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Originally Posted by Hifred
I have a Bridgeport model home. The back lanai is small and doesn't get much ventilation. It is enclosed and rather a waste of space. I want to add a small cage in the back of my home but the regulations say I must allow seven and a half feet between the property line and the back of my home. I could fit a small cage on the back of my home but it would not be worth the cost. I would like to add an extra two feet but that would be in violation of the back easement restriction. I know there is an architectural review committee but I don't know do they ever agree to a variance from the standard rules outlined in the covenants or is their role to enforce the covenants and not approve any deviations? I am not going to move to a lot with more space in the back because my bond is paid, the inside of my house is fine and the cost of a new construction home with a new bond is too expensive.
I strongly urge anyone just moving to TV for the first time to really take stock in what you want in a home so you don't have to move multiple times. I wish I would have gotten a home with the lanai I wanted but at the time I was concerned about not over spending on a home so I didn't get everything I wanted and I just should have bit the bullet. House values have gone up and it would have been fine to have spent more than I did.
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You said it all for those still looking....."at the time I was concerned about not over spending on a home so I didn't get everything I wanted and I just should have bit the bullet", should have just "bit the bullet" for sure. Even things that seem small and can be added "later", like having natural gas line run to your grill (when you get sick and tired of taking the propane tank to be filled, and then reattaching it !) can become so expensive later. Another seemingly "small" thing, such as outlets in the middle of a living room floor (rather than running extension cords for floor lamps, Christmas trees, etc. and same for outside outlets; have those you'd like for outdoor Christmas decorations done NOW, not "later" !