[mrsyarbie]

My front door and shutters are red and they were colors I was offered and chosen from TV when we built our home. I live in that same neighborhood as the two homes and the dark muted shade of red on that garage door will fade quickly with our Florida sun, I also saw the green trim on the other neighbors house, It is a small amount of the trim on the front and the rest of us living here in our area who have to look at it daily ( who I have spoken to) think it looks very nice. Both of these folks that person is speaking about are new residents, lets make them feel welcome . The rest of you should not pass judgement unless you have actualy come by to look at the "examples" she has talked about. I am sure if these new neighbors are on this blog they will be very hurt and it makes us all sound like we are very judgmental....

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by Happinow

I'm getting a little worried. A neighbor two doors down just painted their front door and garage door barn red. About three culdesacs away, they painted their trim Forrest green. I am worried that people will start painting their homes, doors, trim and what ever else they can, all kinds of colors. With the homes so close, I think the neighborhoods will start to look like a circus town with all different colors. The reason we moved here is because we like the simplicity and class of the neighborhoods and how pleasing to the eye all of the homes are. I know each to their own but this is not the type of area to express your personal taste in such a bold way. Is anyone else thinking about this?

I think you have good reason to worry that the trend might spread. Can you imagine living directly across the street from a bright red garage door? I would call community standards and complain about it.

Note: I live in a patio villa and the rule, I believe, is that house colors must stay the same as when they were built. When I had my roof reshingled, they wouldn't even allow a slightly different shade of color. I was told it must be exactly the same color. Well, I didn't mind, I was just worried that the roofer might show up with the wrong color and make the house look bad.

[patfla06]

Our house is in Gilchrist and sometimes it's hard to pick out your house.
I was thinking about planting a flowering bush to help.
I don't mind front doors painted but the garage door?
Why would you want that to stand out?

[rdhdleo]

Just my opinion but I like to see people spruce up their homes with a little color. Loved the one I have seen so far! I don't like houses that blend into one another . We're restricted enough as it is. Let people make their house their home. Aren't there more important things to worry about? We live in a wonderful place, start having fun!