On Sat 20 Dec 2008 10:34:03a, Scott told us...

On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:02:31 GMT, in alt.home.repair, Plebe
wrote:

On Sat 20 Dec 2008 01:46:48a, Too_Many_Tools told us...
I will NEVER..NEVE..NEVER live where I have to deal with a HOA.

Then those of us who prefer some order and civility in our "controlled"
neighborhoods won't have to put up with the likes of you. We should
both be happy! :-)

I live in a 1960s era subdivision with no HOA. It's a pretty nice
neighborhood, most everyone takes reasonable care of their house and
yard.

The city has ordinances about the basics, keeping up your yard, not
being a junkyard, not parking on the grass, etc. No nosy nitpicky crap
about how tall the grass must be, what color the house can be, what you
can park in your driveway, etc. There are RVs and boats parked here and
there, there's at least one house painted yellow and purple (that's
mine!), yards range from bowling greens to waterless desertscapes. It's
an interesting neighborhood with lots of variety. I'm OK with how my
neighbors keep their property, and they're OK with how I keep mine. As
it should be.

I wouldn't be happy if my neighbors were trailer trash, but they're not.
I also wouldn't be happy with neighbors who NEEDED to have an HOA
FORCING them to act like decent neighbors...mine manage to do it all on
their own. I like that.

You are fortunate. What you describe is certainly reasonable and
acceptable.