What's going on with this Serra house?

[ps99472]

They can start a Fight Club on the side of the road.  Gotta relieve stress, maybe bones can join them.

 

[qwerty]

They can start a Fight Club on the side of the road.  Gotta relieve stress, maybe bones can join them.

bones would have to stay out, she wouldnt fight fair. she would get all crazy and come in swinging her golf club.

 

[Chairman]

This is gonna get expensive, hopefully you know the people on the HOA board, time to kiss some butt

how much can a fine possibly be? i mean the land/hardscaping is done, its not like its an eyesore that is just sitting there. im sure they wouldnt reject anything we did. pretty standard, didnt go all buckwild or anything.

You'd be surprised at what they'll pick on.  I have small pebbles as ground covering for my 2 ft planter area around the perimeter and the design committee said that's not allowed and I need to replace with brown mulch.  I thought pebbles as ground covering is a pretty standard look.

Which community are you in? Do you have to get HOA approval for little things like this before hand?

 

[zubs]

I haven't submitted my plans (landscaping is already done) and they sent me a letter recently that my privileges to the clubhouse and pool (via key fob) were suspended. I can't get parking permits either (don't they know I have a three car garage?). They said they would fine me next. I may submit them before summer to take my kid to the pool. TBD. Maybe I'll just send them a pic of what the land/hardscape looks like. I don't know what good the plans do them now.

I don't understand why some people are so intent on fighting/resisting their HOA. You know the rules going in, just comply with them. Don't think that you're special. It's these type of people who, coming upon a merge of lanes, will merge at the very last minute and skip ahead of other people in the merge queue because they think their time is more important than anyone else's.

^^^ I run these folks off the road by refusing to let them merge in, since i drive a car that either has more horsepower and can out accelerate them or will survive any impact that they can bring.  Plus i know i can afford any insurance hike - can they? If they start honking or flipping me off, i point to the side of the road and tell them to pull over so i can kick their @$$.

According to the Minnesota department of transportation, you are suppose to get to the end of the merge before merging. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/zippermerge/

It makes traffic go faster.  So those guys waiting until the end to merge are doing it right.

 

[Chairman]

+1 on the merge. you don't stop in the middle of the merge lane to merge. go all the way to the end so traffic continues to flow.

 

[gaogi]

This is gonna get expensive, hopefully you know the people on the HOA board, time to kiss some butt

how much can a fine possibly be? i mean the land/hardscaping is done, its not like its an eyesore that is just sitting there. im sure they wouldnt reject anything we did. pretty standard, didnt go all buckwild or anything.

You'd be surprised at what they'll pick on.  I have small pebbles as ground covering for my 2 ft planter area around the perimeter and the design committee said that's not allowed and I need to replace with brown mulch.  I thought pebbles as ground covering is a pretty standard look.

Which community are you in? Do you have to get HOA approval for little things like this before hand?

I'm in Stonegate.  The plans my landscaper submitted didn't really have that kind of detail.  Just says, planter area here, travertine here, concrete here, plant A, B, C here, etc.  Yes, it's partly on my landscape contractor for not putting it down in the plans, but still anal on the HOA's part.  What do they have against pebbles?

 

[zubs]

It's not only Minnesota department of transportation.  The Feds urge drivers to do the same.http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop12012/sec2.htm#sec24

Also this guy who studies traffichttp://trafficwaves.org/seatraf.html

This applies only for when a lane is blocked up and the cones are merging into a new lane.  If a driver is trying to merge into a line of cars, and that drivers lane is open, by all means block them out.