Your home is underwater but you can’t use that to keep your lawn green and the homeowner’s association is threatening to sue, what do you do? Paint it.
The grass spraying business took off here as the housing crisis escalated and real estate brokers were looking to quickly increase the curb appeal of abandoned properties on the cheap. A lawn painting, using a vegetable-based dye, can cost about $200. Vigorous homeowners’ associations, which can fine owners thousands of dollars if a dispute drags on, have also been good for business, said Klaus Lehmann of Turf-Painters Enterprise.
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April 29, 2011 at 5:59 am
stuhlmann
I’ve never lived in a house that was under the thumb of a home owners association, so I am a bit ignorant of what powers they typically have.
I do have a question though. If a bank forecloses on a property and gains possession of the house and property, does the bank then have to abide by the dictates of the home owners association?
April 29, 2011 at 9:02 am
jeff
i would assume so.