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Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Can HOA take away my yard?
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:08:48 -0400

D. Gerasimatos wrote:
> In article ,
> CL (dnoyeB) Gilbert  wrote:
> 
>>Well my point was that is not visibly pleasing.  and detracts from the 
>>feel of a neighborhood.  In Detroit where there are tons of homes, they 
>>always try to knock down a whole neighborhood at once and upgrade together.
> 
> 
> 
> I find it visibly unpleasing when all of the houses are the same, as in
> tract homes. A neighborhood with lots of houses of differing sizes
> and shapes enhances the feel of a neighborhood from my point of view.
> I wouldn't point to Detroit as a model for redevelopment, by the way! :)
> 
> 
> Dimitri
> 

Nobody is saying that the houses should look the same in a neighbood. In 
fact all decent sized builders let you choose from a number of models. 
They can even make same model homes look very different if two 
neighbours choose the same model.

The point is that a few $100,000 homes mixed in a $500,000 homes make 
the community less appearing, and affect the property values. You also 
feel more secure and comfortable when your neighbors are similar