Ed_Gee wrote:
Given the additional info the OP has posted, it sounds like everyone is making a mountain out of a mole hill. The lady merely indicated she would wishes she didn't have to see it when upstairs .... nothing else, apparently. I live in an exact same situation as the OP is looking at... a neighborhood in which the developer created CC&Rs that everyone had to sign off on when buying. Fortunately, no HOA was ever created.... and thus, many people in the neighborhood have violated those CC&Rs ... boats, RVs, ham radio antennas, even the color of the houses. There is no enforcement, and never will be. If an individual in the neighborhood wants to create a fuss over something, he would have to hire a lawyer ... and no guarantees there, too. I suspect if the OP is nice to his neighbor across the street she'll get used to it.
This isn't the real world here on rvnet though. Half the people responding probably are their neighborhood Kravitz's. Others care far too much what their neighbors think and the OP hasn't even determined if the CC&Rs are enforceable or even in effect any longer.
And then there's the "better than you" crowd here. "Well I live in the country on acreage....etc etc"
But that doesn't make the OP wrong for wanting to be in a subdivision....for whatever reason.
Until you know there's an issue, don't make it an issue...
Once you've verified, then take action. Either way.
