Giving Tassallee to Hareem01

hareem01 · March 4, 2009, 6:25pm

Mirch:

No she is not nice to me.
Just kidding. I enjoy her snappiness and I have snapped at her a couple of times myself .
Hey Hareem if it is of any consolation to you. I lived an apartment life for 15 years in US before I bought this home. But owning a home in US is not joy ride either.
I do not know about UK but in US there is this thing called Homeowners Association. Supposedly it is an elected body of Homeowners of a subdivision and it is there to make sure that the neighborhood is nicely maintained and looks good. But what happens is that these elected officials in turn hire a company to enforce the by laws of the association. These hired companies have no wisdom , no heart and no human factor.
They are worst than landlords. And they have so much power that they can put your, half a million dollar home on the auction block if you forget to pay their 500 dollar yearly fee.
A few examples of their pricking:

my lawn is always envy of my neighbors so lush green. But last year there was drought in the area and water restrictions were in place. So we were not caring for it. They sent us a letter telling us that we need to maintain our lawn , it is dying and weeds are growing in it. They sent this letter to many many folks.

I have a rock hill in backyard which is visible from the road in front of the house. Nothing can grow on it so it looks barren and is an eyesore , so I put flower pots around it to make it look good. They sent me a letter telling me to remove them as excessive potted plants are not allowed according to by laws of association. They did not listen to my arguments and I had to remove them. The other options for me were to go to the court or pay fine which is 25 dollars a day per violation of by laws.

The whole neighborhood keeps their trash can by the side of their home they are not visible from the front though . They sent a letter telling everyone to put their trash cans inside the garage. The trash cans are not an eyesore in any way they are decent looking .
And many more examples.

During that 15 years of apartment life I never ever had to change the light bulb. If anything broke I would call the landlord and they will take care of the problem. Now I have to do everything myself or call a handyman.

phewww

Too many rules in USA…move to UK bro Mirch.