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Old 03-27-2010, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Russ_Boston View Post
Thanks for the warning. Just a note: Many of the vinyl sided homes have a 'sister' home in CBS. i.e. Wisteria II and Jasmine II; Camellia and Gardenia etc.
Yes I know. We like the Cypress and there is no "new" sister home. I understand is was built as a block home years back.
Regardless of the home one might have if you live next to a vinyl with pine straw I would be concerned due to the close proximity. Buying a CBS does not make my concern go away for me, you or my someday neighbors.

I just sent my first email to some VCDD board supervisors and publicsafety@districtgov.org. I told them about the fires and asked that The Villages reconsider their use of Pine Straw as the standard ground cover on their vinyl homes or better yet all their homes because of the close proximity of many.