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Originally Posted by Villager1234
Is there any way to find out if a house is in compliance before you buy it
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Not that I am aware of. There doesn't seem to be any service that will do an inspection looking for deed restriction violations. (if anyone knows of one, please post contact information)
You *can* work with the Community Standards Department to get some information. You can ask them if there have been any ARC approvals (and maybe disapprovals) for changes to the home. In particular, if there is a large amount of stone, a widened driveway, fancy shrub beds, or even a stone wall around the shrub beds then you would hope to find an ARC-approved application for those. Also, if you see something different about the home and those around it then you might ask Community Standards about that as well and hopefully they could tell you that it was either part of the original construction or added after an approval.
You might also be able to contact the county for any permits for work done on the home. I haven't tried this myself but it should be possible.