Homeowner gets even with HOA who demanded he remove his boat from driveway: 'I removed it, just like you asked'

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Eleonora Bader
May 13, 2024 7:00 AM EDT

Your mailbox is a disgrace, and needs a fresh coat of paint, they said. Your flowerbeds are looking a little dull, get a gardener, they said. HOA likes to say a lot of things, and if you don't listen, well, you get fined. That's just how it is, and there isn't much you can do about it. The HOA members are always grumpy, miserable-looking people who have their noses high in the air and think that they're better than everyone else. They don't have much to be proud of in their life, so their lawn is their pride and joy. Their fence is the perfect white color. And their car is perfectly parked on their driveway.

I have so many personal instances with them myself. They micromanage everything — the height of my grass, the color of my curtains, even the holiday decorations on my front door. Ugh.

One homeowner decided to get even with his HOA… and knew just how to go about it. Check it out below and afterward, read this story about a teenager who won a big chunk of cash in a town raffle, only to be told she owed it all to her stepmother.

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    "HOA requested he remove it, so he did."
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    Homeowner was told to remove the eyesore that was his boat in the driveway, so he painted a mural...
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    AmazingAd2765. 16 hr. ago Artist did a really good job. 14.6k Reply Share HughJassburn 15 hr. ago If he did that himself he's a hell of a painter 4.2k Reply Share infiniteawareness420 15 hr. ago Not only did he not paint it, he also isn't OP. Lol. 1.1k Reply Share
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    manolid 16 hr. ago I remember someone posting here once about an HOA that demanded a homeowner make some ludicrous change to their home and the homeowners said fine, we will and we will put up a Ham radio tower in our front yard instead which apparently they had the right to do so under US Federal law. IIRC the HOA quickly retracted their demand. 7.1k Reply Share boxsterguy. 15 hr. ago FCC don't fk around. Many HOAs have tried to pull stuff like, "No visible satellite dishes/TV antennas," which
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    nex703 15 hr. ago interesting, because i was reading the guidelines from my HOA and they have the same rule for satellite dishes. im going to investigate this further 1.6k Reply Share virttual 15 hr. ago Get that HAM radio tower threat ready if all else fails lol 1.7k Reply Share
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    jpiro 16 hr. ago Oh, this is the kind of petty I'm 100% here for. 11.7k Reply Share Misterstaberinde 16 hr. ago This guy is a my spirit animal 1.3k Reply Share
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    ThicklyApplicationed. 16 hr. ago How is a nice, well kept boat being stored on a clean, like- new trailer and eye-sore? In my neck of the woods it would "showing off." 945 Reply Share stick004 15 hr. ago It's called jealousy. Someone else didn't like that he was successful. So it's it's an eyesore to them. 396 Reply Share
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    Traditional Them . 15 hr. ago I don't agree with this reasoning - but where I live in the Midwest, parking boats in your driveway is considered trashy. Please don't ask me to defend or explain it - it just is the general vibe around here. 197 Reply Share Mehdals 15 hr. ago Living in the Midwest state with the most lakes around I don't know what people would do with all the boats up and down our streets if they weren't in their driveways. No idea why people would think its trashy to use your own
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    Previous_Composer934 · 14 hr. ago I have a feeling that an HOA with the power to tell you to hide your boat, has the power to tell you how to paint your fence 185 Reply Share ... 68Cadillac 11 hr. ago The few HOA's I've been a part of had a limited list of pre- approved colors you could paint the exterior of your home. It'd be a fun artistic exercise to limit your gate mural to just the colors the HOA approved. 49 Reply Share
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    SpiritualDamage877. 12 hr. ago The artist here is Hanif (he said it was okay to share his links) - here's his website: https://www.hanifwondir.com/, and Instagram "@hanifwondir" He also just uploaded a timelapse of the painting to his YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/IHaZsn8pb4s? si=wQn70JSE2NHNZFBK 20 Reply Share
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    [deleted]. 16 hr. ago · edited 15 hr. ago imagine telling someone what they can or can't have in their own driveway - Imfao 214 Reply Share Zagrunty - 16 hr. ago Generally speaking, I agree. However, I had a neighbor who kept half a dozen or so rotting cars on cinder blocks in his yard/driveway for YEARS he had never touched. There comes a point where there needs to be some limits. This boat is no anywhere near it though 209 Reply Share
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    huzeyodaddy OP. 11 hr. ago I wish r/pics would let me edit the post to tag the artist, so just commented his info on some top comments... Artist: www.hanifwondir.com Instagram: hanifwondi 9 Reply Share
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    memyselfandhai - 12 hr. ago Is there anybody that actually likes HOAs? Sincerely asking. 3 Reply Share
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    balrob 13 hr. ago He was "told to"? Is this in the land of the free and the home of the brave? 8 Reply Share 1 more reply
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    iamatworknowtoo. 15 hr. ago Insert real men of genius theme song here. ↑ 10 Reply Share
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