Exactly!
Looking through this thread, I see (time and again) that the people that are
either mistrustful of HOA's or outright hostile to the idea of them don't
live in an area with covenants and HOA's.
Good!
Having read some earlier posts by some of the people posting that are the
most dead-set against the idea, I know of two that actually live in mobile
homes. (Great post on how to get good AM signal inside the metal shell,
BTW). I have nothing against house trailers -- I rented one for two years
when I was in college. However, I do think SOME of these posters are hardly
authorities on keeping up property values in upscale neighborhoods.
In this case, one size doesn't fit all -- HOA's are most definitely NOT for
everybody -- particularly people that think that rules should apply to
everyone but themselves. However, just because they're not a good fit for
you, doesn't mean they're not a good thing for others. Don't like 'em --
don't move here -- that simple.
I chose to build in my particular neighborhood precisely because of the
covenants. We built the third house in our neighborhood, and we needed to
be sure that the rest of our subdivision would be comparable homes. Six
years later, we've got a great neighborhood and our house has increased in
value substantially.
Your mileage may vary.
-- Stinger
"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
et...
"Midwest Kid" wrote:
My county just east of Indy has plenty of
non CC&R neighborhoods. (snip)
I worked in Indianapolis several years ago (as a security specialist for
DFAS in what was once Ft. Ben Harrision). Since the DoD supplied our
residence, we were not personally affected by CC&R's. However, we did
casually look into purchasing a house with the idea of possibly making
that
area our home. During that process, we ran into several houses with CC&R's
(especially in the north-eastern part of town). But, on the south side of
town, none of the houses had a CC&R. That has probably changed today. But
I
don't doubt the mostly open, mostly country, areas east of Indy are still
relatively free of CC&R's.
Dwight Stewart (W5NET)
http://www.qsl.net/w5net/