The Super Official Homeowners Thread

[.RJ]

Closing is on my old house today.... I'm glad for this rollercoaster to be over.  All in all things went pretty smooth, but the thing that absolutely killed me was community (Reston) HOA.  

My realtor advised that we should wait until we had a contract before ordering resale documents, which includes a walk around of the exterior of the house and takes two weeks to receive.  On a 30 day closing it didnt leave much time to address the things that they came up with.  I should have done it the day I listed the house, and I would have been in the house and easier to deal with stuff - like repainting siding and power washing the fence is easy when I'm there and all my tools are there and I can knock it out in a few hours instead of getting ghosted by 2 contractors and paying $800 for the job when its 40 degrees outside and no one wants to take that work on.

None of them were major but I'd already moved across town and I had back surgery 2 weeks ago which just made things real pain in the ass, at a time when the HOA is also being a pain in the ass and illogical.  Sometimes I think they forget that they work for us, not the other way around. 

Once the money comes back from the sale its new kitchen time in the new house, so at least I have that to look forward to.

And now the HOA rejected some of the work I did, saying the exterior paint doesnt match.  Yeah its a shade off but its also new paint.  Their only insight was to paint the whole house.... sorry, thats $3000 to paint the whole house to cover up some discoloration from an old gutter and shutters?  They DGAF that its an unreasonable solution.

The house closed yesterday anyways but I'm on the hook and have 90 days to resolve the HOA nonsense, which is a more reasonable solution than trying to get a house paint done in the middle of winter.  I feel like I've been taken for a ride by the buyer and the HOA here and it leaves a real sour taste.  I didnt make the best decisions about this while recovering from surgery but live and learn and I guess this is this rounds version of losing your cell phone, cost inflation included.

The offending trim color, FWIW. New paint on bottom.