hollydolly
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- London England
we don't have HOA's here but we do on our gated community in Spain, although not as strict as those I read about ion the USA.. the only thing we have to do in our house in Spain is to have the house the same colour as the rest..white.. and they did try and make a rule that everyone had to have the same colour sunshades and awnings, but no-one was paying any attention, and refused to do it... even after we were threatened with a community Fine.. we just dared them to do it...Yep, you got it.
One exception: if you buy a home in a community that has a homeowner's association (HOA), there are rules like what color you can paint your house, rules about trash and lawncare, even about keeping your garage door closed.
There more rules with regard to the community pool than the houses tbh, and we generally abide by those for everyone's safety