DeenaB (Texas)
Posts: 8
Posts: 8
Posted:
Our HOA specifies that the houses are single-family, and cannot be used as boarding houses and such. The neighbor in House A has complained that there are "multiple families" living next door to him in House B, because the family in House B has many work vehicles parked in the driveway and in the street.
Our property manager spoke with the owner of House B's son, and the situation is somewhat unusual. House B is owned by an elderly woman who is not in good health, and her son set it up so that a married couple would live with her, the wife being her nurse. As it happens, nurse's husband does construction, and so do their two grown sons who also live with them. And their other grown children visit frequently and sometimes stay overnight with the grandkids.
The complaining neighbor in House A has threatened not to pay dues until the situation is resolved, which seems to mean getting rid of the occupants (or at least some of them). A part of the issue seems to be cultural, since the family in House B hangs out together with kinfolk, and the young men like to work on their cars together listening to music on the weekends. Except for storing a work vehicle on the street (which they have said they will remove), we don't have any other specific violation to charge against House B. They are not technically paying rent, as there is some sort of exchange going on where the family will acquire the house at some point. What is the Board's obligation in this case? How do we define a "single family"? Any help would be welcome.
Our property manager spoke with the owner of House B's son, and the situation is somewhat unusual. House B is owned by an elderly woman who is not in good health, and her son set it up so that a married couple would live with her, the wife being her nurse. As it happens, nurse's husband does construction, and so do their two grown sons who also live with them. And their other grown children visit frequently and sometimes stay overnight with the grandkids.
The complaining neighbor in House A has threatened not to pay dues until the situation is resolved, which seems to mean getting rid of the occupants (or at least some of them). A part of the issue seems to be cultural, since the family in House B hangs out together with kinfolk, and the young men like to work on their cars together listening to music on the weekends. Except for storing a work vehicle on the street (which they have said they will remove), we don't have any other specific violation to charge against House B. They are not technically paying rent, as there is some sort of exchange going on where the family will acquire the house at some point. What is the Board's obligation in this case? How do we define a "single family"? Any help would be welcome.