That’s unfortunate for anyone who wants a wooden or chain link fence instead of a vinyl one
People warned me for years about living in a community with a homeowner’s association, although I didn’t listen to the advice. My brother Mike is a real estate agent and is sick and tired of the additional stress that is put on his job each day by these HOAs. He wants to see his shoppers happy, plus few things frustrate him more than seeing a rejection notice from a homeowners association over a trivial detail like a credit score being slightly lower than what they want to see in their “community.” But it’s not just about arcane rules and their effect on people being accepted or denied, HOAs can also be frustrating when you’re trying to abide by the rules they make for peoples’ homes plus yards. Some of them will tell you what kind of paint you can use on your house, how short your grass needs to be, and what kind of fence you can have surrounding your yard, if at all. I guess that sounds crazy, but there are entire neighborhoods in this neighborhood where existing HOAs ban fences. My brother confirmed this when I asked him recently. Many of them will demand vinyl or PVC fencing because it often comes inwhite plus that removes the option of weird colors that detract or stand out from the rest of the houses on the block. That’s unfortunate for anyone who wants a wooden or chain link fence instead of a vinyl one. Not to mention vinyl plus PVC fences aren’t exactly cost effective for all people. If you have a dog that is prone to jumping over a chain link fence, the taller vinyl plus PVC fences removes this risk altogether.