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Homeowner association rules and deed restrictions, not to mention municipal zoning laws, often prohibit certain activities on one's private property, usually on the basis that they would be a nuisance to neighbors, compromise the aesthetics of the neighborhood, and lower property values (the three, of course, are tightly interconnected). So I'm asking: what are some things, especially from the poll, that would bother you if your neighbor was to do them?
Homeowner association rules and deed restrictions, not to mention municipal zoning laws, often prohibit certain activities on one's private property, usually on the basis that they would be a nuisance to neighbors, compromise the aesthetics of the neighborhood, and lower property values (the three, of course, are tightly interconnected). So I'm asking: what are some things, especially from the poll, that would bother you if your neighbor was to do them?
Well, i'm guessing firearms would bother most people?! i also voted against pot smoking but i'd rather have em on the porch then driving around. And any type of loud noises especially during the quiet hours.
i think it is trashy to drink and or smoke in the front of the house. why in the world do people even sit in the front of the house if they have a back yard? i can understand if they want to sit and read or watch from their front porch.
i have neghbors who have had parties and bbq'd in the front while having a loud party. they do not have a front porch! they have a backyard! yes i would still hear them in the back, but at least the front of the house would look nice and like it's a nice family nieghborhood!
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You have "hang clothes outside" on the list twice. My first thought was you must really hate that LOL But your doesn't include "park a commercial van in their driveway." Our last HOA got onto us b/c my husband parked his electrical van at home rather than on the main street (where its an open invitation for thieves). Ug!
We have a clothesline, and a large veggie garden. His current job doesn't provide a take-home truck We have a couple of garden gnomes, a non-running boat (is that worse than a boat and a non-running car?!). But thats about it
You have "hang clothes outside" on the list twice. My first thought was you must really hate that LOL But your doesn't include "park a commercial van in their driveway." Our last HOA got onto us b/c my husband parked his electrical van at home rather than on the main street (where its an open invitation for thieves). Ug!
It could be worse. My HOA rules do not allow commercial vans on driveway. Village passed a law that does not allow parking on street overnight. Employer is 800 miles away. I quit working and started living off the gov't. Actually I retired and get a SS check every month. Employer would have paid for parking at a remote location.
I don't care what my neighbors do. It's their property. If something is interfering with my morning or afternoon nap I will knock on their door or call and politely ask them if they could wait until I get my beauty rest. If they tell me the beauty rest isn't doing any good I will call the police.
From discussions I've read here and elsewhere, it appears that having a HOA just might be becoming the new thing that lowers property values, with so many people saying that, because of the many cases of HOA's getting too big for their britches, they don't, don't, DON'T, want to live in a neighborhood that has one.
There are a few things on the list that would bother me. The loud noise from the car stereo (I was traumatized while living in the city by having a neighbor that had guests that would come and visit, all leave their car stereos on LOUD every afternoon, and each one had different music playing) would. In the example, I simply realized that it was a cultural difference, I was the only one that it bothered, and I moved - problem solved.
Target shooting at night would, simply because I like for people to be able to see what they're shooting at - it's a safety issue. (By the way, rifles are guns.) Target shooting during the day, not a problem. (Now, granted, I live in the country.)
None of the rest particularly bothers me, because I hold to the American creed that it's none of my business unless they're doing it in MY yard.
i think it is trashy to drink and or smoke in the front of the house. why in the world do people even sit in the front of the house if they have a back yard? i can understand if they want to sit and read or watch from their front porch.
i have neghbors who have had parties and bbq'd in the front while having a loud party. they do not have a front porch! they have a backyard! yes i would still hear them in the back, but at least the front of the house would look nice and like it's a nice family nieghborhood!
I hate that too. I can drive by some houses and it will be 15 people on the front porch, and it seems like it's 24/7. And they all stare too.
Painting the house a strange color bothers me too. I have seen people move into a lovely home and paint it canary yellow from top to bottom.
Why does what color someone paints their house bother you? Is it that not all the houses are pretty much the same color?
I remember traveling to Mexico, and later to New Mexico, and seeing lovely, lovely houses, all different colors (pastel blues, greens, and, yes, even yellow), and thinking what a breath of fresh air it was to see some individuality expressed in such a lovely way. Colors are not "strange", they're just colors - it's the perception that's different. The people who painted that house yellow probably thought that the color it was, that you evidently liked, was strange - or boring - or something - and don't like the color YOUR house is.
Or maybe they just love a yellow house and don't think it's any of their business what color yours is.
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We have a couple of garden gnomes, a non-running boat (is that worse than a boat and a non-running car?!). But thats about it 
