HOA squabbles with homeowner: Mulch ado about nothing?

There’s the pandemic and natural disasters, and now this: a homeowners’ association in Littleton, Colorado, is at war with a resident over the color of his garden mulch.

 

Homeowner Isaac Puckett filed a countersuit Monday against his HOA, which is suing him for damages over a choice of garden mulch that is not in line with the “red cedar gorilla hair” mulch that is pre-approved, the Denver Channel reported Tuesday.

 

Mr. Puckett alleges he put in an application with the HOA to do some garden work in front of his townhouse. When he didn’t hear back, he started the work and after completing the project, the HOA came back rejecting his request, according to the article.

 

The HOA said in a lawsuit filed over the summer that his choice of black mulch wasn't the recommended, according to the news outlet.

 

“They are asking for damages for the community,” Mr. Puckett told a reporter. “They’re asking the courts to provide an injunction to force me to put the garden back to the original gorilla hair mulch state.”