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Originally Posted by Denise Frayne
Uh-oh! My understanding was that almost anything you wanted to do outside (driveways, painting, installed flag poles and the like) had to be approved. While this may annoy some people, I was happy with this for aesthetic reasons. I have lived in SWFL for 23 years and where I came from some of the homes were painted most garishly even tho we had other property restrictions in place. One guy painted his house bright orange, simply BECAUSE the city asked him to remove a small boat he had trailered next to his home on the grass. Again, one of the reasons we moved there..the restrictions. I hope we don't get to that here. I like the nice soothing look of the neighborhoods...paint whatever you'd like inside so only you can enjoy it, and leave the outside colors be.
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Zoning is indeed good. It keeps everything looking neat........
I agree........save the loud colors for indoors.......if that is their preference.
I still can't believe it, but when we were first married in 1965 and shortly thereafter bought our first house......we painted one wall in the living room ORANGE. What were we thinking? Now, everything is neutral.
We've owned five different homes in our 48 years of marriage and that was the only orange wall. Orange must have been the in color as we also bought an orange "shag" carpeting when we moved to Vermont. Horrors.
That was the end of the orange era..........after that we had brown carpeting, silver snow (pale grey) carpeting, oatmeal berber and "sand" color carpeting, etc.........
Restrictions and zoning are good. There, I said it again.
We have a great neighbor across the road from us.
However, he put his "above ground pool" on the side of his house up close to his garage doors.........no privacy fence. Anything goes up here.
But, shouldn't complain........he had to look at my husband's big boat in our driveway for many many years........
If you drive into the rural parts of Vermont.........it really gets "busy" with old trucks, cars, ATV's, etc. parked every which way, wherever they land, on the properties.........and a few pink flamingos, believe it or not.
Again, lack of zoning. Everyone is free to do as they please.