[KayakerNC]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

That if you plan to buy a home south of 466 that you cannot put anything in your yard outside of the roofline unless you first get permission from the architectural review committee? If you like statues and potted flowers in your yard you would enjoy north of 466 better. Also artificial flowers and bird feeders are not allowed south of 466.

Hmmm. Would there be restrictions on the back-yard of a Court Yard Villa? Something like a humming bird feeder? Or would the Review Police be upset?

[graciegirl]

I think that you can do ANYTHING in a fenced in back yard of a Villa!

ANYTHING!!!!

[KayakerNC]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I think that you can do ANYTHING in a fenced in back yard of a Villa!
ANYTHING!!!!

Whoops!!!
(Evil thoughts)
Don't go there!!!!!!!

[tony]

Waiting for Barefoot to post a picture of her stuffed moose.





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[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by tony

Waiting for Barefoot to post a picture of her stuffed moose.





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I think you may be waiting for awhile Tony. I think she left him back at the Lodge.

[MSNPA]

I live south of 466 and have a bird feeder and when I go for walks I notice many feeders. Birdbaths are a no, no, but all of a sudden it seems many people are getting huge fountains.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by tony

Waiting for Barefoot to post a picture of her stuffed moose.
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Tony, I'm waiting for our new pond to arrive. It should look nice in our front yard. Then the my moose can be tastefully placed having a drink of water. Just a salute to our Canadian heritage.

And Graciegirl, I'm not sure you can do anything you want in the yard of a courtyard villa. I've heard that some of the Neighbourhood Watch patrols carry step ladders for that very purpose.

[Cassie325]

Originally Posted by redwitch

It's only an issue if you're trying to sell. As I said, I'd rather see some personality than California suburbia (that's what south of 466 reminds me of). Sorry.

I had a neighbor in California that put out every tacky thing you could imagine. When I was ready to sell my house, I went over and talked to the couple. I helped them put their stuff in the garage and put it all back the day after the closing. Worked well for both of us. Not sure how the new homeowner felt but I do know he went to every BBQ my tacky neighbors had.

Red...you are a creative woman!! We really can not judge on our own who is right and who is wrong...I guess that is what we have rules for....however driving through both sides of 466 I see MANY rule breakers....

I guess it is up to the neighbors of the overly decorated home to call the appropriate authority if they want things removed.

OR....call on their friends to help them pack it up when trying to sell!! I love it!!!


PS....backyards of CYV's.....who actually can see back there?....not too many....BUT you can hear EVERYTHING your neighbors are into or doing....

Atleast that is what I am told....

[SABRMnLgs]

Lets see, I spend bucks to buy my house but not property? Seems if I buy a house the surrounding property should belong to me also.

I rented a mobile home years back and the neither the property or the mobile home belonged to me. Yet the property manager never said word one about a birdbath or some type of small decoration.

Now I have a home and am told what I can or cannot put in my yard? Hmmmmmm seems kind of a predjudicial thing. Someone down the street can do something but where I live I cannot? I'd like to see 500 birdbaths in yards and let the naysayer with their little book run up and down the road figuring out how to report an entire village. That would be a case I would buy a ticket to should it ever go to court. A and B can do this but C cannot. But B and C can do something else while D cannot. Do you know how bad that sounds?
Should be everyone or noone, not have rules differant according to where you live!!

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by SABRMnLgs

Lets see, I spend bucks to buy my house but not property? Seems if I buy a house the surrounding property should belong to me also.

I rented a mobile home years back and the neither the property or the mobile home belonged to me. Yet the property manager never said word one about a birdbath or some type of small decoration.

Now I have a home and am told what I can or cannot put in my yard? Hmmmmmm seems kind of a predjudicial thing. Someone down the street can do something but where I live I cannot? I'd like to see 500 birdbaths in yards and let the naysayer with their little book run up and down the road figuring out how to report an entire village. That would be a case I would buy a ticket to should it ever go to court. A and B can do this but C cannot. But B and C can do something else while D cannot. Do you know how bad that sounds?
Should be everyone or noone, not have rules differant according to where you live!!

Deed restrictions are not new and they were in place before you moved in. You had a choice before you signed.

The reason for the change is that the developers learned as they went along.

Renting a mobile home is not the same as owning a property Jerry.

[SABRMnLgs]

This area about who can put what where depending on where you live is something that really rubs me the wrong way, so rather than launching into a long diatribe, I'll let the yard nazis wave their little covenant books while running hither and yon checking on a flower pot or two on someone else's property.


Bye...........

[collie1228]

We all have choices in life, and I believe that informed choice is a great thing. Deed covenants are generally clear, and they apply to everyone in your village. TV is a little bit different, as its neighborhoods were developed over a long period of time, and Gracie is correct, the developer obviously learned as time went on. Think of it this way, if you want to have a lot of freedom to "decorate" your lawn, and that "freedom" is important to you, buy a place where it's allowed. Then decorate to your heart's content, within the guidelines in your deed. If you want to live in a neighborhood that doesn't have pink and green houses with flamingoes, rubber alligators and those "decorator" mirrored balls on the lawn, buy in an area that has strict rules. Then everyone is happy. But don't complain about having to obey the rules you agreed to when you purchased the property - that's unacceptable in a free society.

[njgranny]

So many pictures come into my mind when you say "anything" is allowed in a courtyard villa backyard. ha, ha

[The Great Fumar]

You keep referring to south of 466..........
Well please be advised that you can't junk up your yard north of 466 also....and WE LOVE IT....... If you want to see a beautiful Village , then drive through Chatham..............

no crap here Fumar............