Steve Hammatt wrote:
>
> I'm sure we could get into a long debate over covenants
> vs. freedoms, but true freedom allows you to choose to
> band together with like-minded individuals to carve out
> a lifestyle that is pleasing to you.
I would tend to disagree with you on this one.
When I moved to this area (job transfer), we almost were forced into
buying a place with the restrictive covenants. There were almost no
choices in buy a house without them. We had made a bid on a house, and
were about to sign the papers, when we found out about the covenants -
nobody bothered to mention them to us. By that point, we would have
been forced to accept the restrictions, or lose a great deal of money -
luckily, the bid was rejected instead. We kept looking, and finally
found an old neighborhood that had no homeowner's association, and no
restrictive covenants.
The really odd thing about the whole situation, is that our old "free"
neighborhood, is better "kept" than many of the home owner controlled
neighborhoods in the area. Nobody in the neighborhood objects to my car
hobby, and often they ask for help fixing their cars...
Tim Mullen
Chantilly, VA
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