8 Low Cost Ways to Make Your Home Look More Appealing This Summer And Make Your HOA Happy

A house is one of the biggest purchases a person will ever make, and most want to keep their homes looking beautiful not only for themselves, but also to entice future buyers. It’s also a regulation in most homeowners associations that homeowners keep their properties up to community standards as set forth in their HOA Covenants and Restrictions. 

An important role of a homeowners association is to maintain and increase values by enforcing community covenants and maintain the common areas within the community. For this to happen the Association must have a strong Board of Directors and each person who sits on the Board must perform their job.

These low cost strategies to make your home more appealing. These tips are quick and easy.

1.  Mow the lawn, trim shrubs, pull weeds etc..
2.  Add a touch of color with flowers or chairs on your front porch.
3.  Power-wash your driveway, sidewalk, and the exterior siding of your home.
5.  Edge the grass around walks and trees plus add fresh mulch to your planting beds.                           6.  Make sure fences are painted or replaced when worn.                                                                       7.  Make sure trash cans are stored neatly                                                                                                                                                                       8. Try to eliminate any junk or misc items from being stored in your driveway.

A home is an investment. Homeowners associations usually support maintaining and upgrading appropriately as it helps to keep the value of the community high. Many homeowners feel the community regulations and standards are too high, but the association is trying to keep a uniformed and maintained look. Having policies in place and enforcing them will help your neighborhood look better and free from unsightly happenings.

Your homeowners association probably has a variety of complaints from residents from illegal parking violations, barking dogs, pet ordinance violations, noisy or a defiant neighbors– the list goes on. If every member of the HOA would work together for the betterment of the community as a whole residents would take a much more active role n the community and stand behind the HOA.

Can you think of ways you can help your community keep up to the standards of the HOA Board?