ignorance, judgment, neighbors
SO my wife and I bought our first MH finally! But first lets rewind. About a year and a half ago, we bought our first home, 2000 square ft absolutely beautiful in a quite dead end neighborhood. I k...
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We built in a subdivision with restrictions because we wanted some kind of protection to our property values against junked up houses. The restrictions are not too hard to follow since our lots are 5+ acres. RV's or boats behind the front line of the house, paved driveways, fences must be painted black, min size square footage, no nusiance type activities, keep front mowed. etc. General things most would agree to.
So we had a guy run his carpet cleaning business out of his house, vans, employees, mess, traffic, etc. Everyone complained so I arranged a meeting for everyone at our local library. Not a single person wanted to make our convenants legal by forming an HOA even though they want people to follow the rules. It does not work that way unless you want to try and enforce them yourself with a lawyer, and not even sure it that would work.
So what this means is our convenants are not worth the paper they are written on even though they are filed in the county clerks office. The only think that is in effect is the county zoning and ordinances. Which is what eventually got rid of the carpet guy, although it took them about a year to shut him down.
And we do have a couple RV's parked in front of peoples homes, even though they have acres of room behind their house, just don't understand why you would want it out front if you have room out of sight.
Not sure what the point of my reply is, other than some basic restrictions can be good for everyone.
So we had a guy run his carpet cleaning business out of his house, vans, employees, mess, traffic, etc. Everyone complained so I arranged a meeting for everyone at our local library. Not a single person wanted to make our convenants legal by forming an HOA even though they want people to follow the rules. It does not work that way unless you want to try and enforce them yourself with a lawyer, and not even sure it that would work.
So what this means is our convenants are not worth the paper they are written on even though they are filed in the county clerks office. The only think that is in effect is the county zoning and ordinances. Which is what eventually got rid of the carpet guy, although it took them about a year to shut him down.
And we do have a couple RV's parked in front of peoples homes, even though they have acres of room behind their house, just don't understand why you would want it out front if you have room out of sight.
Not sure what the point of my reply is, other than some basic restrictions can be good for everyone.
