McMansions and Wroght Iron Fencing (Atlanta, Howe: renting, homes, neighborhoods)

[TheOverdog]

Iron fences keep the view open and you don't block your neighbors view. A more spacious feel.

I mean that makes sense. Golf courses spend a lot of time being empty, and the view can be pretty nice.



In other areas, they are backyard to backyard, as in you share an open fence with your neighbor, like this one:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pa...!4d-96.6219376



These are almost all pool to pool with an open fence.

[hbdwihdh378y9]

Originally Posted by 10-23

I think the OP is referring to lack of privacy more so than tanning in his/her birthday suit.

They're the same thing: lack of privacy.

[callmebutter]

Most cities have ordinances that require houses that backup to public frontage or greenbelts to be iron for aesthetics. Between the city and HOA's its usually not a homeowner choice.

Here is Prosper's -

(10)Open fencing requirements. Fences adjacent to public or private open space, public or private parks, or hike and bike trails shall be ornamental metal, tubular steel or split rail with a minimum 50 percent through vision. Wooden fences legally installed on or before October 7, 2015, may be replaced with a wooden fence in compliance with the wooden fence standards as they exist or as may be amended.

[10-23]

Originally Posted by hbdwihdh378y9

They're the same thing: lack of privacy.

I can want privacy without the desire to run around naked.

[rabbit33]

It's not wrought iron. It's either welded mild steel or an aluminum or plastic facsimile.

[Rakin]

Originally Posted by TheOverdog

I mean that makes sense. Golf courses spend a lot of time being empty, and the view can be pretty nice.



In other areas, they are backyard to backyard, as in you share an open fence with your neighbor, like this one:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pa...!4d-96.6219376



These are almost all pool to pool with an open fence.

You will see that a lot when the lots are larger and you are semi out in the country. It still gives the neighborhood a more spacious Country feel.

[20Hope20]

Why would one put wood fence to block the precious views of a golf course, green belt, park, creek or pond they paid a high premium for. Their yards look so much nicer.

[TeamLynn]

Most of the places with the metal fences do so to protect some views on the outside of the fence. So typically you cannot put up something else to prohibit or restrict those views other than landscaping....Actually I see very few of these places that have metal fences. Most of the newer homes have some kind of wooden "privacy" fence.

Not sure what kind of body you have...maybe you are Adonis or David, but for most people around here, I expect the neighbors only look once. After the initial shock, they don't want to look again.

There are plenty of neighborhoods with larger lots...just a matter of land costs and what you want to pay. Lucas, Fairview, some in Prosper are usually the first look for larger lots.

[Leonard123]

They don't have that in my Stonebridge Ranch neighborhood. Even the golf course lots have wooden fences I believe, and I know the open space areas do. However, these are not McMansions.

It's possibly just something with newer houses. I personally would rather not have a yard. What would bother me is people being able to see in my windows, and you can see straight through a lot of houses just driving by because developers keep building them so close to major thoroughfares. Cities really should crack down on their zoning and prohibit residential development along major thoroughfares and highways. That would make a lot more sense than fence regulations.

[FreeVilley]

Thanks for everyone's feedback. This is specifically the neighborhood I was in that prompted me to reach out with this question. I have seen this in plenty of other neighborhoods as well. Yes it is aesthetically pleasing for me, a random real estate agent driving through. But if I were purchasing this, I personally would want more privacy at this price point.

Tanning my birthday suit is not my only concern (and yes neighbors would look more than once at me ;-) but consider any backyard gathering you have, even your children playing... you just expect some privacy at 2 million dollars, more so than if you were renting an apartment. And I would expect the same for most buyers at this price point, that they would push back against this building ordinance. But the builders know their customers.


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