Just Got Nabed ! !

[johnebquick]

I could almost drop her in right here ! ! !

[tolmaz]

I had a neighbor like that. every homeowners meeting it was the main topic. said we couldnt park our boats on the driveway..so i parked in on the street. then they didnt like it on the street. they called the cops twice. Needless to say I wasnt happy about it! Said screw this. sold the house and bought an acre to put the boat on

[lilmouse40]

sorry to here bout the neighbors, but the moat ought to keep them all out lol

[Tower Todd]

Once you've sold your house and are waiting for it to close (usually 30 - 60 days) get the biggest, rustiest, PIECE OF Sh_ _ old car and park it on the lawn on blocks of wood with the hood up and the wheels off and leave out there for the neighbors to look at. Country Style All The Way!

Tower Todd

[BrothaBob]

Now I may be one of the few on here that like a HOA but sometimes get a little picky. You have to think like a shady lawyer sometimes. My HOA by0laws clearly state that a trailer / boat can not stayed parked in the same spot for more than 24 hours.

Now there was a brief period for about 2 weeks I needed to bring my boat home. I had no other place to put it until it got dunked in the spring. By the next day, there was a complaint and when questioned by the president of the HOA I pointed out that the trailer had been moved in the past 24 hours.........I moved it 1' forward. I then told him that I would be moving it back 1' tomorrow........lol

Apparently it was his wife that thought a brand new 21' center console boat was an eye sore to this neighborhood. (it is a very nice neighborhood I might add). He then explained to me that moving it 1' forward or 1' back was not in the spirit of the by-law. Spirit Schmearit......I am complying within the wording of the by-law and the HOA's attorney said there was nothing that could be done.

An attempt to re-word the by-law was struck down at the next meeting and the president was then promptly voted out.

[capt. woodward]

Wow I just got busted. Someone called the County on me and said my boat was parked in the grass. Yes it was and I know it's wrong but WOW. Also, Thanks for the email birthday wish. I am 39 today. SP.Com R O C K S ! ! !

Happy belated birthday.

That sucks, but then you live in a civilised society of rules, rules and more rules. It's probably a good thing I have none of those concerns, because I'd be tempted to do something rash in retaliation.

Code enforcement: Of course, it's never about safety, or about the well being of the neighborhood. It's about how much money can we squeeze out of this guy, so he won't do it again.

I visited some friends in So. Fla two years ago after the hurricanes. I offered my services to help him out with his roofing problems. Along comes code enforcement and County Police. They gave me the 3rd degree -- where's this and that licence. My friend ran interference, while I dug out my civil engineering degree. Then I proceeded to ask the building inspector who was onsite about what he thought about it. He said the work was better than the original roof. And that code and county officials should have better things to do with their time. The repairs got red flagged and we were told to stand down. We finished the work that night. The building inspector tore up the paperwork and that was that. The fine would have been $5000 from the county and another $2000 just for me. Now, how silly is that? I'd call it protection money.

This is what happens when rules overtake a law-abiding society. There were a number of roofers who could have done the job, but at what cost? And, how many months later did they actually do the work. Some got paid and didn't do the work.

After Katrina hit Florida, then hit New Orleans, a large number of Florida roofers left for Louisiana. That state didn't ask stupid questions about licenses. They were just happy to have someone doing the job.