My HOA is continually harassing me and sending me violations that my lawn is overgrown. The HOA documentation/bylaws state the lawn can be no taller than 6" in height, which it is not.
Anyway, because of this we've hired a lawn service to take care of the lawn to the tune of $80/mo because neither my wife or I have time to mow with a 9 month old child and opposing work schedules.
Anyway, the lawn was last mowed Apr 6th and I got a notice saying I was in violation Apr 21st (15 days later). There's NO WAY in hell my grass/weeds/etc grew over 6" tall in 15 days right now (maybe in another month that's possible).. Anyway the mowers ended up coming that same day (obviously after the violation was noted). I got the letter on Monday the 26th.
This is my second lawn violation letter, the next one gets me a $100 dollar fine. The first letter was in February in the dead of winter when nobody's grass is really growing or doing anything, so it seems they are just on a money grab right now.
In short, I told the HOA mgmt company that without proof of my violation that I don't care what they say. (And a court would agree with me, no proof, no fine).
So, I want an IP camera that can take a picture every 5-10 minutes and store it on my media server. I'll keep all the images for a couple of months and if no violation letters come I'll purge them.
Basically I want to have some sort of proof my lawn wasn't overgrown or proof the lady that does the inspections twice a month in our neighborhood didn't even bother to get close enough to accurately gauge my lawn. I've told her if my next violation comes without actual proof I'll take further action.
I'm actually on the verge of getting a restraining order against this lady for her continued harassment.
TL;DR - My HOA blows, want to catch them writing me 'fake' violations.. suggest an IP/network cam with a time lapse capability or auto-snapshotting, please
Anyway, because of this we've hired a lawn service to take care of the lawn to the tune of $80/mo because neither my wife or I have time to mow with a 9 month old child and opposing work schedules.
Anyway, the lawn was last mowed Apr 6th and I got a notice saying I was in violation Apr 21st (15 days later). There's NO WAY in hell my grass/weeds/etc grew over 6" tall in 15 days right now (maybe in another month that's possible).. Anyway the mowers ended up coming that same day (obviously after the violation was noted). I got the letter on Monday the 26th.
This is my second lawn violation letter, the next one gets me a $100 dollar fine. The first letter was in February in the dead of winter when nobody's grass is really growing or doing anything, so it seems they are just on a money grab right now.
In short, I told the HOA mgmt company that without proof of my violation that I don't care what they say. (And a court would agree with me, no proof, no fine).
So, I want an IP camera that can take a picture every 5-10 minutes and store it on my media server. I'll keep all the images for a couple of months and if no violation letters come I'll purge them.
Basically I want to have some sort of proof my lawn wasn't overgrown or proof the lady that does the inspections twice a month in our neighborhood didn't even bother to get close enough to accurately gauge my lawn. I've told her if my next violation comes without actual proof I'll take further action.
I'm actually on the verge of getting a restraining order against this lady for her continued harassment.
TL;DR - My HOA blows, want to catch them writing me 'fake' violations.. suggest an IP/network cam with a time lapse capability or auto-snapshotting, please
