I've got a crazy recent HOA story.
I'm on the board of directors for our HOA. It's a neighborhood with 23 equestrian lots ranging from 4-7 acres. Very nice houses all occupied by extremely successful professionals whose properties are absolutely amazing. Trust me when I say our HOA is the least intrusive entity on the planet. Except for one house. The first house entering the neighborhood is owned by a radiologist. It looks like it has been abandoned for 20 years. I have lived here 12 years and his landscaping has never been trimmed in that time. Not once. The grass in the backyard is over 10 feet high. The front yard is cut in the bizarre patches. Small bushes are growing out of the gutters. The exterior walls are covered in creeping ivy. Cars parked everywhere. He claims he likes the "natural look". It is so overgrown that you almost cannot even see a house anymore.
Anywho, we seem to go through property managers like candy. Almost yearly. Which is weird because besides this house... there is almost nothing to "manage". A new one will come in, fire off a complaint or violation letter, he'll respond with a "fuch you", and then they usually quit when it is time to follow up with round 2. Rinse, repeat, every year.
A few years ago, we got a bulldog who stuck around long enough to really sink some teeth into it. After 10 years of violation letters and fines, we ended up flat out suing him. Which he didnt show up to court. So we won. Now the cleanup was judge ordered, not HOA ordered. After 90 days or something, the judge asked us if he did any of it. Of course he didnt do a single damn thing. So the judge ordered him back to court in contempt.
The homeowner wrote the judge a 9 page manifesto. He called the HOA a bunch of maggots, and now the judge is in on it and he was a maggot too. He said in the letter, which is public record, that he aint showing up to court and to piss off. And the homeowner stuck to his word... he didnt show up to his contempt hearing.
Slightly annoyed, the judge now ordered him back to court for 3rd time to explain why he didnt show up last time. In the order, the judge specifically stated the he will be arrested if he doesnt show up. Again, the homeowner drafts another manifesto. He now accused the judge of harassing him. And once again, stated IN WRITING, that he aint showing up. Which he didnt.
Within 2 days, the judge issued the writ of bodily attachment. Which is like an arrest warrant except "go and get him". The popo was sent to his and dragged that dumbass out of bed at 6 am. I saw the whole thing go down because I had to take my kid to the gym and actually let the cops into the gate. The idiot spent 48 hours in jail. 2 days. They wouldnt release him until he paid all our court costs and fines.
That was a couple of months ago. Today, the judge asked the HOA if he did any of the stuff on the original case he lost. Our response: nope.
