Who You Gonna Call? (Not Ghostbusters, though.)
So, we live in a housing association, and until now, I've never minded. For the last four years, since we bought the house, every summer the HOA goes through and determines if the house exterior meets the HOA's code. We've always passed without issue.
Until now. Today, I got a letter stating that during the annual inspection in June, there were three issues found that need to be resolved: we don't have a gutter or downspout on the front of the house, the paint on the front stoop is peeling, and there's a board of siding that is peeling up a bit.
Now, I don't disagree that these three things are issues. My problem, though, is that they've existed since we purchased the house, and for the last four years, have gone unnoticed. Now, they're issues, and what's more, we have two months to fix them, OR ELSE.
(Or else what has not been explained. Public tar and feathering, I should imagine.)
What I want to know is, did the HOA finally get glasses or something? And who on earth do you call to fix these issues, because I honestly don't have a clue.
(I'm sorely tempted to send a note off to the HOA telling them very politely that these issues have been present since purchase of the house four years ago, and they weren't issues then, and here's pictures to prove it, and screw you all I'm not asking to be grandfathered in, just give me more than 2 months and an inkling of who I can call, thanks. I'm refraining at the moment because I'm sort of ticked off, and that's not a good time to write a letter, I've found.)
Until now. Today, I got a letter stating that during the annual inspection in June, there were three issues found that need to be resolved: we don't have a gutter or downspout on the front of the house, the paint on the front stoop is peeling, and there's a board of siding that is peeling up a bit.
Now, I don't disagree that these three things are issues. My problem, though, is that they've existed since we purchased the house, and for the last four years, have gone unnoticed. Now, they're issues, and what's more, we have two months to fix them, OR ELSE.
(Or else what has not been explained. Public tar and feathering, I should imagine.)
What I want to know is, did the HOA finally get glasses or something? And who on earth do you call to fix these issues, because I honestly don't have a clue.
(I'm sorely tempted to send a note off to the HOA telling them very politely that these issues have been present since purchase of the house four years ago, and they weren't issues then, and here's pictures to prove it, and screw you all I'm not asking to be grandfathered in, just give me more than 2 months and an inkling of who I can call, thanks. I'm refraining at the moment because I'm sort of ticked off, and that's not a good time to write a letter, I've found.)