I don't think I would be "approved"...

68TriShield · 03-27-2010, 07:36 PM

to live in a place like this.
I try to be gentle to the environment but I would not want my neighbors for lack of a better term,up my ass like it would be here.

What are your thoughts on this type of living?

http://www.libertyvillage.com/index.html

markem · 03-27-2010, 07:39 PM

I have two different friends who did the build-from-scratch co-housing thing. For one, it wasn't a good fit and they left about 4 years ago. For the other, it has been their dream eden.

It has its pluses and minuses just like anything else.

St. Lou Stu · 03-27-2010, 07:42 PM

Yeah, I really don't like people that much.

pnoon · 03-27-2010, 07:44 PM

Not for me.
I won't buy a home with HOAs let alone this setup. I don't want some strangers making decisions on what I can or cannot do to a home that I own.

replicant_argent · 03-27-2010, 07:46 PM

I would be a great people person if I actually "liked" people. Chances are there would be a Rumble in Brighton when the "co-residents" came after me with pitchforks, a bucket of tar, and a sack of feathers.

bvilchez · 03-27-2010, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by pnoon

Not for me.
I won't buy a home with HOAs let alone this setup. I don't want some strangers making decisions on what I can or cannot do to a home that I own.

Well I bought a home with HOA's and that's enough for me!!!!

Bad enough I can't do anything in my front yard but don't tell me when to cook dinner!!!!

pnoon · 03-27-2010, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by bvilchez

Well I bought a home with HOA's and that's enough for me!!!!

Bad enough I can't do anything in my front yard but don't tell me when to cook dinner!!!!

No $hit.

And what do you say when they hand you kool-aid?

I'm all for a green environment but wow.

captain53 · 03-27-2010, 07:55 PM

1 home with a HOA was one to many f'n bunch of arseholes for me, sold it and moved in 2 years and just the term HOA pisses me off. Life is best in a shack in the middle of 100+ acres surrounded by fences and trees outside of any kind of zoning area......

Smokin Gator · 03-27-2010, 07:58 PM

I'd probably be about as OK as I was were we used to live. When I started making charcoal, burning downed trees, smoking meat every weekend, and shooting a rifle it all went downhill pretty quickly!!

hotreds · 03-27-2010, 07:59 PM

Smoking would be Verboten.

03-27-2010, 08:41 PM

Today...KISS Dinner (6:30 pm - 7:30 pm)

Maybe this place is cooler than it seems?

Blueface · 03-27-2010, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by pnoon

Not for me.
I won't buy a home with HOAs let alone this setup. I don't want some strangers making decisions on what I can or cannot do to a home that I own.

Peter,
It is awful.
Not very many homes one can buy in South Florida without HOA's.
Nazis I tell you!!!

forgop · 03-27-2010, 09:00 PM

Today, I looked up the covenants of the HOA for the house I just bought. This one just baffled me:

"Frequent barking or howling of dogs or annoying behavior of pets to homeowners, can result in the pets being impounded by Animal Control."

Sorry, but if I have my dogs kept in my fenced back yard at all times and animal thinks they're going to step on my property and impound my dogs, the HOA and animal control has another thing coming.

Personally, I like the protection of not living next to Jethro and having his '78 Camaro on blocks in the driveway or that annoying car parked on the street every freaking day.

captain53 · 03-27-2010, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by forgop

Today, I looked up the covenants of the HOA for the house I just bought. This one just baffled me:

"Frequent barking or howling of dogs or annoying behavior of pets to homeowners, can result in the pets being impounded by Animal Control."

Sorry, but if I have my dogs kept in my fenced back yard at all times and animal thinks they're going to step on my property and impound my dogs, the HOA and animal control has another thing coming.

Personally, I like the protection of not living next to Jethro and having his '78 Camaro on blocks in the driveway or that annoying car parked on the street every freaking day.

Give it 6 months, I would take Jethro living in a motorhome on blocks over any a-hole I ever met that was active in a HOA.

forgop · 03-27-2010, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by captain53

Give it 6 months, I would take Jethro living in a motorhome on blocks over any a-hole I ever met that was active in a HOA.

I've been in a HOA for 7+ years now and like I said, it's not great, but I'd rather deal with the HOA than a redneck neighbor operating a car repair shop out of his garage.

Smokin Gator · 03-27-2010, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by forgop

I've been in a HOA for 7+ years now and like I said, it's not great, but I'd rather deal with the HOA than a redneck neighbor operating a car repair shop out of his garage.

To each his own brother... and I know what you are saying. However, I would rather live next door to Jethro who was working than some tight arse who was more concerned with the color of my mailbox.

junkinduck · 03-27-2010, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by forgop

I've been in a HOA for 7+ years now and like I said, it's not great, but I'd rather deal with the HOA than a redneck neighbor operating a car repair shop out of his garage.

I am that redneck neighbor without the running the garage part. I live in the center of 50 acres so nobody much cares if I piss off the porch and shoot big guns in the evening. Don't think I could stand people telling me what I could park in the yard or how many cars, tractors, trucks, jeeps, campers, dogs, cattle, hogs, you get the point.
Back to the rolling rock and oliva.

M1903A1 · 03-27-2010, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Blueface

Peter,
It is awful.
Not very many homes one can buy in South Florida without HOA's.
Nazis I tell you!!!

Just wait'll they tell you not to chuck your plugged cigars in the lake anymore!!

newcigarz · 03-27-2010, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by M1903A1

Just wait'll they tell you not to chuck your plugged cigars in the lake anymore!!

Or roast a pig in your driveway.

icehog3 · 03-27-2010, 10:54 PM

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We put a high priority on listening to each other's point of view & working things out.

Yeah. Ask Klugs how that works out.

03-27-2010, 07:36 PM	#1
68TriShield Got Torque? Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dave Location: Maryland Posts: 7,194 Trading: (40)	I don't think I would be "approved"... to live in a place like this. I try to be gentle to the environment but I would not want my neighbors for lack of a better term,up my ass like it would be here. What are your thoughts on this type of living? http://www.libertyvillage.com/index.html

03-27-2010, 07:39 PM	#2
markem Bunion Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mark Location: Second Star on the Right Posts: 22,621 Trading: (47)	Re: I don't think I would be "approved"... I have two different friends who did the build-from-scratch co-housing thing. For one, it wasn't a good fit and they left about 4 years ago. For the other, it has been their dream eden. It has its pluses and minuses just like anything else. __________________ I refuse to belong to any organization that would have me as a member. ~ Groucho Marx

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pnoon YNWA Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Peter Location: San Diego Posts: 29,919 Trading: (20)	Re: I don't think I would be "approved"... Not for me. I won't buy a home with HOAs let alone this setup. I don't want some strangers making decisions on what I can or cannot do to a home that I own. __________________ Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. -John Wooden

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captain53 Have My Own Room Join Date: Jul 2009 First Name: Dave Location: Lake of the Ozarks & Austin, TX Posts: 1,333 Trading: (3)	Re: I don't think I would be "approved"... 1 home with a HOA was one to many f'n bunch of arseholes for me, sold it and moved in 2 years and just the term HOA pisses me off. Life is best in a shack in the middle of 100+ acres surrounded by fences and trees outside of any kind of zoning area......

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Smokin Gator Just plain insane! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Swamp Posts: 6,237 Trading: (106)	Re: I don't think I would be "approved"... I'd probably be about as OK as I was were we used to live. When I started making charcoal, burning downed trees, smoking meat every weekend, and shooting a rifle it all went downhill pretty quickly!! __________________ Check out the Cigar Asylum Newbie Sampler Trade

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03-27-2010, 08:41 PM	#11
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03-27-2010, 09:00 PM	#13
forgop Not a puffer Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Duane Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 2,869 Trading: (40)	Re: I don't think I would be "approved"... Today, I looked up the covenants of the HOA for the house I just bought. This one just baffled me: "Frequent barking or howling of dogs or annoying behavior of pets to homeowners, can result in the pets being impounded by Animal Control." Sorry, but if I have my dogs kept in my fenced back yard at all times and animal thinks they're going to step on my property and impound my dogs, the HOA and animal control has another thing coming. Personally, I like the protection of not living next to Jethro and having his '78 Camaro on blocks in the driveway or that annoying car parked on the street every freaking day.