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wdfifteen,

My older brother went thru exactly what you are experiencing now. He loved his neighborhood, neighbors, etc, then it started changing and some people moved out, and others moved in. He even spent a ton of money adding onto his house (3 story addition including the basement).

He ended up getting a house in a gated community across the street from a small Christian College and next the limited access neighborhood my house is in. There were only two lots in the gated community that hadn't been built yet and they backed up to my property. He bought a house across the street from those two, talked his father-in-law into buying one of the lots, and another company stockholder into buying the other. They put a gate in my back fence that goes to their gated community so we have like a commune going on.

Some of the things they really like is the Neighborhod association maintains everything except for the house itself. And they alway do the lawns on a Thursday during working hours.

Because he had to go thru and make a few changes to his current house before he sold it, he decided to make all he changes they wanted before moving into the new one. And yes there plan is to be drug out by their feet on this one.

The only thing I didn't think was smart is that it is a two story house. But the upstairs is the two guest bedrooms each with their own bath and a sitting room so guests can have their own space. So at least him and his wife don't have to worry about stairs. Everything else is on the ground floor including master suite and an office for both him and his wife.