Originally Posted by MDLNB (Post 1091083)

And then, some folks violate the deed restrictions and make a neighborhood better than it was. Of course, I can understand how that would upset some folks also. After all, who wants someone INCREASING the home value in the neighborhoods, right? In our neighborhood, we can't install pavers on our driveway. If someone broke that rule and put pavers in and it looked good, then everyone else would want them. Just an example. Everyone has different tastes. You know what they say about opinions right? But, this was not about deed restrictions, was it? It was about one person going around a neighborhood, writing 30 or more complaints. Someone with nothing better to do. Some very unhappy person with an agenda. Of course, there are probably many on here that would not need deed restrictions to make their home conform to community standards. Then also, there are those on here that NEED a sense of regime. You WILL conform or be assimilated...:rolleyes: I don't "condone" one's breaking some of the rules, but I do "tolerate" it in most cases. I have yet to see a bad neighborhood, so apparently most violations are subtle in nature. Since I have not yet endured a complaint I can't really empathize with the poster, but I can sympathize with her. She obviously should have known better than to look for that by sounding off with her frustration on here. But, I bet she does know now, that "rules are rules."

Originally Posted by NavyNJ (Post 1091092)

Wow! There's actually a CDD in TV that does not allow driveway pavers as part of their deed restrictions?? Would never have guessed that from just randomly driving around. Seems to be a common practice almost everywhere I've seen. Could you share which CDD has that restriction??

Originally Posted by MDLNB (Post 1091106)

Sure, the courtyard villas up North do not allow pavers. Not that I particularly care, but I do think they look nice. We even have restrictions, which were just recently modified to allow us to paint our driveways....but only a certain color. That will probably be amended once they take into consideration that the color palette for the homes was changed from one color to four. I understand but cannot confirm that they are going to allow different colors for roof tile also. Wow, I sure hope these changes don't lower the value of my property...:rant-rave:

Originally Posted by NavyNJ (Post 1091118)

Oh, that's the reason I may not have noticed the difference. Don't spend enough time travelling thru the Villas neighborhoods I guess. You're probably right about the colors for driveways, though. Now that the palette for the homes has changed, it makes sense that the other palettes for drives and roofs will as well. Thanks for the explanation, too! :)

Originally Posted by MDLNB (Post 1091038)

Thank goodness for my neighborhood. I observe a lot of violations, but nothing that I would see that I would call offensive. Of course, it appears that we have more TOLERANCE than some of the posters above and residents in other neighborhoods. I had thought of buying a larger place with a larger garage, but now I see how nice our neighborhood is. Gotta love it when folks say "well, rules are rules" and then break traffic laws every day. Oh, that must be different, right? I don't cast labels of hypocrite because I have glass windows too. Gotta love this American "tolerance" that only seems to exist when it conveniently works for you. Like I said before and I reiterate, in this instance if the complainant has gone around the area making over 30 complaints, then that person most likely is not doing it to better her neighborhood, but to further an agenda or is being vindictive. So much for The Villages being "the friendliest hometown in America." But, this is just my opinion, and I do respect other opinions, even if I don't totally agree. Like the saying goes "good fences make good neighbors" or something like that. I like to modify that to say "high fences make good neighbors. That's why I live in a courtyard villa.
I'll close with two words: Tolerate and condone. There are things that many of us don't condone, but yet we tolerate. Some folks can't condone something and they refuse/won't tolerate it.

Originally Posted by Fred R (Post 1091217)

I recently returned to my home here after a 3 month absence and learned that my sprinkler system had not been operating properly. I fixed the system and when the weather permits I will rake up the dead matter and throw some top soil down. I would hope some idiot doesn't try to make an issue since my front lawn looks bad. If so, I would really want to have a discussion with the person. Some folks just can't mind their own damn business.

Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 1091224)

So your neighbors had to live with dead grass for three months because you had no one looking over your house, and you don't consider this anything to complain about?

It's not a case of minding your own damn business. It's a case of making sure your property doesn't drag the neighborhood down or the "idiots" don't have to put up with an ugly blight for however long you choose to be away. You signed up for that responsibility when you bought your house.

Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 1091224)

So your neighbors had to live with dead grass for three months because you had no one looking over your house, and you don't consider this anything to complain about?

It's not a case of minding your own damn business. It's a case of making sure your property doesn't drag the neighborhood down or the "idiots" don't have to put up with an ugly blight for however long you choose to be away. You signed up for that responsibility when you bought your house.

Originally Posted by Fred R (Post 1091217)

I recently returned to my home here after a 3 month absence and learned that my sprinkler system had not been operating properly. I fixed the system and when the weather permits I will rake up the dead matter and throw some top soil down. I would hope some idiot doesn't try to make an issue since my front lawn looks bad. If so, I would really want to have a discussion with the person. Some folks just can't mind their own damn business.