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Originally Posted by jhynesrockmtn
I grew up in a planned neighborhood with pretty strong HOA's that was started in the 60's. One of the requirements was that all houses had to be roofed with cedar shakes. My kindergarten teachers family roofed their new home in asphalt shingles. The HOA took them to court and they lost and ended up having to re-roof their brand new home. Buy a house with rules and play by them I guess.
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One of my friends live in a area that required wood shake shingles. He tried to do something different and his own lawyer told him he is going to lose. So he paid for the new shake roof. A few years later the fire storms started in that area. A few houses burned because of the shingles catching fire so easily. The county changed the law, shakes were no longer allowed on repairs. So a few years later he got the roof he wanted.
In many neighborhoods I have driven through I see the almost obligatory basketball goal in the driveway. Most of the time, it has been there for many years, and not used. It is in disrepair, and a real eyesore. The pole is bent, and rusty, the hoop is bent down and the youngest child at the household is college age, so it has not been played with in years.
I bet your friend bought into the neighborhood and was given the association rules before she bought.