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Why not talk to your neighbor?

Shared access is NOT shared ownership. I would be mad as h*ll and make them remove the landscaping.

Note to self: Don’t buy a patio villa��

We were told when we bought our villa that the area off of our side patio but against the neighbors blank wall is our responsibility. We must maintain the shrubs, etc. Likewise that sane area on the other side of our home is our neighbor’s responsibility.

OP before we did anything to our PV we spoke to both neighbors. Our bigger problem was the crazy lady (neighbors gave title) few door down.

On her own she chose to have work done on other people’s property and maintenance, to her liking. Always on home that were snowbirds, couple times on full timers.

Our lawn guy who mowed, weeded, and trimmed five homes in a row, sent pictures of all our bushes had been cut down to less than a foot, mulch put over rocks, and our fence had been power washed so hard, some boards fell down, as well as siding issues.

Yep she hired people to work on other homes, then had them send bill to owner. Our neighbor took her to court, won, but she didn’t get it. We sold same year, as did the other 4 homes. You may not be able to pick your neighbors, but you can move away from them

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Originally Posted by HRDave (Post 1874970)

Hey folks. We need some advice on a neighbor issue in Chitty Chatty. We purchased a corner lot Patio Villa in September and came down early in October to get it set up. Barb & I came home for the holidays & we let our daughter & grandkids come down to our Patio Villa for Christmas as we can’t celebrate together & Meagan is going to take the kids to Sarasota next week to their Dad.
Well our new next door neighbor who’s really sweet, came over to our Villa today & told the kids that she hoped we wouldn’t be mad but she had landscaping done in the “SHARED” flower bed between our houses. She had the landscaper install rock & edging in our original landscaping along the house, garage and driveway by the garage door.
We are currently talking to an established landscaper about doing a large job for us & we have plans for that side of the house and will submit plans to the ARC for approval prior to work commencing. I looked at the Deed restrictions & the only mention of mutual use of the area between our homes is to ensure access for maintenance reasons. I’m not real sure how to proceed without opening a can of worms for others who may have had landscaping done without ARC approval.
Any ideas besides reporting it?
We’ll be back the 27th & planning to talk to our neighbor to see if she understands & that we plan to do something nice on her view of that side of our house. I hope she amenable to it. I just don’t want her to think that this area is shared.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!!

My opinion-
I do not know you or the neighbor. We had a neighbor who hired a landscaper and they had intruded n to my property. I spoke to the neighbor and he agreed to move it.
The people he hired, refused. Swore at me etc. He is the expert etc etc etc. I called the villages. The person they sent was great. He told the landscaper he was in violation.
He told my neighbor not to pay the landscaper until it passed inspection. The people my neighbor hired did not file a plan as they are supposed to. My neighbor told me
that that landscaper went to jail for something or other.

You are far better off letting someone other than you handle this. Not doing anything
is a choice you can make. The issue will not go away by itself. Common ground?
I do not know what that means. You can easily get a copy of the survey and it will show where your property line is. Common ground? It belongs to someone. You, the neighbor, the Villages?

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Originally Posted by dhdallas (Post 1875379)

Shared access is NOT shared ownership. I would be mad as h*ll and make them remove the landscaping.

Eventually you don’t live in CYV or PV?

Call Community Standards 352 751-3912 i’ll come out and check it out for you.

Call Community Standards 352 751-3912 i’ll come out and check it out for you.

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Originally Posted by HRDave (Post 1874970)

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Originally Posted by richs631 (Post 1875388)

Note to self: Don’t buy a patio villa��

Bingo!

I would still contact ARC. My new neighbor inquired about me being responsible for trimming bushes on the garage side of my villa, his patio area. Showed the deed restriction which clearly states he is responsible for maintaining 3 feet easement from rear property line to street. I cannot plant anything on that side since I do not maintain.
That said your neighbors can not attach anything decorative to your home And need to keep enough area clear for vendors and you to walk through. Bushes should not ever touch your home or block equipment. I also have a corner lot.

A realtor told the woman, who benefits from my large live oak tree, that I am responsible to pay to cut limbs off the she doesn't want hanging over the fence on to her yard. When she asked me to pay to cut the limbs, I was stunned. I asked her why would I do that? She told me her realtor said the tree was my responsibility. I told her she could cut any limbs that hang over her fence, but the cost was on her. She was very upset with me. It seems realtor do lie.

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Originally Posted by HRDave (Post 1874970)

I manage a number of Rental and Snowbird homes. It is my understanding that the area on that side of the house is the neighbors responsibility.

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Originally Posted by airstreamingypsy (Post 1875515)

I think “benefits” is a matter of opinion. If you mean gutter cleaning, and the associated mess oaks produce, then maybe you’re right.

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1875304)

There is no reason to think that. I have listened to a lot of stuff on this forum over the years and only people who are anti-developer say things like that. The Villages Sales staff do NOT have to enlarge or exaggerate or fib in any way to get sales. People are lined up to move here. Why would you lie if the truth would serve you?

The sales person lied to me about my property. Before I bought my house I asked about water flow next to the house because the house was at the bottom of a hill. She told me it was no problem. It was a problem. After I moved in when it rained the water was like a fast moving stream right along the foundation of the house. The water also came into my lanai. I had to pay $650 to get my property re-graded to make sure the water flow would be away the house.

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Originally Posted by rmd2 (Post 1875530)

There is a difference between lying, and being wrong. Your sales person probably told you that there was no report of any problems with drainage at your property, because nothing had been reported. The sales reps aren't required to tell you about things they don't actually KNOW about. They only have to disclose the things they DO know about.
If they don't know of problems, then they aren't lying when they tell you there is no evidence of problems. Because if there was evidence, it should have been reported, or repaired already. That is on the previous homeowner, not on the sales person.