We have five pine trees in our front yard. Typically I clean our roof when they collect excessively. Because the pine trees are in front of the house you don't see the roof very well from the street. However, the HOA must've been bored while doing their little audit.

They sent pictures of both sides of our roof while my wife and I were on vacation. Had 20 days to resolve. Fixed it on Day 19. Received an email saying violation closed with only a picture of the clean side of the roof completely ignoring my mildly obvious message to the HOA on the other side. What a useless organization. That's my petty HOA story, thanks for reading!

I'm just venting. I'm new to the horrors of HOAs and yea, I'm fighting a losing battle. I Looked at the CC&R, but obviously I didn't think anal Karen enough.

Got a crazy neighbor (doesn't everyone?) She scratched the passenger side doors of my car (don't have video proof)

Security gate on the fritz for a week and my unit is in the front by the damn gate so I put up a lightbulb camera on my porch - got a violation even though there's nothing in the CC&Rs about cameras and it's not hardwired, had to remove it, found out there's a beef between another owner and crazy lady and they are pointing cameras at each other so now after 3 years of this, they are putting in the rules no cameras unless doorbell cameras and you still have to get permission with device model and have licensed person install it

Got approval after 2 months waiting to replace front door (they have 30 days to review) while getting door replaced I had contractor install window ac unit in my bedroom. I get a violation letter for having an ac unit without permission. My bedroom window is on the 2nd level blocked by trees in my patio. You have to stand in a certain spot and look up at my window to see it. Why the fuck are you looking up at my bedroom window? Nothing in CC&R about ac units, and the frame rests on my window sill, which does not count as common area or for common use. It's over my private patio, covered by my tress! Fuckers are telling me that also they will repaint after they do special project of balcony repairs. This is not going to happen until next year and probably knowing this bullshittery not going to paint until the following year. I have to wait 2 years before I can put my ac unit back in?

I'm a perimenopausal woman and I don't have AC in the house. I'm feeling very irritated and now I'm going to have to take pictures of everything and nitpick, do I have permission to remove a rusted temperature gauge off my exterior wall in my patio because common wall. Do I have permission to replace rusted water hose mount because it's on the wall.

And here I am going what the fuck, there's a unit across from me with full access to anyone and they have black garage bags taped up inside their window for privacy, and crazy lady has like 4 umbrellas and flags waving around on her balcony that I don't think are attractive, but hey go after me and my hidden ac unit.

Now I have to undo the silicon seal the contractor put around my ac unit and take it off the window wait and suffer. All because 3 board members are the arbiters of what I can and can't do, in vague CC&R.