I was traveling down a Santa Monica residental street the other day where they are tearing down many small older homes and replacing with beautiful two story twenty-six hundred square feet homes. Not much lot left, but these homes that are scattered down the blocks are lovely. And for those who do not care about much yard, they are a great deal.. Usually you see two or three grouped together. I travel this residential street quite often and you can imagine my shock when I came across one of the new homes and it had been painted a very bright lavender or light purple, whichever describes it best for you. Can you imagine if you were on of the three neighbors that had just purchased one of these new $900,000 Santa Monica homes. Believe me it is a real eye sore….. Bring on some CC&Rs!
I have lived under two different Home Owners association. One was a small mountain Home Development and the other was a 500 unit condo complex. I had no problems, and I liked the idea of some control on outside décor. And yard maintenance.
One of the downsides is that may of the board positions are held by volunteers. This is good, except the same people seem to hold the positions for years. And often get a little power hungry. So what we need to do if we are in a homeowners association of a sort is be a little generous with our time and become a member of the board ourselves, attend meeting and like every other civic duties become involved in your neighborhood.
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