A PROPERTY owner has spoken out about why he prefers living in a development without a homeowner's association.
The Reddit user was left angry and annoyed after the association in his old community went after him for the color-changing lightbulbs inside his house.
2
2
The group eventually threatened to take him to court over the issue, the man said in his post on the r/AskReddit forum.
"They claimed that the color of a bulb inside my unit altered the exterior appearance of the building," the homeowner said.
He'd had the colored bulbs in his home for roughly a year at that point.
"I could have won in court, but it wasn't worth angering a bunch of petty (people) who have nothing better to do than to sit on an HOA board," the man said.
READ MORE NEWS
"The association wanted to add a new amendment that allowed them to sue anyone over anything they deemed a 'nuisance.'"
Part of that process entailed bringing their lawyer in for a questions and answer session with the residents.
"I asked if the color of my neighbors lights could be considered a nuisance," the Reddit user said.
"He clarified that it had to be a bigger concern."
Most read in The US Sun
But that's not where the exchange ended.
"I followed up asking if we could claim that my neighbor had altered the exterior appearance of the building," the Reddit user said.
"He laughed and said no dismissively."
The property owner took these answers as a victory.
"Their lawyer had already admitted their case was un-winnable, and he'd said earlier in the meeting a big part of his job was to keep the association from taking an un-winnable case to court," he said.
"So the lights were whatever color I wanted them to be from then on."
Although he won this battle, the Reddit user ultimately decided to move somewhere without an HOA.
"Sometimes a neighbor's grass is a bit high," he said.
"Another neighbor just built a patio in the front yard and sometimes people put trash out a couple days before the city says they can.
"Nobody says anything.
"It's wonderful."
Many commenters found the situation humorous.
"I'd just run them in fast rainbow RGB and remove all my curtains if that happened," one said.
"And if you get tired of the constant rainbow in your condo, set up LED strips in between your closed curtains and the window, so that your neighbors can still enjoy the show 24/7," said another.
