RE 6/11/10 violation notice received from Spectrum Association Management agents (a.k.a. Homeowners Association, HOA) who represent D.R Horton (company that built our house). They have threatened to take me and my husband to court over the issue of grass and they refuse to allow us to landscape our own yard, specifically stating: "the missing grass in your front yard must be replaced". I'm going to write in 1st person, singular.
Since HOA agents are stalking me, I've stopped working in my yard, except for completing small chores. In the past, a white male HOA agent got out of his car, took pictures of me, and screamed at me in front of my house. I was alone outside with him. He really scared me too! I was defenseless! I found out that he worked for the HOA, when he hollered at me. I asked him, "Who are you? I don't even know who you are!" (He didn't tell me his name.)
Disrespectful HOA agents, all strangers to me, have stopped me from continuing to landscape the yard that I am paying for the next 26 years. So I cannot sell my house! I do not have extra money to buy a 2nd house nor to rent! Since it takes years for grass to grow well and new grass will not survive rough south Texas summers, it's a huge financial loss! I cannot show nor sell an un-landscaped yard! Currently, there are 4 houses for sale on my short block. I want to sell my house too, making it the 5th house for sale, but nobody's going to buy a house that is not landscaped.
Since moving into a D.R. Horton community in 2006, HOA agents have refused all of my requests to grow a garden, including having a bench, flower pots and roses! They have not explained why either. I have contacted them by phone, via email and letters, requesting them to be provide their rationale.
On 2/26/09, a Spectrum manager responded to my 2/25/09 letter about my garden. First, he phoned me and he appeared to understand my concerns. At my request, after we hung up, he emailed me an email of support with these words: "In regards to our conversation today, I have resolved the violation letter that you received." Regretfully, I trusted this Spectrum manager! I began to grow a water-conserving xeric garden.
I am not a young woman or a rich woman. I have epilepsy too! It's exhausting working in sweltering Texas heat! I've hauled thousands of rocks, found in my front and back yard, already in ground or left behind by original workmen, builders and landscapers. I've bought expensive/decorative potting containers, mulch, drought-tolerant plants/plants that live in bogs, such as caliches. Now Spectrum agents are stalking and threatening me again!
Since 2006, the original, inferior grass that I unknowingly bought died due to poor drainage. The caliches within ground, which smothers and kills most in-ground plants, drought, grubs, not being able to water frequently due to watering restrictions, trash left by workers and thousands of rocks.
In 4 years of harsh weather conditions, some plants are trying to live. I can't move them! HOA agents should respect me too. I've done nothing wrong! Why anybody would sue me over a garden is totally unprofessional, scary and all wrong. I could have another seizure over this any minute because I cannot stop worrying and I'm afraid! I am 61. I am supposed to finally live in peace and feel safe in my own house, which is not really a "home" since I presume HOA agents own it.
