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It's a shame that one would have to buy a 30 year old house to live in a competitively priced suburb area without joining one of these paint-nazi communes :/
Though I'm sure it's similar across the south. New Urbanism gone bad
People can choose to live in a non-HOA residence in a brand-new house. They just need to buy some land and build a house on it someplace.
Even the ITB crowd has neighborhood covenants. They cannot do just "whatever." They do tend to have less rules than HOA neighborhoods, but it's not like there are NO rules.
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Try to find land on which to build a house in Wake County that has access to public water and public sewer. Not much of it.
Yeah... that's true. But, still... if one is determined not to live under the iron fist of oppression in the name of protected property values and all...
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Yeah... that's true. But, still... if one is determined not to live under the iron fist of oppression in the name of protected property values and all...
I'd say let the market decide, but apparently builders couldn't offer HOA-free options if they wanted to
Folks I know have a tenant in Cottages at Stonehenge. The tenant got a letter and threat of fine for having off-white curtains.
Have to be white, or at least a white lining towards the street.
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Are those apartments though?
I can understand not wanting hot pink houses, but the curtains are way over the top.
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No, they are townhouse-style condos.
The board is really clamping down on landlords and apparently wants all owner/occupants if possible.
Here is a HOA rule that I wish WAS put in place here: More restrictions on invisible fences for dogs.
Now I'm a dog owner and love dogs, but why do they let invisible fences go right up to the sidewalk in most places around here? It's pretty nerve racking to be walking down the sidewalk with a dog charging at you only to stop at the very last minute. (And by then I'm in the street....)
Even worse, I know a little girl who got attacked by a dog in a different neighborhood here as the dog charging at her was too focused on her and by the time it got buzzed by the invisible fence it was too late. Sad story and this little girl is now terrified of dogs.
My prior house had an HOA that said an invisible fence could only go as far forward as the furthest point of the house. So basically it made the dogs stay in the backyard or on the side of the homes. They couldn't go past the corner of the garage or whatever was closest to the sidewalk. That seems like a better rule to me...I don't like when people leave dogs outside unattended, anyway, as they are social creatures and want to be with people.
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