[villages07]

Yeah, but.... if you'll re-read the excerpt from the deed restrictions for my section/unit of The Villages, I think you'll see that what you're doing (and most of the other home-based businesses) is perfectly allowable ... at least, how I read it. I think this is the spirit of the restriction... to forbid home-based businesses that involve client visits and movement of a lot of merchandise in and out that would/could be disruptive to neighbors.

The real issue is...do all covenants read like mine? If not, how to get them in sync. If they all do say the same thing, then whomever you spoke with in Deed Compliance was mistaken and you could escalate the issue to get a clearer ruling.


From my deed restrictions (circa July 2006):


"Properties within the subdivision are intended for residential use and no commercial, professional, or similar activity requiring either maintaining an inventory, equipment, or customer/client visits may be conducted in a home or on a homesite"

Anecdote: I know someone who was cutting hair in her home with numerous client visitors; a disgruntled customer/neighbor 'turned her in'; the deed compliance person advised her that she could no longer operate out of her home but could travel to her clients and continue her business. She said deed compliance tried to work with her and was not heavy-handed.