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Originally Posted by Fredster
Your opinion is great, but look at the post prior to yours, and you will see that because deed restriction enforcement
is purely a complaint driven system and
it is not uniformily enforced.
A lot is determined by what type of neighbors one has!
There are many homes not in compliance that I know of,
and I don't think the home owners are purposely flaunting the restrictions.
Believe it or not, there are some things that may not be in compliance but they beautify a property and neighborhood.
Deed restrictions in the main are good, but keep in mind
they are created by humans and therfore not always perfect!
My opinion is that deed restrictions in the main are good, but the system for enforcement is not really good!
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Thanks for your reply. I agree with you that the deed restrictions are not uniformly applied since it is a complaint driven system. However, wouldn't it all be moot IF the deed restrictions were followed by all? One could argue that the subjectivity is being applied by the neighbors (I don't think we should be in a police state, just that people should accept responsibility for their decisions) because the "offense" doesn't bother them. However, I do think that the Villages is walking a fine line in not appearing to be a police state by "cracking down" on the offenders unless there is a blatant "offense".
Where people don't know that they violated the restrictions, my question is why don't they know? Did they not review the restrictions before they bought the home? If not, why not?
I also agree that the restrictions may not be perfect, but you CAN go to the AR review board. I know that not every application is turned down by the board, so where there is an enhancement to the area, I suspect it would be considered. Maybe not all of them will be approved, but there is a system and apparently there are those who choose to not follow the restrictions or the system that was set up to ask for approval.
My personal "soapbox" is that,
generally speaking, personal accountability and responsibility for making decisions is not owned by enough people, no matter where they live. I point to not complying with deed restrictions for whatever reason as one example of such behavior. Perhaps this also triggers the dreaded "entitlement" behavior that I unfortunately see as well-but that is a subject for another thread.
Thanks for the constructive dialogue!