Aloha. If your home sits inside one of Oahu's planned communities, a roof project runs on two clocks: the insurance claim (or your own budget) and the design approval from your homeowners association. Miss the second one and a fully approved claim can still sit parked while the architectural committee waits on paperwork. Below: every major association's contacts, application links, and roofing rules, checked against each association's own website in August 2026, with the how-it-works detail after the directory.
Oahu HOA directory by area
Each card carries the association's contacts, its roofing rules in short, and the design application link where one exists publicly. Where an association publishes no website, we list what its residents have confirmed to us. HOAs change rules and managers often, so confirm anything load-bearing with your association directly.
Ewa Beach · Kapolei · Makakilo · Waianae Coast (Maili) · Mililani · Waipahu, Waikele, and Waipio · Pearl City and Aiea · Kaneohe · East Honolulu and Hawaii Kai
Ewa Beach
Roofs in Ewa Beach ›The densest HOA territory on the island. Both master associations here require written approval before a re-roof starts, and Ocean Pointe doubles its review fees if work begins first.
Ewa by Gentry Community Association
Design review required
Approval before work starts, placard issued. Off-list products or Summerhill/Trovare need samples at a committee meeting.
Full notes
The only association we found with a dedicated public roofing page. Roofing applications carry no fee, and there is a pre-approved shingle list (specific Pabco, Malarkey, GAF Timberline, and CertainTeed Landmark colors) that skips the sample requirement. Off-list products, and homes in Summerhill or Trovare, need shingle samples and a regular Design Committee meeting; applications are due one week before the meeting. Approved jobs get a placard for the crew to display.
Ocean Pointe Residential Community Association
Design review required
Committee meets monthly (last Friday), applications due 3pm the Wednesday before. Original color scheme must stay intact.
Full notes
The Design Review Committee meets the last Friday of each month, with applications due by 3pm the Wednesday before. Replacing with substantially identical materials and colors is the lightest review tier and its fee is waived; changing the color scheme needs full review, and you cannot copy a neighbor's scheme. Fees double if work starts before approval. Ocean Pointe also has eight sub-associations split across three management companies, so check which one your home answers to.
Ewa Villages Owners Association
Through the manager
No public forms; design requests go through the community's site manager.
Full notes
No public design forms; design requests route through the community's site manager, reachable through the contacts page on the association site.
West Loch Estates Homeowners Association
Through the manager
Governing documents behind the owner portal; the covenants desk handles re-roof questions.
Full notes
Governing documents sit behind the owner portal; the covenants contact at Hawaiiana handles design and re-roof questions.
West Loch Fairways Community Association
Through the manager
Design review is real here (a roofing and painting schedule exists); contacts come from a 2025 archive, confirm by phone.
Full notes
The association's website is currently down, but design review is real here: the community's design standards include a roofing and painting schedule from the original homeowner's manual. Confirm current contacts by phone before submitting anything.
Montecito and Tuscany by Gentry
Design review required
The AOAO also answers whether the roof is owner or association responsibility.
Full notes
One combined association covering Montecito, Tuscany, and Tuscany II inside Ewa by Gentry. A re-roof here should be cleared with both this association and the Ewa by Gentry Design Committee, and the AOAO can tell you whether the roof is owner or association responsibility.
Kapolei
Roofs in Kapolei ›Villages of Kapolei Association
Design review required
Design application PDFs went offline; the Covenants desk at ext. 3 has the current form.
Full notes
The design application forms recently moved off the public site, so the reliable path is the Covenants desk at ext. 3 or the owner portal. The association is self-managed with its own office on Kama'aha Loop, and its sub-associations each have their own managing agents.
Kapolei Knolls Community Association
Through the manager
Request the design packet through Associa Hawaii; confirm details when you call.
Full notes
No public website. Directory listings place the association under Associa Hawaii (808-836-0911), so owners request the design packet through the managing agent; confirm when you call.
Makakilo
Roofs in Makakilo ›Palehua Community Association
Design review required
Enroll in the owners portal or call the Hawaiiana management executive for the current application.
Full notes
Design and architectural forms have moved into the owners portal, so enroll there or call the Hawaiiana management executive to get the current application before choosing a material or color.
Waianae Coast (Maili)
Roofs in Waianae ›Sea Country Community Association
Design review required
Every change to the property needs Design Review Committee approval.
Full notes
Every change to the property needs Design Review Committee approval, and the community splits into the master association plus the Holomoana and Wailana sub-associations, so check which boards your address answers to.
Lokelani at Maili Kai Association
Through the manager
Reached through Equity Properties; confirm when you call.
Full notes
No public website. Third-party directories list Equity Properties, Inc. (808-485-0855) as the managing agent; confirm when you call.
Mililani
Roofs in Mililani ›The whole town sits under one master association, and many homes also sit inside a sub-association, so a re-roof can need written approval from both.
Mililani Town Association (MTA)
Design review required
Like-for-like partial repair that keeps the roof's appearance needs no approval; sub-association homes attach that board's sign-off.
Full notes
MTA publishes a current pre-approved roofing materials list (CertainTeed, GAF, Owens Corning, PABCO, Malarkey, IKO, Boral tile, DECRA, and several metal systems, with finish and underlayment rules for metal). Design approval is required before installing any new roofing material, but not for a like-for-like partial repair that does not change the roof's appearance. Review takes up to 30 days, and applications can go in by email to design@mililanitown.org. If your home is in one of the complexes on MTA's sub-association list, you also need written approval from that board before MTA will process the application.
Waipahu, Waikele, and Waipio
Roofs in Waipahu ›Four associations with real teeth, including the island's most surprising material rule: Waipio Gentry's design rules allow shake-look roofs only, and state outright that an asphalt shingle replacement could not be approved.
Village Park Community Association
Design review required
Two copies of plans plus plot plans; approval before exterior work starts.
Full notes
Design Committee approval is required before exterior work above a modest cost threshold, which every re-roof clears. Plans go in as two paper copies with plot plans, and an approval stays valid for one year. The association's own website is fragile, so Cadmus Properties is the reliable door.
Royal Kunia Community Association
Design review required
Design approval comes before the city building permit; the clock starts on a complete package.
Full notes
Design Committee approval comes before the city building permit, not after. The committee meets monthly with a 30-day review window that starts only when the completed application, samples, and fees are all in, and the approved roofing color list is kept at the association office rather than online, so review it before choosing material.
Waikele Community Association
Design review required
The master committee will not look at an application without the sub-board's written sign-off.
Full notes
Your neighborhood sub-association must approve first; the master Modifications Committee will not consider an application without that sign-off. A like-for-like re-roof that does not change the exterior appearance carries no permit fee, review runs one to six weeks, and permits are good for 120 days. Reflective vents and flashings must be painted flat black or a prevailing dark color.
Waipio Gentry Community Association
Design review required
The material question is the whole ballgame here; identical replacement skips the application.
Full notes
No website; the association runs from its own office on Waipio Uka Street. Its design rules require all pitched roofs to be covered with shakes, wood or an approved artificial shake, and state that an asphalt shingle replacement could not be approved. A like-for-like re-roof with no change in color, finish, design, or material is exempt from the application entirely, which makes the material question the whole ballgame here. Sub-associations like The Villages at Waipio and Royal Palm have their own managers on top.
Pearl City and Aiea
Roofs in Pearl City ›The Heights at Wailuna
Design review required
No drawings needed for a re-roof; the committee can approve directly. Confirm the color list is current.
Full notes
The most locked-down spec in this part of the island: asphalt shingles are the only authorized roofing material, from one approved manufacturer, in six authorized colors. The upside is speed, since a re-roof needs no drawings, just the roof replacement addendum naming the approved product, and the Architectural Committee can approve it directly. The published guidelines are a few years old, so confirm the current color list with Hawaiian Properties before ordering material.
Newtown Estates Community Association
Design review required
Pre-approved materials live at the Recreation Center; the permit voids if the warranty is not filed after completion.
Full notes
Sub-association owners need their own board's written approval before applying to the master association, and there are ten sub-associations here across four management companies (the association publishes the full contact list). Pre-approved roofing materials and paint swatches are kept at the Recreation Center, white and accent colors are not allowed on roofs, allow up to 30 days for review, and the manufacturer's warranty must be submitted within 30 days of finishing the roof or the permit is void.
Kaneohe
Roofs in Kaneohe ›Kaneohe is a mix: some associations here run real design review, and some deliberately do not. Knowing which kind yours is saves a wasted month.
Puualii Community Association (Puu Alii)
Design review required
Each phase has its own architectural standards; Phase II townhomes answer to a different manager.
Full notes
Each phase has its own architectural control standards and design request form, opened through the TownSq owner app. One catch: Puu Alii Phase II townhomes are a separate association managed by Hawaiiana (808-203-5233), so a Phase II re-roof goes through Hawaiiana, not Associa.
Haiku Plantation Homeowners Association
Through the manager
Call Hawaiiana for the current architectural request process.
Full notes
Everything sits behind the owner portal, so call Hawaiiana for the current architectural request process before planning work on these one-acre country lots.
Ahuimanu Homeowners AssociationNo HOA approval needed
The association's own FAQs say most exterior work needs no board approval.
Full notes
Refreshingly light touch: the association's own FAQs say most exterior improvements do not require board approval. A re-roof here is a county permit matter, governed only generally by the recorded CC&Rs.
Kaneohe Woods Community Association
Unknown, verify
Your closing documents or a title report will show any recorded covenants.
Full notes
No published contact information or website that we could verify. If your home is here, your closing documents or a title report will show any recorded covenants.
East Honolulu and Hawaii Kai
Roofs in Honolulu ›The ridge communities run the full spectrum, from the strictest architectural review on the island to associations with no design authority at all.
Hawaii Loa Ridge Owners Association
Design review required
The strictest published process on the island; budget real lead time.
Full notes
The most demanding published process on Oahu. Metal roofing must be copper or coated aluminum in a weathered dark brown or dark gray tone (light colors are not approved), and wood shake can be replaced with matching wood or a stamped aluminum panel that keeps the profile. A physical sample of the finished roofing material, labeled on the back, must accompany the application, review fees are prepaid, and construction projects carry a deposit. Budget real lead time here.
Waialae Iki Ridge Community Association (WIRCA)No HOA approval needed
No review committee and no enforcement authority. The gated Waialae Iki 5 at the top is separate and has a GM.
Full notes
A voluntary community association with no architectural review committee and no enforcement authority of its own; the recorded protective covenants (mostly height and view channel protections) are enforced neighbor to neighbor. A re-roof needs city permits, not an HOA application. The gated Waialae Iki 5 community at the top of the ridge is a separate association with its own general manager (808-377-1905); if you are inside that gate, call them instead.
Mariners Ridge Maintenance Association (Hawaii Kai)No HOA approval needed
No design review step exists; a re-roof is a city permit matter.
Full notes
A care-and-maintenance association for common areas, self-managed by a volunteer board, with no design review step published. A re-roof here is a city permit matter unless your lot's recorded covenants say otherwise.
How HOA roof approval works on Oahu
Every association runs its own version of the same process: you submit a design application before any work starts, the architectural or design committee reviews it, and you get written approval that the crew can show if anyone asks. Some associations publish pre-approved shingle colors and materials, some want physical samples, and turnaround runs anywhere from about two weeks to two months depending on the association and the time of year.
Two things trip up Oahu homeowners most often:
Sub-associations. In the big master-planned communities (Mililani, Waikele, Ocean Pointe, Ewa by Gentry, Sea Country, Newtown Estates, Waipio Gentry), your home can sit inside both a master association and a sub-association, and a re-roof may need approval from both. If you are not sure which sub-association you are in, your master association's office can tell you from your address.
Rules change. Associations here switch management companies, update design guidelines, and revise color lists all the time. Treat every entry above as a starting point and confirm the current requirements with your association before you commit to a material or color.
Storm damage in an HOA community: run both clocks at once
After wind or a kona storm puts damage on the roof, the mistake we see is running the two processes in series: homeowners wait for the insurance claim to finish before starting the design application, and lose a month or more at the end. The claim and the HOA approval are independent, so file them in parallel.
That is how we set jobs up. We inspect and document the damage, help you get the claim approved, and coordinate the licensed contractor partner who installs the roof. Because the material and color get chosen with the association's rules in view from day one, the approved claim never stalls waiting on the committee. If a storm has the roof open right now, storm damage repair and emergency tarping come first; associations generally do not make you wait for design approval to protect the home from active water intrusion, though tell your association what happened.
What the architectural committee wants to see
Applications differ in format but ask for the same core packet: exactly what is going on the roof (manufacturer, product line, color), photos or a simple site plan, your contractor's information, and sometimes a condition report explaining why the work is needed. A thorough inspection report does double duty here. The same dated photos, moisture readings, and material notes that support an insurance claim also answer most of what a design committee asks.
If your association or insurer wants a standalone roof condition report (some require one for aging roofs, upcoming projects, or insurance renewals), we prepare those for a flat fee, quoted up front. Details are on our roof certification and condition report page.
Spot something out of date?
Associations here change phone numbers, portals, and management companies constantly. If a link above has gone stale or your association is missing, call or text us at 808-766-8023 and we will fix it. Mahalo.
And if you are looking at a storm-damaged roof inside one of these communities, start with a free inspection on the claim path. Oahu Roof Support documents the damage, supports your claim, and coordinates licensed contractor partners for the installation. Services consist of inspection support and consultation, not contracting activity under HRS §444-1.
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