Legal advice?

[Roger]

Joe, My advice to you is to move to a home on five acres in the desert. No neghbors to deal with. Problems? We quietly deal with them.

[aw12345]

I agree one hundred percent get a house with a large
yard preferably with a block wall around it and atleast a 2 car garage. The block wall pretty much keeps nosy neighbors at bay. RV parking in the back is nice too. I did that 30 years ago and never looked back.

[Schmo]

Being single and only having one income makes buying a house in a decent part of L.A. County pretty tough. Not sure I could handle being out in the desert, but I've always wanted some land, preferably in the foothills. Growing up we had a 14 acre property with a small home up in Springville, CA that we would vacation at and I've always wanted to be able to live somewhere like that. Has never been an option due to my job and needing to be in a Metro area, but if things settle down, and working from home works well, I can go anywhere I can set up a phone and internet.

[Ol Man]

Growing up we had a 14 acre property with a small home up in Springville, CA that we would vacation at and I've always wanted to be able to live somewhere like that.

Ah, Springville. Used to go through there every summer when I was a kid. Our family camped at Balch Park for a number of weeks each summer. I carved my name in the hollow tree at the entrance. Large letters and it was still there a few years back. Fun swimming in the lake. Fishing. Just enjoying the mountains. We started going there in 1957.

[OU812]

Believe me I've been kicking that idea around, especially with home pricess down and now that it's looking like I'll be able to work from home permanently, I've been thinking of renting my place out and buying a small house just to get away from the crazy bitch. When I do rent, if she's still here, I'll be looking for a real mean looking, tat'd up, smoker(only on the balcony of course!) to rent to just drive her nuts (not that it's a long drive)!!!

Cigar party at Schmo's balcony!

[Commandoman]

Do you know why Lawyers like rules? So they can find loop holes. And so they know how to play the game. If your description of your crazy lady is accurate it's just a matter of time before SHE violates another rule. I'm sure squirting liquids off the balcony and filing false complaints violate a rule somewhere. I'm also confident should you file a complaint on her that by your description she'll verbally confront you. Another rule violation on her part I'll guess. What I'm saying here is stop being that nice guy you described. If you fire back when appropriate iether she'll slip up and violate a rule or she'll shut up. Best case is she'll move. If you in the right, then stand up to her.

[Schmo]

The President of the HOA, having had unpleasant dealing with her personally but in no way knowing the severity of the issues, requested information in regards to my dealings with her. Needless to say, I did not hold back and ended up with 3 pages worth of spraying vinegar on people, accusations I was stealing her water and that I was the reason her water bill was increasing month after month (the water is paid by the HOA!), vacuuming after midnight, harassing the HOA and threatening to call the Police when the hall way light bulb burnt out, etc. But yeah I'm done being passive . . . it was just easier to avoid the her altogether, but when she starts involving the HOA/PMC I'm not going to roll over. If this continues, I'll be filing for harassment.

[Roger]

Cigar party at Schmo's balcony!

That's Joe smoking a blunt!

[womb raider 940]

drugs are bad for everyone. should not be tolerated

[finishlinewest]

As a former LEO with the SBSO i can tell you with certainty that if she sprayed you or anyone else for that matter with vinegar that is assault and she can be arrested. I would put up with that for about .001 seconds before filing a criminal complaint and pressing charges. As for the other problems i would seek legal counsel (the management company most certainly has a lawyer on retainer for people like you).

Start keeping a calendar with incidents written on it so you can track everything that happens (we call that pencil f*cking) and lawyers (yours) will love it theirs will hate it. documentation is king in court and if you appear to have your act together with proper documentation you will fare much better. sorry to hear about your problems but it is the reason we sold our house in Glendora and moved to the high desert on 2.5 acres of land.

Andy

[OU812]

drugs are bad for everyone. should not be tolerated

I said Cigar....

[Old Fart]

I said Cigar....

Nothing wrong with a good gigar. I'm cutting down though, limiting mine to days that end in a "y"...

[Schmo]

Update

So I went to the HOA meeting last night...the property management company representative was there too. She went on the defensive right off the bat and told me that this was just a warning letter and was simply based on the complaints coming from my neighbor and that the HOA could perform a check to disprove the BBQ and hazardous items complaints and that they can decide to require verification from other residents or the HOA regarding the complaints before considering any further action such as fines, etc. The only concern I had was when it came to washing my Jeep as she said that CA has a law prohibiting anyone living in a HOA type of complex to wash their car on the premisis and that it didn't matter whether or not car washing was prohibited in the CC&Rs. All the board members were shocked and a couple mentioned that they and a bunch of other residents have washed their cars as well. Seeing that the rest of the "violations" are not valid, I want to verify this rather than just rolling over. Does anyone know if this is truly against the law or how to find out? I have the proper auto shutoff nozzle on my hose which is the only thing I recall hearing in the water conservation ads.


Just for you Josh!!!
Bill Hicks:
"You see, I think drugs have done some good things for us. I really do. And if you don't believe drugs have done good things for us, do me a favor. Go home tonight. Take all your albums, all your tapes and all your CDs and burn them. 'Cause you know what, the musicians that made all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years ... rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreal fu@king high on drugs. The Beatles were so fu@king high they let Ringo sing a few songs."

[Materdaddy]

So I went to the HOA meeting last night...the property management company representative was there too. She went on the defensive right off the bat and told me that this was just a warning letter and was simply based on the complaints coming from my neighbor and that the HOA could perform a check to disprove the BBQ and hazardous items complaints and that they can decide to require verification from other residents or the HOA regarding the complaints before considering any further action such as fines, etc. The only concern I had was when it came to washing my Jeep as she said that CA has a law prohibiting anyone living in a HOA type of complex to wash their car on the premisis and that it didn't matter whether or not car washing was prohibited in the CC&Rs. All the board members were shocked and a couple mentioned that they and a bunch of other residents have washed their cars as well. Seeing that the rest of the "violations" are not valid, I want to verify this rather than just rolling over. Does anyone know if this is truly against the law or how to find out? I have the proper auto shutoff nozzle on my hose which is the only thing I recall hearing in the water conservation ads.

I'm not sure about the law regarding this, but the promotional brochure we received when purchasing our condo mentioned a car wash area which was by the pool. This was actually a selling point for me, because at the time I owned a Silverado I bought new and meticulously kept clean. About a month after we bought our unit and moved in, the area was turned into two additional parking spaces due to similar issues.

I don't believe the problem is the water conservation aspect. We were told it was due to runoff into storm water drains and to be in compliance with the city (not state) we would have to spend thousands on some sort of collection/purification system.

After that, we constantly had people breaking off sprinkler heads and washing their cars when the sprinklers came on... so ghetto.

[Schmo]

I'm not sure about the law regarding this, but the promotional brochure we received when purchasing our condo mentioned a car wash area which was by the pool. This was actually a selling point for me, because at the time I owned a Silverado I bought new and meticulously kept clean. About a month after we bought our unit and moved in, the area was turned into two additional parking spaces due to similar issues.

I don't believe the problem is the water conservation aspect. We were told it was due to runoff into storm water drains and to be in compliance with the city (not state) we would have to spend thousands on some sort of collection/purification system.

After that, we constantly had people breaking off sprinkler heads and washing their cars when the sprinklers came on... so ghetto.

Funny you mention that . . . I've been googling trying to find the law and came across several condo ads that mention car wash areas. I've also seen the issue regarding the soap run off into the drains, but all the discussions were around the professional car wash companies that set up in big company parking lots and wash your car while you wait.