Kendall P. Bullen wrote:
My neighbor bought a house in a new community out in the boondocks
with an HOA, but as a new community with very large tracts of land,
everyone has their own architects (maybe even their own builders?).
:-) So everyone has different styles.... Woo-hoo!

Not at all unusual. Having an HOA doesn't mean the designs have to be
"cookie cutter". Virtually every home in our neighborhood was custom
built by different builders, over a long (40 year) period of time.
There aren't two homes that are alike, but they all do have some deed
restricted traits in common such as setback, enclosed garages, paved
driveways, tile roofs, etc.