I live in Unionville and while I agree that it is beautiful, my family's experience has not been a happy one.
My family & I moved here from So. Cal. with the intention of buying a home with some acreage in
Unionville. Indeed, it is beautiful country here and we have had some of the most memorable experiences that have bonded my family closer together. However, our experience on the whole has been very negative with the locals. In short, they absolutely hate our presence here and have made it known. Please allow me to explain and forgive my long post. I will try to make it as brief as possible.
Our property is zoned as residential/agricultural. We are allowed to have horses, livestock, or poultry. We recently received a very rude awakening that pretty much has accomplished what we believe our neighbors have been wanting to do. One of our unkind neighbors wrote a letter of complaint to the township of Unionville about our activities on our property. We have dairy goats, chickens, and recently acquired a pig that we've been raising for meat and will soon be slaughtered (my apologies to any vegetarians that may be reading). The township sent us a copy of the ordinance in a pdf file and told us we were in violation. As it turns out, even though we ARE zoned for agricultural, we are forbidden to keep livestock or poultry within 150ft from the property line. Our property is long and narrow. It is only 280 ft. across which puts us in violation. We have been given no choice but to cease our activities otherwise we will be subject to fines.
Three years of hard work. Three years of investing time, energy, and finances----gone. Flushed down the toilet. We see no reason to keep such a large piece of property if we are forbidden to live a self-sufficient life as it was our goal to do. We might as well live in a neighborhood with an HOA then.
We are surrounded by neighbors that are all related to each other. At one time my property belonged to their family. We have heard rude comments, and been treated with disdain from the beginning. At first we tried to be friendly, reach out even, but to no avail. Then we just mostly kept to ourselves since they made it very clear they wanted nothing to do with us. So we obliged and kept to ourselves. But then at some point they decided they wanted to make life hard for us. Well they got their wish. I hope they are proud of what they've done. They've accomplished what they've set out to do. We won't be staying in Unionville. We will probably be selling our home as horse property (apparently, horses are fine and dandy). We have found that we cannot bare the hatred and ignorance we've had the misfortune to encounter.
I realize that people have different experiences and perspectives. I just had to share our story.
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