What’s an HOA?
If you live an a neighborhood with a homeowners association (HOA), then you’re probably aware of some regulations set in place by your HOA. There are benefits to having and HOA. Mainly that they make sure your neighbors keep up with maintaining their properties, which keeps homes values high. You’ll need to be careful not to cross them, otherwise you’ll be in hot water. So let’s take a look at how to get painting done if you have an HOA.
Avoiding approval
When you decide to get exterior painting done in Timnath with an HOA, it is very important to remember that you must get approval for the colors you are painting your house before you paint it. If not, you could find yourself in a tough spot.
The HOA might not notice, but chances are that it will. If it does , they may approach you and tell you that your home still has to go through the approval process, even after you’ve finished painting. If the colors are not approved, you may be required to repaint your home again.
And if you refuse to repaint after an approval is not granted, then a lien may be placed on your home which could impact you if you choose to sell your home before repainting. It is extremely rare but we have had clients that asked for approval to paint their homes the same color and got denied!
Just get approved
The process for an approval for a paint job on your home with a HOA is fairly simple, though sometimes time consuming.
- Go to your HOA website. You will need to either print the application or upload it (depending on your specific HOA) and list the colors some HOA will make you attach paint swatches so they know what the color actually looks like.
- You will then either email or mail in the application to repaint your home and then the waiting begins. Depending on the efficiency of your HOA, you may have to wait several weeks up to a couple of months to receive a response.
- Then, if the approval is not granted you have to start the whole process over. Usually getting approval to paint a home in Timnath takes 2-6 weeks.
Don’t wait!
You should start the HOA process right after you decide what company you are going to have paint your home (hopefully Paint Pals)! Painting companies will often help with getting paint samples to try out new colors on your home. After you decide on the colors you want you can submit the colors to your HOA.
There are a few HOAs that will allow painting companies to do this on your behalf. Unfortunately, most require you to do this on your own. Plan on painting of your home 4 weeks after picking your painting company. That should give you plenty of time to get your approval. At Paint Pals, we are understanding and try to accommodate your schedule. Unfortunately you may have to postpone painting if you have a slow HOA or a denial of colors. That being said, we strongly recommend never painting without HOA approval.
Questions?
Drop a comment below if you have any questions and we’ll get back to you!
