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HOA Orders TARDIS Removed From In Front of Parrish Home
An anonymous reader writes A Florida couple learned that they are much bigger fans of Doctor Who than their homeowner association, after receiving a notice to remove the TARDIS from their driveway. Leann Moder and her husband David were given 15 days to get rid of the big blue box. From the article: "It was built by Moder's father as a wedding set piece, and she and her husband, David, were married in front of it. 'My husband mentioned, "Do you want to do a Doctor Who themed wedding?"' Moder said. 'That could be fun.' Since then, their TARDIS has been used at sci-fi conventions and parties, and was even the focus of a Halloween haunt the Moders set up on their driveway in October." The HOA had no comment on their stance on sonic screwdrivers, or the Eye of Harmony.
They are often more expensive, as you are paying for the "privileged" of having someone boss you around.
I'm paying for the "privilege" of being able to tell my neighbor that he can't paint his front door pink, much less his whole house.
My home is worth $400K, which is actually cheap for this area (average list price in my zip code is $748k).
There is always some fool who thinks he can do whatever he wants and doesn't care about anyone else. The HOA is the means by which that fool is stopped. Every other year or so, we have to use it to stop someone, works every time.
And yes, you do have to agree to follow the same rules, but that is what civilized people do, follow the rules they agreed to follow. It isn't rocket science.