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.

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Re:Conform or be expelled

[Anonymous Coward]

"HOAs are completely up front about those things and if you don't read the bylaws before buying, you're a dumb motherfucker."

Wrong. The "consent" to the "contract" is usually a legal fiction known as "constructive notice"; i.e., the H.O.A. corporation's governing documents were filed with the county, therefore the homeowner should have known about them.

This concept was best illustrated in that scene from "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy", when the construction foreman informs Arthur Dent that "the plans were on display".

"But Mr. Dent, the plans have been available in the local planning office for the last nine months."

"Oh yes, well as soon as I heard I went straight round to see them, yesterday afternoon. You hadn't exactly gone out of your way to call attention to them, had you? I mean, like actually telling anybody or anything."

"But the plans were on display ..."

"On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them." "That's the display department."

"With a flashlight."

"Ah, well the lights had probably gone."

"So had the stairs."

"But look, you found the notice didn't you?"

"Yes," said Arthur, "yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'."

I've been trying to get documents and records -- including the governing documents, rules and regulations, etc., from my H.O.A. for several years. In response, they decided to stop accepting my H.O.A. dues payments so they could turn around and sue me for not paying them.

See my web site, madisonhillhoa.com , for details (it hasn't been updated because I've been busy with the court case). You can also get a free copy of my book in PDF form from that site, at madisonhillhoa.com/book