I doubt anyone ratted him out. HOA “inspections” are a thing. I was in an HOA once, and i had a shutter fall off my house. They took a picture of it and sent it to me to tell me i had to fix it.
That HOA was good tho. The shutter had been off 6 months and the note said, “most of the time, residents dont even know theyre in violation. So you have a month to prove you come up with a plan to fix it.” Which was like, call and get a quote. Then just sent them a pic when it was back up
No i didnt hire someone, but it wasnt “just a couple of screws.”
The concrete anchors had slipped out, so i had to have a 2 story extension ladder, and impact drill, and a concrete bit to get it reset. I have all those things, but i cant imagine most people have those tools and knowledge