Walaby wrote:
Im sure most folks know there is a difference between a neighborhood that has an HOA, and a neighborhood that has a covenants . My neighborhood, as an example, has a covenants , but did NOT have an HOA. We ended up establishing an HOA when the developer tried to sell a section off to another developer, and that developer wanted to change the zoning to allow duplexes. We formed an HOA and fought it, and the developer that wanted to buy decided to give up.
Only point Im making is you can have covenants that you may not be knowledgeable of, if you don't have an HOA. Once our issue came about, I learned about several covenants issues I wasn't particularly keen on.
So, just because there's no HOA, doesn't mean there's no covenants.
Mike
The opposite situation can also occur where you have an active HOA (still responsible for maintaining common property, etc) but where the convenants have expired. I live in one like this.
Fred