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Old 02-19-2013, 01:01 AM
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Originally Posted by AngieT2 View Post
After too much debate, hubbie and I have decided to build a Premier home, but on an interior lot. We just love that darn Seabrook and decided to go with the home vs. a Designer home on a dynamite, golf front lot.

Question ~~ What can we do, with the HOA's blessing, to achieve privacy at the edge of our back yard (we will have another home directly behind us). Are we going to be allowed to plant decent sized trees or is that a big NO NO? I know that fences are NOT allowed (except on CYV's), so any advice on what you have seen / experienced on other interior lots, to achieve privacy would be great to hear.

So excited to get out of CA and get moved in June to The Villages!

Thanks again!
We have a Seabrook on an interior lot just a little over a year old and the most amazing large landscaping came with it . We are screened from our nice neighbors behind us and they from us, with equally large bushes that came with their house.

We planted a row of bottlebrush behind the master bedroom window and they are growing very fast. I think that the rule is that they should be kept at six feet, but I have seen some mighty tall Bottlebrush around.

You are welcome to PM us and see for yourself.

The bushes and plants that came with our house are amazing.

You can ask the landscaper who did the original landscaping to add more or find another landscaper. There are lots of landscapers around here for sure. There are all kinds of easy tricks for screening with bushes and trees that are allowed by the Architechural Review Committee. This place REALLY is too good to be true.

We love our house. I know you will too.
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