I finally put my Christmas lights up last night.
They are on a timer to turn off at 11pm every night.
This morning when I got up for work at 6am, it was still dark out, so I decided to turn them back on.
3.5 hours later, I received an HOA warning via email that I am only allowed to have my Christmas lights on from 5pm-11pm daily and turning them on in the morning was a violation of the CC&Rs.
Sure enough in May of this year, the CC&Rs were updated to include this verbiage and I missed it.
Won’t do that again lol.
Is the timezone explicit, implied or omitted in hoa rules?
It's always 5 PM somewhere!
Wonder if that works on Gremlins?
I don't think it's wise to try that one!!
Haha good call!
In the interest of creating an efficient, streamlined and insurance-friendly HOA, the following notice should also be carefully read and observed:
1) candy canes only to be licked from top to bottom, NOT bottom to top, as this increases the chance that viruses will infect the licker, and thereafter spread to other HOA households.
2) no stick-on ribbons shall be permitted on any gift wrapped items. Attached are samples of acceptable ribbon styles and patterns. Packages with wrapping deemed gaudy by our Wrapping Committee will be confiscated, as they lower the property values of all residents.
3) no cookies shall be left out for Santa, as it invites rodent infestation and could conceivably be classified as undeclared income by Claus, creating liability issues for the HOA and potential tax consequences.
4) no elves will be permitted on or near any shelves, as this is deemed excessively frivolous and may attract unwanted attention from elf activists.
5) fun shall be had ONLY between the hours of 5pm and 9pm. Any household found in violation of this rule may be subject to immediate foreclosure. Please submit any plans that may induce jocularity to the No Fun Committee - you will receive a denial within 30 days. If approved, you will also receive a denial, but within 60 days.
6) On behalf of the board, we send you our warmest and most sincere holiday greetings for you and your family.
lol that is fantastic!
It felt right in the spirit of your HOA board of goobers.
Turn your lights on early or move into an HoA?
Correct. Next house will have acreage and not be in an HOA.
Sounds like you should rearrange them in the shape of “defund the HOA” in your front yard. Only on from 5-11 though, of course.
Blink FUCKHOA in Morse code.
They’d probably cite me for “distasteful display” lol
When I bought my house 26 years ago, I had never heard of HOAs, so I didn’t think to even inquire about them. I think they are insane. I can’t imagine someone deciding I had one too many pumpkins at Halloween, or telling me the colors I can choose from to paint my house.
Nope.
Why would the HOA care about when you turn on your Christmas lights?
Probably someone somewhere went crazy with too bright lights, and it was shining into someone's bedroom, and instead of putting rules on brigness or where the light can shine, they just went the easy way and added restrictions on hours.
Or curtains.
Because it gives them power.
Unexpectedly deep response.
And your USERNAME! Respect to you from an assistant pig keeper.
Don't forget to bring enough munching and crunchings.
I won't, for I do not desire any whackings and smackings.
If I had a reddit award, I'd give it to you!
And I'd give you one! I saw Lloyd Alexander once at a publishing party, but was too meek to approach him, though my friend did and got all his books signed. I did get to become a young adult author, though, which is all I ever wanted after devouring the Prydain books and the Narnia books.
That's awesome! What have you written?
Read both of those, too!
A mix of things - a little series of ghost stories, some historical fiction, and a lot of non-fiction as well. If you were 12 and reading voraciously between 2000 and 2010, there is a remote possibility you'd know my name. I don't want to dox myself, LOL. Then I left that side of the business and became a ghostwriter - mostly memoirs.
Did you also read Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising series? That was another one I read over and over again.
Heh, no. I was not 12 in 2000. :)
I have not read that.
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Sounds like the behavior of a person who calls them "holiday lights."
Because Karen is an alternate name for Cunt.
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Why is the floor all wet, Todd?!?!
I don’t know, Maaargooo!
Carpet, why is the carpet all wet. 😂
I would have xmas lights that spelled out FUK U HOA
"must be turned off at 11:00pm nightly" is pretty straightforward, but "may be turned on at 5:00pm" sounds like you have a choice.
Lights turned on at 6am will "may" also be on at 5pm, it doesn't say "lights must not be on prior to 5:00pm" even though that's their intent. I'm not a lawyer, and I won't incur any fines. :D
Haha thank you for the creative interpretation!!!
Do the rules include dates as well? Otherwise I’d be keeping the lights up year round. 5-11pm 365 days a year. It’s always Christmas in my heart
Run for office
I just may
HOAs suck
Thank you for that deeply thought out comment. Where would we be without articulate deep thinkers like you?
I believe we'd still be right here, on Reddit.
We found our HOA president.
I hope my HOA board doesn’t read this! Sounds like something that they would love!
What's the exact wording? Are you able to run your chanukah lights in the morning?
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This is what was attached to the email.
That’s just a Guideline. Not a CC&R.
I would ask the ARC why they decided to come up with the guideline.
My place is the opposite... lets not get into stupid things. In fact, for is her be grandfathered as there before the rule change.
turning them on in the morning was a violation of the CC&Rs
Xmas reminds me of the millions of Jews killed by Christians in Jesus’ name at this season - as 11 Australians December 14.
The morning are solstice lights.
No Christmas lights? 50,000 lumens halogen bulb it is.
"Oh, those are Hanukkah lights."
Won’t do what? Buy another house with a HOA community?
Going Clark Griswald sounds great right about now…
The Govee lights are 1000% worse than Xmas lights. My neighborhood looks like a damn circus.
Ok good, it’s not just me that was thinking that. They look tacky and cheap to me.
Quotes here in FL are $600-$1500. People are insane.
Same here in Texas. You can go get the lights off Amazon for less than $100.
Agreed. They're just the latest stupid ostentatious trend.
Fuck HOA! They can’t take our holiday spirit!
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Also, something something about a moral failing on your part because you should have read the rules that you agreed to before purchasing the property.