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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the president of my HOA and have been for the last 8 years. I would have given the position up years ago but no one else wants it. It's a pain sometimes dealing with our service vendors but at this point I can figure that stuff out pretty easily. Dealing with people in the neighborhood has been easy though -- I don't know if we've just been lucky with chill owners or if I'm good at people management (maybe a little of both) but we've never had any major issues.

But we have new neighbors who are terrible! At first I thought it was just a combination of being super enthusiastic and a little nervous about first time home ownership. They were at least very friendly at first. But this has soured over the last few months. They are incredibly demanding, complain about everything (trash pick up, landscaping, parking, you name it). They constantly want to add services to the neighborhood and get angry when people resist because (1) we've never needed that in the past, and (2) our HOA fees are pretty low and we like it that way. We pay for all necessary maintenance so the subdivision looks decent and all services are covered, but we don't spring for a lot of extras. People would rather invest that money into their own homes (and mostly do -- the houses here are very well maintained) and it helps with resale to not have a hefty HOA fee.

The biggest things is that when they come to me with these complaints, it's never "Hey, we noticed this issue and thought you might have more information" or "is this something we can raise at the next HOA meeting." They talk to me like I am their building super and need to respond to their concerns immediately. This is an unpaid position! I mostly do it because we, too, want the neighborhood to look and function well to protect our own investment. In the past people have always been nice about the fact that I handle this stuff and even grateful because they recognize if I didn't do it, one of them would. The new folks don't seem to get this.

I'm mostly just posting this here to vent, but I guess also to say: if you move into a new HOA, maybe lay low for 6 months or so and see how things operate, rather than jumping in to order people around right away. And also, be nice to the volunteers who run the HOA and do things like make sure your trash and recycling get picked up and the street gets plowed and gets trees trimmed off the street, etc. It's a kind of thankless job and most of us actually also have day jobs, plus kids. Say please and thank you and try to be polite and not demanding.

I think I'm probably going to give this position up as a result of this. It's not worth it! Let someone else deal with it. Heck, let the new folks do it for a year and see if they like being texted/emailed every day with random complaints about everything under the sun![/quote]

I would consider it volunteer work, it benefits everyone. Just keep clear communication. If you want it done right, its better to do it yourself as not everyone has these leadership and management skills.[/quote]

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