House dithering

[celticdragonfly]

Okay, I just got a fax of the CC&Rs for CurrentFavoriteHouse. It's actually a summary of the post-construction restrictions. Mostly okay. No more than 4 pets, normal stuff ("such as cats and dogs" - I expect a hamster in the future would be no problem, but nothing weird like a llama) The tricky part may be vehicles. Basically, you gotta park cars in the garage except temporary parking, and you can't driveway or streetpark a trailer. Now, we just sold the trailer, but the plan was to buy another, possibly closed trailer in the future.

Then there's also just the general notion of do I want to be involved with a CC&R, HOA property at all. Running the risk of "they're all made out of ticky-tacky and they all look just the same". It's a good school district, sounds like a good safe neighborhood for kids to play, and is a lot of house and yard for the money. But do I run the risk of fighting the miseries of conformity?

(Relevant amusing story - A Flock of Lawn Flamingos

Comments

[ekaterin.livejournal.com]

Well, that would bother me too, I think. If it is run by the people who live there, that is one thing. But if it is run by people who do not live there, they do not have to follow any of the decisions themselves.

I wish you much luck with further house searching.