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my question is How do I get my home improvement projects approved when i'm not allowed to contact HOA ?

my first HOA. it is a "contractor" set up with ONE person running the HOA. approx. 22 single family homes.
this house needed work so i got approval for the patio, and stairs.
we are required to email. no contact.

then when i needed a fence built i was continuously denied. because i kept asking WHY?
then was told that if the fence contractor would change the line on the drawing, re submit, would be approved.

the HOA Called the Fence Contractor and ordered the work done.
they just showed up one day.

i also emailed and asked when the street light to the entrance would be fixed.
HOA told me to let know and that would report to local electric company.
i sent pictures of day and night.
said that drove by and nothing wrong.
i said you must be mistaken.

then said i made her feel uncomfortable and all future communication would be through her attorney.
do not contact her.

ok i sent an email 4 months ago with all necessary documentation for a pool.
this pool is not for leisure but for ailments and exercise.

no Response.
i have read of people who send a letter giving a deadline for response or it is approved.

i sent an email with all necessary documentation for shade addition over my patio.
which faces the West and is unusable. i have one little umbrella/table. on a 70 ft patio.

the sun also shines in forcing the A/C to run non stop in the afternoons.
which will probaby go out soon also.

any advice is greatly appreciated.

I almost started googling for "werewolf threat," thinking I was not up to date on the latest hip lingo.

I am betting SheliaH's post was managed by an app. Forty years ago, said app would have been popularly known as "Orwellian." Today, it's the price of communicating quickly and effectively. And it is still Orwellian afaic.

Aren't werewolf threats only a concern when in London?

there is a CCR. i have read it MANY TIMES.

the HOA has been rude since i moved in one year ago.
in case you too don't believe me,
i got the email address from the neighbor. (we ALL TALK)
i asked for a copy of CCR.
she said WHO ARE YOU? I'm not just sending this out to anybody.
i said i now own XX blvd.
she said i didn't know that house was sold. who is your realtor?
i told her.
my realtor called me and said that was a lie because he had to contact her before we closed.
then she sent a copy of the CCR in reply.

she has ignored me since i called her out on her lies.
and negligence about the entrance lighting.

can she just ignore me?

PaulineS2,

-- Would you please quote exactly what your HOA's covenants and Rules and Regulations say about obtaining approvals to architectural requests.

-- Please look up your HOA corporation at the Tennessee Secretary of State https://tnbear.tn.gov/Ecommerce/FilingSearch.aspx . Use this site to identify the registered agent, and the agent's address, for your HOA.

-- Send a letter registered mail, return receipt requested to the agent's address. This is so you have documentation that you submitted the request.

-- In all your communications, stay unemotional. Never use all-caps. Never use exclamation points. Make your sentences short. Stay sugary polite. Address people by their surname (Ms., Mr., Mrs. et cetera).

-- If the covenants and rules do not give a timeline for approving an architectural change, then the courts say the Board or Architectural Committee yada has to be "reasonable."

-- If you continue to get no response, you will be stuck with hiring an attorney. This is because the communications needed to get a response from the HOA are sophisticated and beyond the abilities of most people. Plus a letter from an attorney gets a HOA's attention and typically ends up in the hands of the HOA/COA attorney. The HOA/COA attorney is often far more reasonable (on account of homing in on the law) than the amateur, often ego-driven board of directors.

-- If the pool is needed for a disability, then fair housing law may very well be on your side, and the delays in responding are particularly unacceptable. I am not saying you are entitled to have approval of the pool. But you might be.

-- Answering people's questions here is important. Internet communications are hard enough. Folks here have expertise but almost always, these folks need more information from the OP to give answers that can actually help.

-- For the purposes of clarity, please consider avoiding the use of pronouns. Instead, give the title of the person. E.g. if "he" refers to a HOA manager, then instead of writing "He told me... " write instead, "The manager told me... "

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