7. Make sure you have permission
"We bought a foreclosure with a dead tree, which came with fees for said dead tree," they say. The dead tree was removed by a company we hired. Then we were penalized for removing the dead tree, which was considered an unapproved landscape change. They took the tree, ground down the stump and some roots, and then covered it with sod. Except for the tree, nothing had changed.
It turned out that the proper procedure was to submit tree removal plans and have them approved. So… Request permission to take away the item they instructed you to take away. "Noticed," she says. – I am a personal throw away's HOA tale Which makes you want to avoid purchasing a home with HOA. Some of these people appear to spend their nights trying to find out how to make life more difficult for their neighbors.
