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Originally Posted by BrianL99

People apparently don't understand what they own and what they don't own.

EVERY resident of The Villages has a deeded beneficial interest in everything about The Villages. EVERY owner in The Villages, is subject to a Declarations of Covenants and Deed Restrictions. You have a Fee Simple ownership interest in your land, subject to EVERYTHING recorded against that property, well before you bought it.

When you buy property, what you are actually buying is a "bundle of rights". The "rights" you buy, are ONLY the rights you're sold. When you buy in The Villages, you do NOT buy an unlimited right to control, decorate, change or modify your land or home. You didn't buy that right, because The Villages is unwilling to sell that right.

On the other hand, when you buy property in The Villages, you are essentially buying the right to have a say in what your neighbors do with their property, usually exercised through the District Compliance Office and the Architectural Review Board.

Before people throw around the ... "it's my house and I'll do what I want and it's no one else's business" ... they should read their Deed and understand what their own and don't own.

Seem it greatly depends on who is interpreting them