[Daddymac]

Originally Posted by frose

the restrictions are ridiculous and outdated I wish they would give you these things up front instead of after you close. Not to be allowed to have a pink flamingo on your lawn in florida is just stupid. I would to see them brought up to the 21st century.

You are one of the people who should NOT LIVE IN .. TV

[Indydealmaker]

Originally Posted by frose

don't tell me about paying attention.. when someone tells me what i can or cannot do with My property they better be paying my property taxes, or **** off. and real estate people are only selling "a lifestyle, not a home" and only are about the commission, there was never a mention of these restrictions before, during or after closing. we were told about them when we were getting our ID cards. I can only hope that someone will come to their senses and fix this..( i know, it's not broken) can't wait to leave!!

Your closing agent provided the deed restrictions as part of the title prep.

[Laidlaw193]

frose…..don’t let the door hit you in the a**. Good bye

[Holpat39]

Originally Posted by frose

don't tell me about paying attention.. when someone tells me what i can or cannot do with My property they better be paying my property taxes, or **** off. and real estate people are only selling "a lifestyle, not a home" and only are about the commission, there was never a mention of these restrictions before, during or after closing. we were told about them when we were getting our ID cards. I can only hope that someone will come to their senses and fix this..( i know, it's not broken) can't wait to leave!!

What a lousy attitude. We were told right up front regarding deed restrictions. What made you think you could live in this beautiful community without some type of restrictions to keep in conformity with the neighborhood. Deed restrictions keep home owners from making planters out of old used tires or wheelbarrows. Painting their houses red, white and blue, Planting sunflowers in their front yards. Deed restrictions are here for a good reason.

[mikeycereal]

What about yard gnomes?

[BigSteph]

A neighbor has a brass "wind chime." They are older -- I think they cannot hear it, but I do. Many houses away, it sounds like a single bell (dinner bell, school bell).

At times, when the blows, it is just a steady Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding. I want to throttle that neighbor, but I am trying to be decent. More and more, I'm feeling indecent.

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Me too.

Now, if they would just make the noise restrictions more measurable, and ban wind chimes. I could live with the pink flamingos.

[BigSteph]

In my neighborhood, South of 44, a neighbor or two (depending on whose gossip you hear) replaced their entire yard with Zoysia. My significant other confirms one person has done it.

I don't care, I like Zoysia. The thing is, I want to do it too. I was told I could not.

I suspect it is expensive to re-sod. I wonder if that person will be required to re-sod with St. Augustine.

If you can change your grass, I think I'll start by overseeing with Bahia. I follow a guy on U-Tube who swears a mix of Bahia and St. Augustine go well together.

Fun with deed restrictions.

[BigSteph]

Oh man, this is my third post on the matter. I'm triggered.

Sorry.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by mikeycereal

What about yard gnomes?

The two old ladies with the clipboard take care of them

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by Altavia

It seems there should be a mechanism to update if approved by a majority of the home owners.

There are areas for example where far more than 50% of the homes have similar non compliances.

If you are referencing the historic Villages - you're correct! Laen ornaments are permitted there according to their deed restrictions! You can look them up at the External Deed Restriction rules page - Lake County page 6 of 51 pages here https://www.districtgov.org/departme...s.pdf?v=202011

And about that "mechanism" - these are deed restrictions implemented by the Developer - not HOA rules.

[frose]

Originally Posted by Hape2Bhr

When and what will you be selling? I have a friend looking to move here.

a designer begonia

[frose]

Originally Posted by MrFlorida

To all those who don't like deed restrictions , how would you feel if your neighbor liked to work on cars and change engines on his front lawn? Running air compressors and welding at all hours ? I'll take the deed restrictions knowing that this will not happen. And yes, it did happen to us at our last location...

my neighbors were ok with it when I repaired their car and got them going again, even with welding the broken part back together. (exhaust broke) saved them 1200$

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by frose

my neighbors were ok with it when I repaired their car and got them going again, even with welding the broken part back together. (exhaust broke) saved them 1200$

Depends probably on how often you make noise, once a month for an hour or two okay - but every day, you’d have to pay me more than $1200 to make it worth my while.

[Laker14]

Originally Posted by Holpat39

What a lousy attitude. We were told right up front regarding deed restrictions. What made you think you could live in this beautiful community without some type of restrictions to keep in conformity with the neighborhood. Deed restrictions keep home owners from making planters out of old used tires or wheelbarrows. Painting their houses red, white and blue, Planting sunflowers in their front yards. Deed restrictions are here for a good reason.

Sunflowers? I love sunflowers. Oh well, you win some you lose some.

[frose]

so on the advise of all you great people of tv, I did go over all my closing paperwork and did not find any deed restriction paperwork until I got to the paperwork from the sumpter sales office when i received my id cards, well after the closing. No real estate agent, title company employee, attorney or any one else told us about the scope of the restrictions.. i don't mind restrictions to keep the place looking good, in fact I insist on them.. It's the ridiculous restrictions that I have an issue with.. my 26 year old lawyer grand daughter has to go to the family pool because she is not 30. I'm not going to go over all the ones i have an issue with, but that one is glaring.