Posts Tagged ‘improvements’

Question: My husband buys things to shut me up, but never follows through. All kinds of windows/doors/ improvements.?
He will buy all kinds of “improvements” for the home, but never installs them. Buys toys for my son, but doesn’t really like to “play” with him. It isn’t to the point of obsession, he really only buys things so we shut up and quit nagging….which I don’t believe is a “true” nag. What does this show signs of?

Answer:

Answer by bakfanlin
Well, if it works…… and you shut up…
I figure he’s reached the original goal.

Question: What does “No Land Improvements” really mean?
I am trying to buy land to put a manufactured home on and am trying to understand the restrictions on land use.

Answer:

Answer by iceman218inthehouse2000
it can mean alot of things but mostlly it little things like no cutting down trees or taking down fences that sort of thing

Question: home improvements by friend cheated us?
Our “friend”, proclaimed handyman, really got us for home improvements costs. During his work, he asked for $ 1,500. which (duh) I gave him by check written out “cash” w/comments on the bottom “home improvement.” I paid for all supplies. Long story short, 75% of work is not finished. He tried to put a sprinkler system in our yard, but had no clue. Our screens on back porch are now in place, but he never finished cutting them properly. We live in FL & Hurricane Katrina did a bit of damage. We paid for a pressure cleaner which he used 1st for his own home & charged us for the rental & $ 15/hr. to shoot a bit around our home. Twice he used a snake to unclog, but Draino works. He presented me w/a bill & I could not read it. All scribbles, but thinking he was a good friend of my husband, I wrote him a $ 1,500 check. Later we argued about the unfinished work & I fired him. Can I get any money back? Would appreciate any advice or experiences. TY — Patti H

Answer:

Answer by toxicat13
Take him to a small claims court, but let him know first. I would tell him he can either finish the work, give 75% of the money back from what he has not done, or you’re taking him to a small claims court. After all, what kind of real friend would do that to you anyway? Of course next time I would only pay him in increments, some up front, and some when he was finished. Lessons learned.

by PB-PSBear

Question: Are “home improvements” discouraged/denied by HOA’s?
Scenario:
In an economy by which the mortgage owed on a property is more than the value of the home…
And the homeowners can not move up to a larger home because they can not squeeze enough equity out of their current home to put toward home #2….
And the homeowners elect to IMPROVE on their property – adding rooms, building on the house, extensions on to the front or back of the home….
Questions….
Can a HomeOwner’s Association actually FORCE the homeowner to NOT improve on the property?
Can this, essentially, stagnate the value of a home and work against the re-saleability of the home?

If HOA’s have this much POWER…can they legally ruin the homeowner’s chances of making their own home work for them? Doesn’t this make HOA’s an “enemy” in times of housing downturns?

Lotsa questions & points to consider. Answer as you can and thanks!
100807 5:30
I am not in the market to purchase a home at this time. I am a renter. When I do purchase, it will be in an area that does NOT have an HOA.
My point isn’t that I I I I I am in an HOA….

MY POINT IS THAT HOA’S CAN:
Make the homeowner a “prisoner” in their own home because of family changes (more kids, parents or kids move back home) and needing more space. HOA’s in Collin County Texas have been given so much power that they can force people to tear out newly constructed porches that visually improved the property’s value, but a member was “upset” and down it went! The HOA’s evoke too much power-able to confiscate a home and force it into foreclosure for late payment of dues. HOA’s (like unions) have their needs, then they overstep their powers.

All I am saying is HOA’s can work AGAINST the individual homeowner, and if the homeowner can’t adjust their own homes for their growing needs, then the HOA needs to back down out of the individual lives of the homeowner.
HOA’s may claim to “standardize” a communities visual aspects, instead seem to turn a community into a “commune” with a one-mind mindset similar to communism governments.
“Honey, make no waves! Down with individuality, creativity, thought!”

Answer:

Answer by Wonder
Yes, an HOA does have that power. Read the Agreement and CC&Rs.

-MM

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