Could you define "Ranch Like Setting" (referring to a home)
 

Friends,

Looking at the HOA documents I see a reference that my house has to be a "ranch like setting". There is no further description to this.

All homes around are "mediterranean" style.

THANKS!

Rather vague. In CA that would probably be interpreted as low fences, large yard areas, single story homes, wide streets and maybe no sidewalks. Probably garages would be behind or at least along side the home. Never in front of the front door.

Just a guess from working in those kinds of areas for years. We have several tracts that have connecting horse trails at the rear of the properties.

That is how I read it. The HOA reads it as no contemporary architecture yet all homes built are "mediterranean".....

Hey, maybe all those homes ARE ranch-like homes...in the Mediterrenean. "Contemporary" might have meant to exclude modern/post-modern/deconstructivist type homes.

Here in Cali, "ranch" (at least by how realtors seem to use the term) is meant pretty close to what Milt described. Single story.

True dat Noah

Horse in the front yard?
4 generations of rusty pickups left where they died?
Archery range?
Old toilet planter box?

Ever been to Rio Linda, CA? Lots of "ranches" there.
Or were they thinking more along the lines of South Fork?

I'd say that requirement is open to a LOT of interpretation.

Chickens. Every ranch has chickens.

Dat be true.

And a reproduction spinning wheel from the Betsy Ross Early American furniture store.

Yard smells like cow poo...

Yea, the opening scene of the movie Twister is a ranch in the evening and the chickens are in the yard. Whatever writer set that up was NEVER on a real ranch. Chickens out at night, yea right.

You guys are funny, thanks for the (much needed) laugh.

The dox read "ranch like setting where individuality in design is expected. No two homes to be alike and setbacks to vary lot by lot".

There are a ton of "mediterranean palazzo types", a couple of plantation homes, an atomic ranch and I'm trying to build contemporary.

Let's see how it goes but going against the grain is always hard.

That might be called a 'farm setting' in parts o' Idaho. . .

Then you need a contemporary spinning wheel.

http://www.mielkesfarm.com/images/babes/babes.2.jpg

barbed wire and BS ??

john deere mail box?

sounds like bull crap

above ground swimming pool full of vegetable dip

To me, "ranch" brings to mind horse poop and rattlesnakes. I think they want you to make your place look like there might be a lot of horse poop and rattlesnakes around.

a nicely rounded lady wearing Daisy Dukes in the yard?