I agree with guzzijohn. Home owners associations are just a mechanism for giving the home owner expensive surprises and restrictions on what they can do with their property. I have no idea of why anyone would agree to the terms they have. There are enough surprises with conventional housing. This guy in particular now has a house that is unsalable, and will be difficult and expensive to re-paint because of the dark colors used. I hope he really likes it. I wouldn't want him for a neighbor because he obviously doesn't care about local property values.