Sugar Land or Telfair Residents (Houston, Dallas: buy, private schools, club)

[2008homebuyer]

Have anyone found out the Telfair HOA rules of parking the cars along the street?

[xavier1774]

It is actually a Sugar Land City limits ordinance. No Parking overnight on the streets. Just report it to CIA HOA Services if these cars are are regularly parked on the streets. It is a safety issue. I have reported a few folks and w/in a few days they stopped parking on the streets.

Originally Posted by 2008homebuyer

Have anyone found out the Telfair HOA rules of parking the cars along the street?

[VickiMBA]

There is a City of Sugar Land ordinance prohibiting the "storage" of vehicles on a public street in the same location for more than 48 continuous hours. If this is the case, you can also report this to CIA Services.

[VickiMBA]

Originally Posted by xavier1774

Again, Today I had issues getting to my street since there are a few single family homes that are being used as multi-family homes. These homes have so many cars that it fill the complete driveway and street. Is this something that is in the HOA Deed restrictions or in the Sugar Land City Code?

I don't think if one can't afford to live in a house on their own Family income, they need to bring 3 relatives to split the load. long-term, this will reduce property values. I don't mind the occasional home with say a grandparent or an aunt, but I am 100% positive that these homes are being used by several families with all their children and all. (8-15+ people in a house!)

The terms "single-family homes" and "multi-family homes" are misnomers. They are not supposed to refer to the number of families per dwellings, but rather, the number of dwellings per building.

I'm not quite certain what your question is, but there is a SL ordinance restricting the storage of vehicles on public streets in the same location for 48 continuous hours.

Regarding restrictions on occupancy, well that's a different issue altogether. The Federal Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of "familial status", among other protected classes. Therefore, it is a against federal law to discriminate against the number of family members living together, unless the restriction is in place to protect the health and safety of the occupants, i.e. apartment buildings with building codes that limit the number of occupants per s.f. for health and safety reasons (fire code).

I hope this clears up some confusion. I'm sure most people on this thread did not realize that restricting occupancy can be a form of discrimination (or intend to get into a conversation about discrimination), but this is why you don't see HOAs or builders restricting the number of family members living in a home.

[xavier1774]

I guess I am used to the nuclear Family. Not the extended family where more than 1 Married couple with children live in the same house... Too much political correctness.

Originally Posted by VickiMBA

The terms "single-family homes" and "multi-family homes" are misnomers. ....

I hope this clears up some confusion. I'm sure most people on this thread did not realize that restricting occupancy can be a form of discrimination (or intend to get into a conversation about discrimination), but this is why you don't see HOAs or builders restricting the number of family members living in a home.

[crbcrbrgv]

Originally Posted by xavier1774

The largest ethic group in Telfair is Chinese/Asian. The 2nd largest are Indian, then a close 3rd are White/Non-Hispanic, etc, etc. According to my real estate agent.

So in a way it is Patelfair, the original person was not Wong about this. Too bad nobody Nguyen this all was going to happen with the HOA issues and such. Do any Hispanics live there? I'm drawing a Blanco.

[JL]

Alot of Asian families have their elderly parents living with them, so it shouldn't be a shock that they ask for two master bedrooms. Telfair is nice and i wouldn't mind living there, but not at those prices. Come down $40-50k in prices and i would go for it.

[EEstudent]

An interesting note:

I was walking down an aisle of Sam's Club and there so happened to be about 3 Indian families in the same area. And well this older white couple was walking down and the lady said to the Husband

"gawd... there's so many of them!!!"

I was speechless, but she did have a point, so all I could do is shrug it off.

[RoughRider]

Originally Posted by EEstudent

An interesting note:

I was walking down an aisle of Sam's Club and there so happened to be about 3 Indian families in the same area. And well this older white couple was walking down and the lady said to the Husband

"gawd... there's so many of them!!!"

I was speechless, but she did have a point, so all I could do is shrug it off.

What "point" did she have?

[Cottonmather0]

Originally Posted by RoughRider

What "point" did she have?

That, uhhhhh, there are a lot of Indian people in Sugar Land?