199 who is murice?
Was about to say that
That people pay someone else to be a landlord over their own properties is shocking to me. Are people that cucked?
They can foreclose on a house over a running car
Think about that
I DONT LIKE THE COLOR OF YOUR CAR GOOOODBYE
Karens
lotusjag garage and it's paid off too
That truck was in mint condition I would have clear coated it to save that look and say that's the paint job
What a free country this is 👍
Apparently HOA does not mean Home Owners Association but rather Horrible Officials Association.
All private residential property should be unrestricted in our nation of "Freedom."
Bought into an HOA, I had a Chevy Blazer that didn't fit in the garage. They had a "no trucks parked in the drive way" rule. They took me to court over it. I won by pulling out the registration that categorized it as a station wagon.
that's a good one, congratulations!!
Awesome. Many states register even 1/2 ton full sized pickups, like any 1500 series, with the same plates thats any passenger car can get. If the HOA wants to go play rotten like that, that means that probably 95% of the vehicles in that neighborhood have to park inside, with the trend of everyone needing an SUV. Are they trucks, or are they cars? A little of both, really.
You have to check what the registration indicated... mine was marked as "SW", which in Florida was "Station Wagon". Their lawyer asked me why I didn't tell the HOA it was designated a "station wagon", in front of the judge. I told him they never asked and frankly it wasn't my job to educate them... that was HIS job. The judge laughed.
IQ 999
That is awesome to hear you won and how you managed to win cause the registration classified as a station wagon.
That truck is absolutely beautiful, and looks much better in a driveway than the generic white SUV everyone else has.
I agree
for sure, it looks like it has many stories to tell
Yup how do they not know what a Patina finish is?
I know, the homeowners seem like they have no taste or appreciation for things like that truck, if they don't like the truck being parked then they should just leave the owner and his truck alone, why even send him to court??
@@bigchillphil they have priuss lol
HOAs are a double edged sword. It's like anything. People get very nit picky and personal which is what we have here. I dealt with this in Colorado. As one commenter wrote. "Imagine living in a place where your largest problem is you don't like the paint on your neighbors truck." It turns into a pissing contest and the time and money could be better spent on helping people out.
Imagine thinking you have a right to tell someone else what color their truck should be.
I’m a Brit and absolutely shocked that this goes on. We don’t have HOAs thank god. The fact they can sell your house is ridiculous, the HOA are petty dictators
notice how the lions of the HOA hide when a reporter comes ringing the doorbell? yes, very brave individuals
@@RangerCaptain11A ...what they're doing is jerking peoples chains. nothing more. you sound like one of those two bit cowards that hide behind that load of malarkey
@@RangerCaptain11A Yes, how dare he have a....cool vehicle...wait what?
@@RangerCaptain11A No, they said his truck violates the rules because it is so damaged, only I fail to see any body damage. He does need to find a new house though, not only to get away from this ridiculous HOA, but he is clearly a car collector and needs more storage space for his collection. I really want to see the other two vehicles he owns.
I don't agree with the HOA but no way in hell im ever getting on the fake news television to have my words edited around.
RangerCaptain11A Ohh so ur one of them then. What a waste of space
HOA'S exist so people who could never succeed in real life can finally have some power .
No they exist for the property’s in the hoa to be maintained so the houses won’t look bad and when the other houses look like shit the nice houses value goes down.
You mean, for the little dicked/short/bald men, and the girls so ugly that they couldn't get a date to the prom to feel "special"
@@TheOne_p That's not free market, that's fascism
johnkop4 they signed the contract and agreed to the rules
@@TheOne_p If you buy a house that is already in a HOA there is no way for you to leave
If you like your freedom, don’t live in an HOA. Simple as that.
Beautiful truck. Love that patina. I would never paint that. That has NO body damage. There should be no way he loses this battle. The contract CLEARLY says "Severe body damage". Paint Patina is NOT body damage.
Never never buy a home with an HOA!!!!
A home in the gulags of Russia seem appealing as compared to HOAs. If you don't like totalitarian fascism, stay far far away.
Always always read any contract you sign!!!
@Bite Me I think it depends on the rules. I’ve lived in a condo with an HOA for over 20 years now, and while some of their rules seem stupid to me, on the whole I really can’t complain.
Its almost impossible not too anymore. Almost all new construction is HOA properties.
@Dr. Giggles The new constructions are HOA, though them buying rural land and making it HOA should be stopped at once. Matter of fact all HOAs should be outlawed as they violate the U.S. Constitution and are basically just a racket to enforce conformity. Guess if there's no rural land for independent people we'll just have to live in the mountains and fight bears over berry bushes! ; )
There isn't any body damage to this vehicle. These HOAs are bullies.
Just another example of a big baby wanting his way. The car looks like a piece of junk. Park it in your garage and be a friggin grownup. HOA's keep people like you from trashing neighborhoods.
Grow up, park it in the garage or move somewhere they don't have an HOA.
@@sebastiangrey5431 Says a Prius-driving soy boy
@@billwilson2160 exactly
@@sebastiangrey5431 that vehicle is more beautiful than anything produced in the last 20 years.
@@AdamWilberLikesBeer And it runs like a top.
That's absolutely ridiculous that an HOA can force foreclosure on someone because they have an ancient truck (THAT STILL IS MECHANICALLY SOUND). HOAs will be a complete dealbreaker for me if I'm househunting, PERIOD.
I live in a HOA residential 55 years old and older. The president of the HOA lives right across the street from, my gardeners come once a week to mow and trim my yard. When they gardeners have finished my yard the president of the HOA will blow all his leaves into the middle of the street, and when the car's zoom by the leaves well blow into my yard. He does this every week right after my gardeners are done with my yard. Our street is the messiest street in the HOA residence.
They thought the truck would decrease their property values. It does not.
Ironically, their lawsuit might actually reduce property values in their neighborhood. Wouldn’t want to live near any of those sad people.
Exactly
the issue is there is No body damage body damage refers to an accident
@@punker4Real no, it refers to and damaged body parts. But paint isn't a body part
@Jo Mrtz found the karen!
@Jo Mrtz you're a fucking moron. That truck is fucking clean.
I'm contributing to the "Keep the HOA in court till they are bankrupted" GoFundMe if this guy loses.
WHY? In his interview with the news Lipka actually endorses HOA's with the caveat that "this time they have gone too far".
Not only did he CHOOSE to live somewhere where others can tell you what to do with your own property, but he AGREES WITH THE PRINCIPAL.
Even after it has bitten him in the ass, he stands behind the tyranny of HOA's. Same principle, different subject with socialism:
"Socialism works but they didn't do it right."
"HOA's work, but they're not doing it right."
HEY DUMBASS! Any time you voluntarily give up liberty for your benefit and it bites you in ass as soon as you disagree with the people that you allowed to have power over you, don't complain! Remember: HE ASKED FOR THIS!
@@Stacy_Smith I understand your sentiment, but the reality is that today if you need to live in the suburbs, HOAs are in your future. So taking them to court and reigning them in is the way to fix them, IMO.
@@Navin.R.Johnson Move OUTSIDE the suburbs and increase your commute 10-15 minutes.
@@Navin.R.Johnson Bottom line, these people are all about telling others what to do and are totally fine with the practice until...
The fingers start pointing back at them! Then they are like: "THIS IS BULLSHIT..."
Stacy Smith just SHUT... THE... FUCK... UP!!! You are being a total asshole!
Semper Fi brother! You will prevail in a jury trial - then sue them for the hassle.
There was an HOA here in Florida that had a golf course inside of it. The owner of the golf course died, and his son inherited it. He immediately closed it down, and was going to turn it into a water park, because he hated golf and everything about it. The hoa blocked him from doing this, so now the golf course is closed, the residents that "paid" to live on a golf course are salty, and last i heard, he was trying to get section 8 high-rise apartments built on the land😅
I had a green 66 that looked alot like that one but hardly any rust patina. Had the 289ci engine and 3-on-the-tree if I remember right and drove quite nice. It also had a cooler insert in the driver's door to fit a 12-pack or more with a drain out the bottom for melted ice. I really liked that truck and cooler way back in my road tour days. It was a good ride but not too nice for gravel roads.
HOA's are one of the most un-American things I know of.
@@StephenKershaw1 lol
@@StephenKershaw1 lol
@@StephenKershaw1 I own my property. let me say that again, i OWN MY property. and nobody will EVER tell me what i can or cant do on it
Hoa. Members. Are. A bunch of morons that. Are full of them selves .
@@StephenKershaw1
Never owned land that. Was. Controled. By. Ass holes. That thought. They were. Better than. Every. One ells
Don't care how rich I get, I'll never move into a neighborhood with an HOA, I'd literally rather own a trailer or move into the damn boonies
well luckily you'll never have to worry about getting rich lol, you're broke ass is gonna stay that way
@@dansmith6990 wow lol someone salty I'm assuming that's the exact position your in, did ur wife run away with another better man? Or do ur kids just respect ur wife's sugar daddy more than u. Maybe ur broke ass should fix that
You are correct. There is no benefit to an HOA and a huge downside. I would never give some clique power over my home. I already have a city government that drives me spare and gives me no opportunity to do anything about it. I don't need another level of that shinola.
@@puppetsock I honestly think that if we paid for it and as long as nothing is physically hurting neighbors or anyone then it should be ok. I seriously abhor regulations like that, just because a few karen's who made their HOA think that what they say should be law, F that.
@@puppetsock then don't buy a house in an HOA lol.
My dad did auto mechanic and auto body. This is only paint wear. This is a classic truck which probably qualifies for historic plates.
I dont see any body damage to this vehicle from this clip.
Auto damage to me is when your in a car accident and its damaged fenders, mangled car parts, missing car parts and the like.
The HOA thinks his truck is an eye sore.
If the man is paying his bills and HOA fees, they shouldnt be able to foreclose.
It seems the HOA is being greedy, wants more money, and unreasonable.
I hope the court and judge see this is a classic truck and its on his property, not the street.
HOAs are one of the banes of modern society, I would never live happy under the abusive power of a Home Owners Association.
Why would anyone pay a HOA fees every year, so they can tell you what to do with your property?
Because they already rule everything in the area. Blood suckers
Exactly, it is the stupidest thing to do when buying a home.
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HOA keep dumb ass neighbors from doing dumb ass things. That truck isnt one of those things though.
Keeps property value up
This is why you never buy a house in a HOA community
I actually turned down a really good bargain on a very beautiful house because it had that little piece of micromanaging government. With the way we have too much government to begin, why would anybody volunteer for more government in a HOA? I guess the house was so affordable because it had a HOA and nobody wanted to bother with that stupidity.
Sonofsin what if no one buys a house with hoa or moves somewhere with no hoa...
No, yew jest stays in yer trailer home until it gits too rusted...thin yew move to a nuther trailer.
almost impossible to find home in non-HOA neighborhood
@raiden z How are you going to defend your castle when the Australian government just took your guns? :-)
If I ever afford a home, I'm going to make sure there's no HOA before buying
only way to do that is farmland with a house and land to grow food on that is not too expensive to maintain if you can find it
i literally hate people who are in homeowners associations. if i ever catch someone snooping around my yard, i raise a rifle after a fair warning for them to leave
condos and Apartments people own can be under an HOA it could reach trailer and RV courts one day now that is too far reaching
Why would anyone buy a home governed by an HOA? They’re only a headache. Absolutely ridiculous. The truck is beautiful and he should sell and move
Glad my house and property is only governed by local ordinances
I live in an HOA. I have been here for 15 years. It is a good common sense organization and keep a moderate control over our housing area. Gets after keeping cracks sealed on the roads, keeps drainage ditches clear and has a simple, practical set of rules. A minimalist approach. This HOA is excellent, caring group. No problems here.
@@joerogers4227 You live in a good HOA then... I lived in a St.louis area HOA for 12 years and I felt I was under the Nazi regime... Needles to say... I now live in Texas... I can own a donkey if I want... lol..
@@joerogers4227 Disagree. HOAs are, essentially, leftist communes in which individuals forfeit personal liberty in favor of Big Brother 'protection'. However, it is still your right to abdicate personal liberty and responsibility, and Andy Lipka still has the right to escape the restraints of his HOA by selling and moving.
If I am on the jury In this particular case, the term "moderately severe body damage" doesn't come even close to including the condition of his truck. Lipka is not the one violating the HOA rules.
I'm not sure on the stats, but probably 4 out of 5 homes these days are under HOAs. Those that aren't may not be affordable or meet many folks' criteria for being able to purchase.
This is just one example of why you don't buy a house in an HOA.
Exactly.
I used to live in a historic district and hated it. It's basically a city controlled HOA x10. They want to keep old ass houses original yet they hate classic cars, and gave me shit for my 1955 F1 on the driveway. Glad I moved away into the country
@@GhostOfAMachine oh yes the country is amazing.
sadly they are more and more common. these large developer with new construction especially in a suburbs that build multiple units in a one neighborhood wont let u buy a house if u dont sign s pact with the devil
I live in a beautiful neighborhood and I Boston suburb and I’ve had numerous “ yard monuments“ and Only once did they come to my house and say you can’t have two unregistered vehicles on your lawn at the same time. This was not an H O Way this was the town I told him that I wasn’t going to do anything about it and that it was my yard and they never came back...
How did "I wish we could do something about those noisy neighbors" turn into giving a bunch of do-nothing busybodies so much power over your most valuable asset.
the Heads of these HOA's never got love at home
HOA's are the bane of existence for all normal people.
I would actually like having a neighbor with a classic truck like that. It beats having to see an ugly egg shaped new car.
True. But all cars parked on the driveway make the place look like a used car lot in time. Case closed. He needs to park that
work truck in his garage.
Christian Clue you tell me: 2006 BMW 325Xi 6MT wagon 100% stock (no ugly mexicanized rims and fading paint), a 2012 BMW 128i 6MT w Sport Package with no / ghetto rims, beautiful original paint 100% stock, and - imagine this: I use my garage for both! I don’t care that they’re both becoming collector’s cars. My neighbors don’t want to live in a used car lot.
Christian Clue sorry if i offended you; my points are that we should remain sensitive to community standards and parking a beat up non restored truck with fading paint and ghetto rims in the driveway is testing and challenging neighbors. I have been on 4 HOA boards and would definitely supported towing this eye sore away.
Christian Clue you’re still ignoring my points after 3 attempts: park in the garage, trashy rims and bad paint are non conforming and aesthetically problematic, remain sensitive to neighbors. I could drive a greater visual albatross than that old truck and because I care about my neighbors and use the garage it wouldn’t matter. Final comment on a really obvious point.
Christian Clue you’re a great guy it would appear and I was wrong to refer to these rims as ugly. They’re downright beautiful!
Imagine going overseas to defend freedoms to come home to this
He signed up to join the HOA you idiot
@@BigRed2 No idiot, only 80% of people have to agree to Nazi HOA. This homeowner could be that 20% who refused just like the Jews in Nazi Germany.
@@samanbalal824 i believe in order to live somewhere with an h.o.a its a stipulation to agree to their rules. I dont think they make up suggestions lol they're called rules for a reason. Which is why people have trouble with them, because they cannot pick and choose or refuse to obey the rules. Im not sure i follow your whole 80 percent logic. And why compare it to nazi Germany? I dont think its fair to compare something like an h.o.a to nazi germany.... Thats a bold statement and im sure alot of soldiers and civilians that went through that wouldnt agree with you.
The real terrorists are right here at home.
But he was already aware of the HOA, and he also knows the rules, as there is no acceptions to be made. Maybe some of his neghbors also fought in wars and they maybe one those also complaining. You have to follow the rules, no acception and I dough that he will win his case.
I agree with this poor guy that his truck is fine but on the other hand if you get rid of HOAs entirely there'll be folks who run their auto repair business on the street in front of their house. I had a neighbor who's a truck driver who felt it perfectly okay to park his semi on our street over every weekend. He was so proud of that thing I guess he figured we all wanted to see it in our front window.
Was it real purdy though?
Did it have a trailer too?
Using your home as a base for a business is entirely legal Karen, shut the hell up and stop obsessing what other people do with THEIR property. Go whine to the manager until they accept your expired 25 cent off coupons.
Anytime you buy a house. Make sure an HOA isn’t there yet. When it is. NEVER JOIN, that way the next buyer of the home will be grandfathered in without being in the HOA.
That pickup has absolutely no body damage, he isn't breaking any rules.
No kidding, thats a beautiful patina! Stupid hoa
It's a nice finish on the body and looks perfect
Ready to prime and paint.
True and in today's older car market a lot of buyers are looking for just that type of older look.
those assholes and ass kissers only think about profit not what makes the person or individual. My brother in law lives in one of those places and his son is a deputy and even he was told the patrol car couldn't be out at night by the curve so my nephew spoke to his captain and he made a couple of phone calls and guess what the president had to finger his own asshole after that.lmfao
The fact that they can foreclose on someone like that and fine them is the reason I refuse to live in an HOA Neighborhood
Only if a judge rules it should be foreclosed upon as payment (I believe) and HOA themselves are powerless unless they organize a lawsuit
@moonshine 143 Fascist neighborhood, other end of the spectrum.
@@scottlemiere2024 fascism and communism are both on the same side of the spectrum tho 🤔
Tusktroll HOAs are more on the communists side. Communists/socialists want everyone equal with order no one can be different this includes house color, garden setup, type of roofs, property maintenance all have to be the same...
fascists are based on hierarchy level. One government (HOA) picks who should do what. In theory it would pick houses to look great and other to look horrible creating a hierarchy.
But both communists and fascists have absolute control.
Having no HOA would be considered a liberalism. Free to do whatever one desires usually it describes an economic standpoint.
All this to tell you HOAs a garbage. When you buy a HOA home (usually cheaper) you give them rights to your property. It’s another level of government added to your home.
That and every other reason. Never anything simple when theres an h.o.a.... As a contractor i have met some real nasty people with huge power trips when it comes to h.o.a .
Talk about tyranny...... never never buy a home with a HOA NEVER
We looked at a home years ago and really liked it, until we found out there was an HOA. Needless to say that wasn't happening.
I live in an HOA neighborhood, thing is I was here before the hoa was established, they didn't like the 3 project cars I've got, all run just look like shit but when they threatened me i went to the court house and asked about it, they said since i was here before the HOA and since I didn't sign my name into the HOA when they established I'm exempt, they keep trying to give me fines but they are powerless. I'd recommend to everyone to not buy a house with an HOA
I would tresspass the hoa and get no contact order against them then taunt them with any rule breaking you can think of.
I hope you always decorate your house for the wrong holidays.
Oh I leave my damn Christmas lights up now a days and I have a fake pumpkin for Halloween outside I also let my monte carlo sit in the front yard with no engine, fuck them
My sister and brother in law lives in one of those HOA your right it's a boring neighborhood and they bring there car's to be worked on at my home so my brother can fix it. We have many old classic car's 1940s-60s in my yard. I'm thinking one day the city will complain about it. It's a good thing all my neighbors are cool.
Nathan Webb you are Grand father in!
Do not ever ever ever ever buy a damn house in an HOA neighborhood. They suck worse than anything. And they can make up their rules as they go.
No buy one, just don't sign the HOA paperwork. That's separate papers attached to the deed agreement. You can buy a property without being in the HOA.
@@friorast999 doesnt this come with consequences?
@@Brandon-nz7pd What can they do? When you don't agree to be part of an organization and don't pay that organizations due's, you are not legally bound by that organizations rules and regulations. Which the US Supreme court has upheld on numerous occasions.
@@friorast999
That doesn't sound true.
Frior Ast This is incorrect. You won’t be able to close on the house. When your house is part of an HOA, it is legally part of a PUD (Planned Unit Development) and you need a Certificate of Approval by the HOA for both your lender and the county record. HOAs have a lot of power. They’re like a mafia....
Im in the middle of buying my first house and the only request i had to my realtor was absolutely no hoa.
This HOA are bullies. They are the ones that should just GO AWAY!!!
Anyone who "buys" in an HOA isn't buying, they're renting under duress and paying taxes on it.
no one special If you think about it, you are always renting because you have to pay property taxes, too. No such thing as really owning anything in this country. If you don’t pay them, the county will put a lien on your house and eventually seize it.
@Steven and in reciprocal fashion, don't hate because you don't have the freedom to do what you will with your "property" and justify it with a neatness fetish. 😉
But there again, you have the freedom to give up freedom for a better appraisal value.
@Steven I take it you don't see the irony particularly that last statement.
Bjorn A'grin y’all are overreacting. I’ve lived in non-HOA and now in an HOA community. In Some areas of the country you can’t find a nice neighborhood unless it has an HOA. So far I’m happy. They don’t abuse and they simply keep my community neatly cared for. Don’t hate or think that you truly have freedom, by the way. This is the USA... where you are as free as you can afford to be. If you don’t pay the govt, you’ll be out on the street and even jail for being “free”. Relax.
@Steven I live in a super nice neighborhood :D No HOA. If anything our wood chip lawn is the ugliest thing on this block lmfao. P.S cars "Littering the streets and parked on peoples lawn" those are usually ppl who actually work on their cars and dnt just "take it to a mechanic and pay the bill" sorry you aint got those life skills N always get fucked over at the shops. No need to take it out on others.
The HOA rules say no body damage, not worn paint. They are reaching even under their own rules.
Those are the rules and that truck is an eye sore. I already have a neighbor who has a broken down truck and sitting on blocks for more than a year now.
It's so simple, don't buy into an HOA development if the contract and rules offend you. Of course this guy knew the truck could be frowned upon when he purchased it.
@@patricksaxon3983 people like you are the problem. his truck is parked on his property. the truck is in good working condition. learn to mind your own business.
@@patricksaxon3983 How is that an eye sore ? It's a fabulous looking vintage truck.
Your 2001 Honda Accord with a dented bumper and an oil leak is an eye sore.
IMNOTA I still would not allow that ugly old truck in my neighborhood, I would have it towed away.
Bro if it’s bad to have a “damaged” or non working vehicle in their driveway my neighbor is in big trouble
I feel so very bad about the homeowner. He's not doing anything wrong. Themembers should get rid of the entire homowner's board.
The neighborhood doesn't even look fancy enough to justify that level of snootyness
lol true
Right
It is likely only one stupid, nosey, neighbour with no life complaining to their microgovernemnt of HOA. I do not know why people move into stupid places that have them. Why subject yourself to mroe government willingly?
tbh it looks like it fits right in - in a neutral way.
@@indridcold8433 A-MEN
... and this is one of the reasons why I will Never purchase a house that is part of any HOA...
@Abraham Shekelbergstien Why? He hasn't broken any law...
@Abraham Shekelbergstien No they wouldn't there's not a single law that says you can't have a faded paint job on your vehicle.....
Yea fuck that!!
Me neither. HOA's are nothing more than a scam and another way for the elite to pocket money.
@@chetmanley8755 Just ignore him... hes obviously an idiot.
Nothing will make me pass up a house faster than finding out it's in a hoa.
I will never live under a HOA again!
HOAs better known as condo Nazis maybe we should start a GoFundMe page for this gentleman and let him really have it
Hitlers Of America
I’d donate to his go fund me
I’d donate
*You buy a house to live in it, HOA isn't paying your bills.*
The HOA is one of your bills!! You actually pay them to do this to you! Let that sink in for a minute!
@@scrapcash2421 thsi must of been on your feed today too
@@scrapcash2421 let that sink in its probably cold out there
True they don’t give a F about your bills but they want they’re money
Then dont buy the house in an HOA neighborhood
NEVER, under ANY circumstances, buy or rent ANY home associated in ANY way with an HOA!
can't have a piece of American history on your property is crazy
Lesson learned: DO NOT BUY A HOUSE THAT IS PART OF A HOME OWNERS ASSHOLECIATION!!!!!
don't buy a house with neighbors period! you'll be begging to be in a hoa when a bunch of trash balls move in next to you.
M Detlef
I agree he chose to live there. But I hope he had the judge rule in his favor
They're not so easy to avoid. In the Houston area ALL the suburbs are governed by HOAs. There's no escaping it but to live unreasonably far.
@@Madmun357 Yes there is, get out of the city.
@@jasonbourne1596 like I said, that's NOT easy. Around here moving out of the city usually means an hour+ commute to work.
Key words “Body Damage”. I don’t see a single dent on that truck.
They never said anything about the paint in the paperwork.
@@Nimblebee-iy4nz true, but he will be grandfathered in so they, again, have no leg to stand on
I don’t see the HOA winning especially if the court has any sense of monetary value, sentimental value, and if they can see just how ridiculous the HOA is being
Word to the wise. NEVER BUY IN AN AREA THAT IS RULED BY A HOA
Another Good Reason to NEVER get involvrd with a HOA mortgage
Surprised the HOA didn’t go after his USMC and American flag.
We passed a law here in Texas that an HOA can't ban American flags even of they are on a free standing flagpole or attached to your house.
Don't worry, those should be forthcoming..
HOAs are a deeply American tradition. What? Do you think they originated in China? It's all American. It's part of the American dream.
@@MisterNiles lol
@@MisterNiles Yeah, we have to segregate the retards somewhere.
This is exactly why being part of an HOA was a deal breaker when I was house hunting.
The problem is that a lot of us have no choice. More than 80% of my city is HOA controlled, and unless you want to live the crappy areas of town, you're in an HOA.
@@SirFrag32 it's simple then, leave that city 🤣
@elaineisthatyou: 💯
I walked out on the salesman when he said HOA! He was begging, I was laughing.
HOA’s are another form of needless control
Me and a couple buddies were rearranging our garage at my stepdad's house and we rolled out his hot rod so we could move some stuff around in the garage and his HOA tried to pull the same kind of shit on us about a car with no hood All the complaints stopped when one of the HOA president's cars just so happened to miss a hood and wheels tires and windows and all sorts of stuff turned up missing on their car It was a major eyesore and very quickly they quit complaining about our hot rods sitting in the driveway and worried about their own things
That truck is gorgeous
Yes it is .
They're pissed it's a actual truck not a stupid crossover smh
Ford rocks!
Think I would clear coat it in its current condition.
That’s a very nice truck
The fact that people knowingly and willingly join an HOA is mind boggling to me.
most new construction is hoa's. in some states as much as 50% of all housing is hoa. in a couple decades its going to hard to find non hoa.
No one is forming an HOA on their own....the builders just leave us with them....like a list of useless rules.
@@carissafisher7514 My little neighborhood formed an HOA *on their own.* Quite a few of the morons signed up. Anybody new that moves in must join. They are pissed off that we refused to join and there is nothing that they can do about it.
@@humpteedumptee8629New neighborhoods suck anyway. They are just a bunch of cheaply made homes that are packed in like sardines.
It's not like you get a choice, it's just an extra 250-600$ a month.
Our street had an active HOA from 1991 until whenever and I am so glad I had my realtor print out all the vintage documentation that clearly stated ALL garage doors must remain closed from 8am to 5pm no matter what as well as grass length and color requirements.
BEFORE SIGNING CLOSING I took those documents to at least four homes on our street to ask about all that jazz and every one of the folks looked at me like a damn alien as it was dissolved decades ago. THANK GOODNESS!
I would not pay a cent for any home within such a shitshow of a micromanagement nightmare of weenies spooking out of their damn windows with binoculars at their neighbors!!!
Home of the free???
I am astounded that a HOA has this kind of authority and am surprised this could be like this in America.
Seriously, the moment an HOA is mentioned, the house value should drop by half.
Certainly drops my offer by half.
As long as there are people stupid enough to accept HOA terms...they will flourish...if sales of homes with HOA goes down...things would change.
Imagine paying for a mortgage and then getting told how to live in your home. Ridiculous.
I say the hell with that. They can kiss my...
The government does it all the time.
@@markflierl1624 not on this level
@@kova1577 I have to agree that HOA's take it a step above simply due to how local and ever-present it is. Precisely why I could not live within an HOA.
I can't park my car outside *my own house?* Wtf is that?
All landscaping and snow removal is covered by HOA fees.
My Parents had issues with their HOA because of a flowering plant they had in their garden. The HOA made a big stink but couldn't do anything legally as the plants were contained. (there was a fear that it would invade the local lake/pond and dry up the lake) On the day my Father died, my mother had died the year before, the HOA was literally in the garden hours later pulling up the plants. My sister and I were selling the house so it wasn't worth fighting, I couldn't believe that my father's Body wasn't even cold yet and they were removing the plants without our permission.
This is an awesome truck....what s making the property values reduce is that no one will buy here due to the hoa
I hope he wins ans kicks their tails in court. The HOA is 100% in the wrong
They always are.
"Rust" is considered body damage by any body shop. The HOA are legally correct, so they are going to win the lawsuit.
@Abraham Shekelbergstien chill out
@@LakeHowellDigitalVideo Patina is not rust. They are ignorant.
@@LakeHowellDigitalVideo it's not rust man. I did not see a spec or rust on it. Maybe on the undercarriage. You do know not everything that looks worn is rust right? Lol