My neighborhood is deed restricted but most of the rules are just how to be a good neighbor. Trash cans can only be out from this time to this time. Your grass can’t be over grown. Personally, I like the structure and I like living on a street where everyone agrees we want our immediate environment to look and feel nice. I’ve never heard of anything ever having to be enforced because everyone just does it, and when someone doesn’t, it usually just means they need to be checked on.
The grass thing would frustrate me as someone anti lawn and want to engage in more sustainable alternative methods of maintaining a yard. I also dislike rules on how you can paint your house.
You also have to keep in mind that whoever enforces this stuff can easily go from “neighbors checking in” to “neighborhood nutjob brings a ruler on walks to issue fines” with some changes in neighbors
My neighborhood is deed restricted but most of the rules are just how to be a good neighbor. Trash cans can only be out from this time to this time. Your grass can’t be over grown. Personally, I like the structure and I like living on a street where everyone agrees we want our immediate environment to look and feel nice. I’ve never heard of anything ever having to be enforced because everyone just does it, and when someone doesn’t, it usually just means they need to be checked on.
The grass thing would frustrate me as someone anti lawn and want to engage in more sustainable alternative methods of maintaining a yard. I also dislike rules on how you can paint your house.
You also have to keep in mind that whoever enforces this stuff can easily go from “neighbors checking in” to “neighborhood nutjob brings a ruler on walks to issue fines” with some changes in neighbors
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