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bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week agoWe don’t have HOAs in Europe, and why would the city complain?
Why would they not? I’ve heard that Europe is extremely strict when it comes to altering the facade of your building; is that not the case?
I mean I’ve literally seen videos of garages in The Netherlands with the door being disguised as a normal wall with a window, to maintain the appearance of the original building. Am I wrong about this?
I guess what I meant mostly is when such rules are imposed (your house can only look like this and that from the outside), they would mostly come from a public administration like a city (like in my case) or regional government - not a private org like an HOA. Very probably associations like that exist everywhere in some shape or form, but I figure at least in my country they would have much less power because there tend to be just laws for that.
They exists for apartment complexes with individual owners, but it is not something the typical renter would have much experience with.