Don t purchase a home from EG Stoltzfus if they ar...

Don t purchase a home from EG Stoltzfus if they are the developer of the subdivision and will run the HOA. EGS employees run the HOA in our neighborhood and have taken the position that EVERY. SINGLE. THING. you place on your property needs to be approved in advance even individual flowers. They don t have the power to micromanage to this extent under the HOA contract, but they have expensive attorneys and may bury you financially if you do something they disagree with. SEVERAL neighbors in my neighborhood have lost thousands of dollars over mere aesthetic disagreements about plantings.

Last year the neighborhood gathered signatures for a petition to hold a special meeting to address EGS s conduct. EGS s attorney showed up at the meeting to convince the neighborhood that they can basically do whatever they want. People brought the HOA contract to the meeting to explain that the HOA had no power to do what they re doing, but the EGS attorney simply stated that they had the power to take legal action against unapproved plants. After the meeting, the EGS employees doubled down and even went as far as to send out a mass email to the community asking for volunteers to patrol the neighborhood looking for unapproved plantings!

In short, if you want to feel like you own the home you paid for, don t buy from EGS if they run the HOA.