“HOA boards are usually composed of the neighborhood busybodies who have nothing better to do.”
Exactly. In a way it’s similar to police officers – a certain personality type is a prerequisite, and that type is frequently unpleasant. In the case of the HOA, it’s the type who spends their free time spying on their neighbors.
As for running a business out of your home, our HOA rules state that you’re not allowed to run one in your garage. Of course I ignore this, because it isn’t their garage. It serves as my warehouse and office. The only way you would know anything is happening in there is when the Fedex truck shows up once every two weeks and I open the big door. I get along very well with my neighbors and they haven’t complained, but then I probably don’t live next to a board member.
