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Need to make sure HOA is satisfied with lawn no more than that.
Comments (15)Reelfanatic--Most of the people who post here are lawn fanatics of one sort or another. I'm one of the "another" types. I live in desert conditions, but KBG is the most prevalent grass. I think that's wasteful and eventually unsustainable. I'm still fanatic about my lawn, but I'm fanatic about getting a lawn that will use very little water. My goals are different from the OP's goals, but much of what I've learned will apply. David--I don't think KBG will be a good choice in this instance because the OP is in Colorado and doesn't want to water. Colorado doesn't get enough water for KBG to survive, much less spread. In a post on the Rocky Mountain forum, I suggested a mix that was developed by a Utah company as a cabin mix. It's a mixture of sheep fescue, crested wheatgrass and streambank wheatgrass. The sheep fescue is a bunchgrass, but will tiller aggressively if it's mowed. Most crested wheatgrasses are bunch grasses, but the one in this mix is rhizomatous. Streambank wheatgrass is also rhizomatous. This mix won't produce a showcase lawn, but it will produce a lawn that will live with no irrigation in Colorado and will stay green if it's watered a couple of times a month....See MoreHOA-Texas legistration
Comments (9)Mine threatened me with restraining order if I beautify the park across the street from me even though the previous board asked me to plant trees. All I wanted was look after them to make sure they survive, etc. Wanted to replace this tree with another tree but they wouldn't. They'd rather spend hundreds of dollars to plant a tree. I had planted a bunch of small trees for less than 100 dollars and most have outgrown large ones that HOA spend maybe a thousand of dollars. Oh well. It used to treeless park and no one was really doing anything. It was sad looking......See MoreLease Agreements and Pets
Comments (11)I've only rented with cats, but in buildings that allowed dogs. Many had a weight limit for the dogs--say 25 or 30 pounds. In my experience, really small dogs can be very, very yappy. Constantly yappy. It's a quieter bark than a German Shepherd's, for example, but it is still a bark. I stopped living in large apartment buildings that allowed dogs because despite rules to the contrary, many of the dog owners "walked" their dogs along the front walk and parking lot and never picked up the poop. The urine smell on hot summer days was disgusting. I would say meet the owners of the pet. See how they stack up as reliable people. Meeting the dog in their current home is a great idea. You'll at least get a feel for how much it barks when a stranger comes to the door, and how well the owners have the dog under control. The idea of renting month to month is also a good one. Do carefully check the laws in your state regarding this. But you could offer to rent to tenants with a dog on a month to month basis. Usually, all you have to do is give the tenant 30 days notice that you will not be renewing their tenancy, and they have to leave. You could give them a 3 month trial on a month to month lease, and then, if the dog is quiet, offer them a year long lease. And you can make it a stipulation in the lease that they can't get another dog while they are tenants in your apartment. That way, they can't move in and then get another dog that is a barker. These days, I tend to rent from small landlords that own one or two rental properties. I arrange to meet them and see the apartment, and show them that I will be a good responsible tenant. Then I tell them I have two well-behaved cats that would be moving with me. I offer to get a vet certificate for them and to pay an additional pet security deposit. This has always worked for me....See MoreMust have Blinds due to HOA
Comments (35)The HOA specifies the vertical blinds. The HOA CAN NOT specify you keep the blinds closed....or open. !!! So. OPEN them fully, yank to the sides, and all you see is glass. Get curtains with a white lining and HANG them Get enough fullness in them to close attractively over the entire glass. Presto. You will not know the blinds are there. The HOA may not decorate your living room or any other room INSIDE. You former "adorable" window treatments had no lining, and were a very obvious rule deviation from the outside. And perhaps not as adorable outside, as inside.....where they were not actually as they had no fullness to speak of. The pattern may have tripped you up. Their choice in coverings is in fact dated and ugly. BUT there is a case for unity on windows in complexes of this sort. Drive by a place with no rules............it can get pretty darn ugly. So. You must LINE what you install. White or whatever color faces the street at your condo complex when blinds are closed. Line the curtains. Bonus? When you close those blinds.......you won't see them at all, and that will be ALL the HOA sees.............and imagine below with everyone has something different at the windows. The result of that can read as a tenement. : ( Hence, the RULE....See Moreloto1953
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