HOA Karen Removed My Bridge On My Farm Property! I'm Not Even An HOA Member

[@StephenLuciettol]

It seems HOAs never realize not to mess with a farmer

[@charlesyoung7436]

I don't know if the farmer came out ahead, here. Suppose Karen just wanted a privacy fence to be built, and the HOA's lowest estimate had come in at $16,000.

[@StephenLuciettol]

@@charlesyoung7436 I doubt that very much some HOAs leaders think theyvste Gods and have the right to own everything in there sights

[@SuperNormalMan]

HOAs can't seem to tell the difference between a farmer and a serf. "If someone digs in the dirt all day, they must be too poor and too stupid to get a real job."

[@gregre052]

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[@bwayne4656]

These are the same people who build a house next to an airport then complain about the noise

[@jenscheibner792]

Entitled idiots...

[@douglass56]

It happens though

[@oldmanghost219]

Sounds familiar. Before Interstate 15 was built from I 10 through to I 60, the road was surrounded by dairy farms. Then they started building houses. Whole neighborhoods. You can imagine the complaints they had against the dairy farms about the smell and they filed lawsuits against the remaining farms.

[@redlinecourier4260]

Disneyland in Anaheim too.

[@waynealan2226]

The ranch owner should also have filed criminal trespassing complaints with felony criminal vandalism charges aimed a HOA Karen personally as she directed the destruction of the bridge. The amount to replace the bridge was over the limit of misdemeanor vandalism and well into Felony vandalism in all states.

[@ThomasWLalor]

All I can think of is the protection of the 2nd Amendment. A phone call to a lawyer to initiate lawsuit again the construction crew is next step. Permits were not granted. Dumping the bridge into a waterway is an environmental issue that your stat and Federal conservation authorities would look into. HOA may have had insurance to cover Court costs and damages, or they may have just levied the HOA members . Clearly "Karen" took her own initiative to destroy your property, and SHE should bear the primary costs

[@marshawargo7238]

We don't know if they have 2nd amendment rights in the country that this took place. I Hate that these posts rarely say the country of origin!😢

[@grahamsmith9541]

​@@marshawargo7238 If an HOA is involved it's the USA. I don't know of any other country that has them. Similar organisations exist elsewhere but with different names.

[@kani75]

I remember story told by septic tank digger, where the house owner tried to use 2nd amendment defense against crew he had himself called. Maybe he had gold bars hidden in there, but at the end, none of the workers was shot as they too were armed and they did not care to make their own research there.

[@ianbelletti6241]

​@@randy-ke8vnit's much more limited when it comes to trespassers and vandals. You can definitely carry the gun but brandishing or firing the gun requires further situational analysis.

[@kevinsantascott3688]

ThomasWLalor, you spout 2nd amendment but obviously haven't a clue what it says. Morons always spout 2nd amendment this 2nd amendment that and don't know exactly what it says.

[@handysmith-kv1tc]

I hope your lawyer got all of your legal expenses paid for by the HOA.

[@jerryupp9626]

The people of HOA should be sued for all damages and all of them arrested for trespassing on PRIVATE PROPERTY

[@jenscheibner792]

He should have sued the demolish company too...

[@ravenfox926]

Id have put up signs that says; "If your with the HOA, please don't bother me, talk to me, send me letters, fines or anthings else because I'M NOT AN EFFING MEMBER!"

[@ygrittesnow1701]

Next time don't stop dialing the sheriff. The entire lot of them should have been arrested for trespassing and criminal damage.

[@leonardcampbell5990]

The HOA near my uncles house tried to use their city ordinance to have my uncle stop farming. " no unregistered vehicles in town property, no farm amongst within city limits" My uncle who has been there 30 years before the HOA was there. Told them at their HOA meeting, if you keep harassing me I will turn my farm into a pig farm, I'm grandfathered because I've been here for years before you were a HOA so unless you want pigs as neighbors Knock off your harassing behavior

[@crippleguy415]

😂❤👍🏻👍🏻🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖. Our pig's name is Petunia . Petunia Pig . 😂👍🏻

[@jenscheibner792]

My family are dairy farmers. The same thing happened to a relative. He sold some of his property for a subdivision. He had taken most of his cows to his large farm 15 miles away. People in the sub, which now surrounded three sides of his smaller farm cried to the city about the flies and the smell. Our relative brought a bunch of the cows back to his small farm, just to show them that they had no say!!! Moral of the story: Farmers are the salt of the earth, but don't dare treat them unfairly...

[@leonardcampbell5990]

@@jenscheibner792 moooow Love that story,

[@marysews1]

My grandma lived in a farm town, a small town surrounded by farms. Sometimes we could smell the pig farm west of town, and she would say it smells like money.

[@nancydalton7081]

I grew up with a bunch of farmers and ranchers' kids. It is "5 to 9" job: get up at 5 am, work till 9 pm. The nerve of these people

[@skygazer858]

I wouldn't have built a privacy fence. Let the HOA do that.

[@fluxrider7027]

Maybe he built a really ugly privacy fence. 😈

[@michaelfarrell5101]

the farmer was there first ! they need to adjust .

[@SlytherinReviews]

For the last one, take photo of back to show the scars then send that with a letter to the dads family and girlfriend and then sit back and watch the fireworks as he tries to defend himself from them

[@StephenLuciettol]

No u did the right thing by exposing her as a total tool along with her husband

[@RoofingFacts]

Should have had her arrested as well. Trespassing, wilful destruction of property, and that's just the start

[@mikkelnpetersen]

Any work crew who dosen't make sure that the work their do is acknowledged by the owner of the land, should be helf liable.

[@NSResponder]

I wouldn't argue with Karen, I would forcibly remove her from my property, and then file criminal trespass and vandalism charges. With the criminal conviction in hand, I would then sue both Karen and the HOA for whatever my lawyer could think of. Karen was their agent, legally speaking.

[@boomer3150]

I agree. I actually have no patience. The foreman would have been decked, maybe Karen as well. However, cooler heads prevailed here.

[@MoonbeameSmith]

My first thought was to call the cops on the workers first... charge them with vandalism and trespass, then let Them take Karen to task... Next I would circulate a notice with the good folks of the HOA that their president was going to cost them a lawsuit.

[@rmhartman]

Using a fire hose to clean a bathroom? Dude, you should never have followed those directions.

[@awesomesause]

Last story - "I'm going to cut you off!" " What do you think you were going to leave me, you're debt?"

[@Questfinder1]

The girl in the supply story. Sounds like my sister who quickly shut up Karen's or walked away calling her boss screaming not today. And her boss would hustle to take care of trouble. Sister was the only person who could do the warehouse and knew where everything was. Losing her bad. So if she said nope not doing it, management took over. For such a small thing she sure makes men scramble when she's pissed

[@alvarsdzenis4739]

Funny how people develop a weird sense of entitlement. We've had new people build near our 200 year old farm. The next year saw us receive several complaints regarding the smell from spreading manure to fertilize our fields. We only have beef cow semi-solid waste which is easily tolerable and only lingers a couple days. So the next year we got our other neighbor to spread liquid pig manure on the adjacent field, which is very strong and lasts for several weeks!. They were told, "you chose to live next to an operating farm. What did you think was going to happen?" In the end, they sold and moved. I pity their new neighbors.

[@mikehorrocks2909]

Farmer vs HOA story: after the bridge replacement my suggestion would be to have a sculpture placed next to the bridge giving the hoa the “one-fingered salute”.🤪

[@Grixis_Teller_of_Tales]

Determine how petty you want to go. Me I would have had several concepts of nature propagating from bushes

[@mikehorrocks2909]

@@Grixis_Teller_of_Tales Nice.👌

[@philipliethen519]

That is generally recognized as obscene. However the statue-fountain of the “little boy peeing” is a famous Italian sculpture recognized as “art”. Lighted water & dyed luminescent water would be eye-catching.

[@mikehorrocks2909]

@@philipliethen519 that it would.🤪

[@jenscheibner792]

Farmers are not that petty...

[@patmcbride9853]

The HOA Karen also won. The privacy fence hid the farm from her.

[@Justrandomvideos-2023]

Amazing how people who live in a area for so long could find peace until big nosey strangers come out of nowhere suddenly think they can tell you what to do and threatening your way of living hopefully he will sue them i would

[@billsmith1486]

I hope you sue her as an individual.

[@zarkmuckerturd2515]

The HOA might be subject to a RICO seizure. Unauthorized people on my property are subject to 2A action.

[@scottb2926]

Deadly force in the defense of inanimate property? Stuff like this is why responsible gun owners are vilified as “gun nuts.”

[@tonyshetter7545]

Absolutely

[@zarkmuckerturd2515]

@@scottb2926 nonsense. review "castle law" and "stand your ground".

[@warrenash5370]

@@scottb2926 The way it used to be. No excuse. Pay the penalty for stupidity.

[@donaldjones5712]

The first story is eerily similar to the problem a cattleman who owned a 100-year-old feedlot in North Mecklenburg County in North Carolina. The subdivision was/is called Highland Creek. The cattleman won!

[@YeOldeTowneCryer]

Should have taken video and called the sheriff without saying a word to anyhone. Sheriff would have caught them in the act and arrested EVERYONE for trespass, including the "Karen".

[@deniseandersen9474]

Rich people are that stuck up themselves they don't see they are wrong. Congratulations on your new bridge 🤗

[@CatShot1983]

Better yet put up sign saying WARNING LAND MINES, ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

[@DebbieHuss]

I wouldn't pay HOA nothing. They have no right on private property. I know they'd never want to come around here with their bs.

[@rmhartman]

Each profession has their own jargon.

[@Courier444]

HOA neighborhoods are an eyesore. Cookie cutter expensive homes, Karen magnets, and loads of trouble for those living in or around them.

[@richardfleschert6968]

If proven true,a settlement award should be monumental.

[@barnabasmurphy8496]

This a good hoa story, these hoa's are getting out hand.

[@suzanneprock5864]

There should never be a HOA It's not right to tell anyone what they can or can't do with their own home

[@mistercomment1622]

I would have told the foreman to get the heck of my property or I call 911 for trespassing and destruction of property. I he then doesn't stop instantly, I go into my house and call police.

[@brada1997]

Short story: never live in an HOA neighborhood

[@jenscheibner792]

100% or a condo with a board...

[@greatgreyowl2583]

Many times telling the trouble makers that you are calling the police is not the best thing to do. As it give them time to coverup and keep them from being caught in the act.

[@anonymous112]

4:27 But the association won in the end.... They got to replace structure with something they deem acceptable, and you had to pay more money to instill said privacy fence, which fixes a lot of the HOAs issues they had with you since your property doesn't have to be looked at by them. This incredibly upsetting to hear you didn't get them arrested for vandalism and they only had to pay 8k

[@garthwiebe574]

Felony destruction of property.

[@douglass56]

Depends on fair market value

[@alexandersinclair9006]

​@@douglass56um what? Market value has nothing to do with felony or misdemeanor

[@plowkingf15]

This stuff is happening everywhere.I have a business in a rural area.Have equipment in yard.Developer bought next door,logging most of the trees and building and forming an HOA Some states like Washington force home businesses to move to a combination commercial/ residental lot.Reason is a home business causes declining market value for the houses around it.

[@BrentCarrington-fk7yy]

Paint your border fence shocking pink!!! Lol

[@jenscheibner792]

Paint pictures of farm animals on it, to remind them it is a farm...

[@phillsullivan6670]

We don't have a hoa once you buy a house it's yours we don't have other people trying to tell us how to live

[@5967malibu]

Conflict is the only way to fight. You were there 1st...Fight

[@pamkammann1176]

I’ve never heard of an HOA out in the country before , over 50 acres? I would never live in one .. they don’t pay my property taxes and as far as I’m concerned that’s all they are is more taxes ..

[@adamduffy311]

HOA STORY I THINK YOU SHOULD USE LIQUID POO ON A WEEKLY BACES OR MAYBE TRY A PIG FARMING OPERATION ! LET THIS KAREN SHELL THE REAL COUNTRY AIR ?.

[@miner79r]

In my opinion... Spread your manure with a trebuchet...

[@lrich8181]

Basis...not baces.

[@NobodyOwesYouAnythin]

I come from Waterloo, NY. There, there's a dirt track. All of the up and coming dirt track drivers would race back in the 60's & 70's. It WAS the fastest dirt track in NY. And at sometime in the 80's the people who built their houses around the track got together, signed a petition to close the track because of the noise. Now a once thriving town has all but dried up and blew away. So the Snowflakes didn't start crying in the 2000's, but back in the 80's. Everything they touch or have anything to do with turns to 💩

[@linnealanderdahl4310]

Wait.. so you moved next to a farm with cattle and then said cattle pooped *near* the property line??? Oh no😢.. anyways, anyone here play The Forest on ps4/5?

[@douglass56]

1. Call the cops 1st thing. 2. File criminal complaint 3. File civil suit

[@elizabethwilliston6377]

Im so glad to hear that you stood up to the crazy Karen and won. They all think their better and smarter then thevrest of us when they are no bettervthen we are just bossy . But Im glad you all won your cases against her. Maybe now she know what it feels like to have nothing at all. And as for your father well you know the whole truth about that so dont worry about it someday he will need or want something and you will have your chance to question him about his words and actions. In the mean time stay strong and God Bless you always ❤❤❤❤❤

[@prebensvensson3078]

THEN SHE MUST PAY FOR THE REPAIR......

[@kellygirlaj]

I'd have made Karen get into that water to clean up the stream bed on her hands and knees, that would have humbled her righteously.

[@jamiepatterson1214]

Karen is lucky op was the only one she had to deal with. In some places, there are entities that would have done far worse to Karen because of what she did to that creek. And she'd be paying more than the $8,000 the court ordered her to pay op.

[@marydray9051]

I read a story about HOA, they are absolutely horrible people. This family bought a house, A bad rain storm came through and broke a window so of course they had to replace it. After replacing the window an HOA Karen came around and broke the window. Long story short. She got arrested for it, the owner put up cameras. Caught everything.

[@andrewwolf4430]

Years ago our his had a member who was a real bully. I was one of the few owners who had read the ccr s and bylaws. When the bully was trying to force a change I pointed out that it was not covered in the ccr s. The bully said it was. I then asked where? The response was. If you don’t know where I am not going to tell you! So I then requested that I read the ccr s in its entirety. The board agreed. That killed the proposed change and destroyed the bully’s credibility

[@douglasbellis970]

Take the win. If he stopped contacting you - good.

[@gwhizz44]

The fastest way to look like swiss cheese is to mess with my property.

[@stevepearson6316]

And if the guy in the first story didn't have money to defend his property?

[@jerryb1234]

It sounds like the employee in the last story couldn't or wouldn't do anything, a truly unbelievable employee/story.🤥

[@benjamess3194]

Ran into the subdivision problem myself. A rifle and pistol range that has existed for sixty years . Ten years ago a subdivision was built close by. The buyers had to sign a statement saying they knew and understood that gunfire would be heard between 8:30 am. , and 6:00, pm. They tried to have the club shut down. Nope! The judge said," You knew it was there when you bought your house." No more issue. Another new subdivision tried to have a hog farmer removed because of the smell. The judge ruled that since the farm had been there over a hundred years and it was the family means of living , the farm stayed. Last I heard the farmer passed away and the farm is now gone. But some people will find anything to complain about.

[@amethystanne4586]

At about 12:40 ……. Good story! The description of OP cleaning the bathroom? I mentally pictured the scene and inadvertently chuckled. It would have been something that happened in a Three Stooges show.

[@Bar-l7w]

I’m so happy you won 😊❤. Who are these nasty people. Karen is an ah

[@Rusty1cayin]

HOAs dont own private land outside the HOAs.. Period

[@martinehrlich3908]

Your lawyer should have gotten you $100,000 extra for mental anguish.

[@aprilgeneric8027]

HOA is now legally responsible for damages plus pain and suffering...take them for tens of millions

[@celinedavis2189]

It's called "Coming to the nuisance" in the law books.

[@jerryrollins512]

In most states, a farmer has the absolute right to farm and prospective buyers have to sign for the same. Second, to the HOA the perpitrators and those that carried out their criminal mis-deeds face a judge, fines and possible jail time. Reimbursement for repairs, etc too.

[@crosisofborg5524]

We need laws that say whoever comes later can not change the lives of people there before. The farm precedes the HOA neighborhood by decades so they should have no legal standing with complaints about cow noises or anything farm related.

[@Argon1115]

In rural Oklahoma, you'd just open the area to the Bulls, and geese - see how Karen and the workers like dealing with angry territorial livestock; oops!

[@crosisofborg5524]

So according to Karen if they can see a property from their subdivision it falls under their rules. So if we can see a house in Canada from the US side of the border does the house have to comply with American laws? It’s the same logic. What a buffoon.

[@ca3891]

here we have a classic case of why not to buy a home that includes and HOA.

[@bigal5323]

Number one reason a good surveyor is needed with great fence's!!!!😮😮😮

[@Bar-l7w]

She should be thrown in jail.

[@ralphsawyer9535]

If my property bothered their "hoa ambiance" they could build the fence, like they should have done to start with.

[@tim-rip4tm]

That's the rich for ya! Money makes them think they are above every one else. They have to stick their nose into everyone else's lives, but they don't want to be treated like that.

[@uncletom1986]

Looks like she and the HOA are Gonna have to build you a nice brick and wrought iron bridge

[@williammerritt3566]

Call a lawyer take them to court!

[@lesliefischer6680]

This HOA entitlement is crazy! How is this allowed?

[@chuckwaters9047]

They’re going to love the herd of Billy goats that would be kept up wind of the hoa

[@LonnieHammock-k4n]

This is why I will never live in a HOA or a gate community

[@clarkrowland6513]

You should have called law enforcement first. Got a incident report. The homeowners association would pay for the rebuilding of the bridge.

[@Charles-vw6hr]

There was your first mistake. When you confronted the construction crew did you have an AR-15 over your shoulder??

[@randywise5241]

Press charges for destruction of property.

[@michaelkatz6572]

If you hate HOA's, never buy in Cape Coral, Florida. It is the world largest HOA with Rules (Laws), I'm sure exceed Florida's new laws on HOA's.

[@GhostRider-rr4em]

People that have money think they can do anything they want. Wrong answer.

[@valeriegiunca6018]

I wish the abused young man could meet a male figure in his life that is positive and caring. A boss or father-in-law maybe. I hope he finds the love of his life and experiences a good existence.❤❤❤❤❤

[@RamonaRobinson-sk9yk]

HOA should be against the law

[@donaldmoore6763]

I believe all HOA should be illegal

[@alexandersinclair9006]

Judges are starting to push back on the HOAs . It's slow but it is happening.

[@Chris-5318]

This seems to be another work of fiction.

[@JohnMcCombs-m4s]

Put her in jail

[@vicki8726]

You've got to laugh at these idiots that buy a home and then pay some other idiot to tell them what they can and cannot do on the home that they're paying for now that is moronic

[@georgeg1148]

HOA's are a joke

[@bowlweevil4161]

BAD JOKE!

[@junepearl7993]

City people baffle me. They have no sense of the beauty of natural things. I have a friend who told me about a beautiful spider web in a tree in his backyard. Morning dew made it sparkle. Then he said his wife made him tear it down. I have a friend who says bobcats are ugly. Another friend says woodpeckers are destructive and should be shot on sight. I can’t understand why people move to the country and complain about a barn and a footbridge. Just consider it ambiance.

[@JohnJones-wg2od]

1 more thing ill add....DAWGS..... livestock guardian dogs!....2.

[@SeanBaxley-wm7lc]

The mistake you made was trying to talk to her instead of introducing them to Mr smith and Mr Wesson. And then would have literally sprayed cow manure everywhere near the property line. Weekly yo because there was thoroughly fertilized

[@TonyBrown-lf5nj]

Well Done Gang .

[@davidblack8464]

Home Association is not new or the problems with them. I have no sympathy for anyone buying a home in one and complaining about the rules or fines.

[@P_E_P_1966]

H.A. gang learned their lesson . . . for now !

[@CarlAyers-x8h]

I wonder,. Can rubber bullets or a stun gun be used In a situation like that.. vandalism,trespassing..?

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

I don't believe these stories at all. Anybody who could afford to put a "giant privacy fence" around 50 acres wouldn't be dealing with an HOA in such an amateurish way. It would have been lawyers from the start. The story does allow me to point out something. If an HOA is established next to your property, post no trespassing signs along the boarder. In most states if it's not curtilage and it's not posted, it's legal to walk across it.

[@MomIrregardless]

you didnt really win if you put up a "huge privacy fence around your entire property'. you actually complied with their desires!!