All properties in our community are subject to deed restrictions, which are strictly enforced by the association’s management company under the direction of the Board of Directors. If you get a letter from our management company, then that means that they have identified some violation on your property, and are asking that you get it resolved.

 

The most common violations are pretty easily resolved. Mowing your lawn; edging along the driveway or the curb line; storing your garbage cans out of sight – those kinds of things. And we do ask that you don’t store a boat or other recreational or inoperable vehicle in your driveway, or within view of the street.

 

There are others, more difficult to resolve. Things such as structures that are too tall – a shed, for example – that will have to be removed; or a sub-standard roof. Those require pretty extreme measures to resolve, and usually involve a lot of money. The best way to avoid this situation is to contact the management company before beginning any architectural activity. They can guide you on the correct materials and process.

 

The biggest reason that communities like ours adopt Deed Restrictions is to protect the value of the property within the community. You may think that boats, garbage cans, broken fence pickets, and the like are nit-picky, but study after study has shown that aggressive enforcement of these things helps maintain – and in most cases, increase – the property values. And since our homes are often our single largest investments, we know that most of us want to see that investment protected.

 

All these restrictions generally fall into two main categories as follows: