Homeowner Followed Every HOA Rule Before Landscaping, But An Entitled Board Member Still Issued A Bogus Compliance Notice » TwistedSifter

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Landscaping is usually a harmless way to make a home feel more personal.

One homeowner soon felt targeted when an overzealous HOA board member started side-eyeing her new flower bed.

But after consulting the HOA rules, the homeowner fought back and sparked a quiet neighborhood revolution.

Keep reading for the full story!

This spring, I started planting a flower bed along the walkway.

I chose native plants that thrive here without much water, and I kept them neatly within my property line.

A week later, I came home to find a printed notice taped to my door saying my flower bed was non-compliant and needed to be removed.

But once the homeowner did their own research, they knew the HOA member wasn’t being truthful.

I checked the HOA rules.

Nowhere did it say anything about planting flowers being prohibited.

In fact, there was a section encouraging “attractive landscaping” as long as it wasn’t invasive or blocking sidewalks.

Mine was neither.

So the homeowner decided to state her case.

I emailed the HOA president with photos of my yard and a screenshot of the rulebook.

He replied the next day saying the notice shouldn’t have been sent at all, and I could ignore it.

Turns out, the board member who issued it just doesn’t like anything that isn’t grass and shrubs.

Now that the board member is out of the way, other neighbors started taking notice of her gardening.

I left the flowers, and they’ve already started blooming.

A few neighbors have even asked me for the plant list so they can do something similar.

Now every time the board member walks by, I swear she slows down just to glare at them.

Talk about a power trip.

What did Reddit have to say?

Many HOA board members have completely lost the plot.

This homeowner practically sparked a neighborhood revolution!

Always read the fine print, folks.

This commenter shakes their fist at the powers that be.

This homeowner didn’t argue or make a scene — she just followed the rules exactly as they were written.

Now the flowers are blooming, and so is the quiet satisfaction of being right.

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