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[–] FFat20 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I moved into a community of town homes that had an association a few years back. Total nightmare. We payed about 150 in "maintenance" fees, that basically kept a lawyer on retainer. The board consisted of two retired married couples patrolling our community, dropping off cease and desists for everything. A guy two streets down went to small claims court over his privacy fence. It was 6 feet tall, but the association only allowed up to 4. Iirc he took his circular saw and trimmed two feet off the height.

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[–] pangaea [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I know houses have issues like that but for condos I don't know how much there really is for them to control.

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[–] FFat20 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

They weren't really houses, they were town homes, stacked 6-12 deep. The amount of control they have is all outlined in the contract. I know in ours, they could even control our curtains. The colors had to be solid, no patterns, flags or bed sheets. That place was absolutely horrible, at least once a month we were being notified of an infraction. The idea behind the association is to keep the community presentable, while keeping the riff-raff out. It really depends on how power hungry/bored your board members are.