amen !!

This house has been sitting for a few years. It's 2 doors down from us. Overgrown bushes cover most of the front, the flower beds are filled with tall weeds and the driveway cracks are weeds. The lawn is totally burned. It's just awful.

Sure hope they do something soon. I sick of looking at it too !! :22yikes:

Same here. Plus...they don't violate any deed restrictions. :)

When we moved to TV the house next to us was vacant and had been for no less than 6 years. The place looked worse than the Addam's family place.

When properties are not kept up, it affects the value of all of the properties surrounding it. It's important that people feel that they can complain without fear of retribution. I don't know that I'd want less complaints. In fact in my neighborhood, I feel that more complaints are needed.

It might be that in your case, the complaint was not justified, but does that mean that we want the the number of complaints to drop down? Based on your description it doesn't sound like there was any serious violation on your part. The unfortunate part of having anonymity is that people can make unjustified complaints.

Not maintaining you property properly and dragging down the value of your neighbors property doesn't fit into the "Friendly Neighborhood" motto either.

Actually, if you call and complain, they will have someone come out and cut the grass and trim the shrubs. A lien will be filed on the property and The Villages will get their money when it is sold. Unfortunately, sometimes it takes years to determine who is the rightful owner of some of these properties. People die without wills and heirs cannot be found or refuse to take ownership. It may take a bank six months or more to foreclose on a property. Its not always a simple or quick fix.

We have all have called and called. They pretty much just cut the dead lawn filled with weeds. They cut a few bushes here and there, but not so good in the weeding department.

The lending institution can choose to ignore the demands of the compliance and the fines stack up. It happens everywhere. Thank Goodness not as often here as in other areas, but it still is frustrating.



But that technically isn't the issue we were discussing. We were discussing people being annoyed that they got a notice. A notice only comes if the person is non compliant, not on the whim of the complainer The complainer can say they don't like your curtains, but compliance can't send a note about that. It has to be something covered in the deed restrictions.

I agree people should take care of their lawn- i have a beautiful lawn until people from other streets walk their dogs at night and let them pee on my grass-- the next day i have brown spots on the lawn- i can't believe people would bring their dogs to someone else's property to do their business. I put signs out please keep your dog off the grass-- then someone reported i had illegal lawn art in the yard-- wow subdivision living--- THE DEED DEPARTMENT SAID THEY CAN'T CONTROL THE DOGS ITS A CIVIL MATTER- THEY SAID CALL THE POLICE AND GET PICTURES

Your signs were non compliant. No signs allowed. I suggest you scream at the peeers and their owners so people can call the cops on you disturbing the peace. ;)


It doesn't take long for things to turn into a poop thread.

I assume that you noticed that the poster stated that there were at least 30 complaints made in the area by that person. You can pretty much surmise by that information that the complainant had an agenda, and was not in the spirit of "Friendly Neighborhood" correction.

Other than abandoned or foreclosed homes going into disrepair, I have not seen any evidence in the Villages of neighborhoods being drug down. But, I have seen some pretty interesting properties, some of which have been spotlighted in the Daily Sun.

I was visiting a friend in a different neighborhood (North of 466) about a year ago and noticed that one neighbor had a wine bottle tree in his/her yard. They also had some other less conspicuous items of interest, such as a water fountain at their front door. Although, I personally wouldn't have a wine bottle tree, I still found it interesting if not somewhat pleasant. I realize that this is not something that you would consider "dragging down" the neighborhood value.

I too believe in rules, but in this case someone was "using" those rules as a tool in their agenda or to be vindictive. 30 complaints? I bet I could find something for them to be doing more entertaining than irritating the neighbors and the Community Standards police.

I realize what the thread was about. I was only commenting on some other things that were posted.

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  Originally Posted by MDLNB (Post 1089640) I assume that you noticed that the poster stated that there were at least 30 complaints made in the area by that person. You can pretty much surmise by that information that the complainant had an agenda, and was not in the spirit of "Friendly Neighborhood" correction. Other than abandoned or foreclosed homes going into disrepair, I have not seen any evidence in the Villages of neighborhoods being drug down. But, I have seen some pretty interesting properties, some of which have been spotlighted in the Daily Sun. I was visiting a friend in a different neighborhood (North of 466) about a year ago and noticed that one neighbor had a wine bottle tree in his/her yard. They also had some other less conspicuous items of interest, such as a water fountain at their front door. Although, I personally wouldn't have a wine bottle tree, I still found it interesting if not somewhat pleasant. I realize that this is not something that you would consider "dragging down" the neighborhood value. I too believe in rules, but in this case someone was "using" those rules as a tool in their agenda or to be vindictive. 30 complaints? I bet I could find something for them to be doing more entertaining than irritating the neighbors and the Community Standards police.

And therein lies the reason for deed restrictions. Apparently a wine bottle tree is allowed where you saw it. I would like to go on record as saying I don't think I would like a wine bottle tree or a beer bottle tree or a milk bottle tree, but hey, that is MY personal taste. None of them are allowed where we live, thank heavens .

Apparently where you live those things are allowed, so relax and enjoy them. Even if the serial yard reporter turned in that tree, it would be fine. People have a choice to live where they want in The Villages. I like strict deed restrictions.