[rightly_dividing]

I had heard the stories of HOA's that would not allow parking on the grass or even in the driveway, only in the garage. We are fortunate to have an easy going one. The rules here are not too bad. They mainly want to know in advance of any fences or changes to the footprint of the house or outbuildings, and to keep new structures the proper distance from the street or property line. All the HOA's in Houston just struck me as diametrically opposite of the freedoms usually associated with Texas. We are blessed with larger yards here than in Houston. There they would use as a selling feature, a large yard at 7000sq ft. Some yards did not have access for a vehicle to enter the back yard. We are blessed to have 2/3 acre where we are, about what we had inside the city in Mobile.

We really like it here, but Texas really is a whole 'nother world from life in the south, where the only HOA's are in the very richest neighborhoods behind brick walls, with guarded entrances.

[Arrowhead1952]

They mainly want to know in advance of any fences or changes to the footprint of the house or outbuildings, and to keep new structures the proper distance from the street or property line.

That is about the same we have here. Being on a golf course, you have to have a 50% see through fence that cannot be over four feet tall and outdoor structures must be set 25' from the property line.

[Sarajevo]

We really like it here, but Texas really is a whole 'nother world from life in the south, where the only HOA's are in the very richest neighborhoods behind brick walls, with guarded entrances.

(Thread drift Alert!)I got saddled with an HOA when I bought my piece of serenity also. It's actually become fun to tell them to F.O. in various ways. I actually dare my HOA to push their limits.

(Note to self - this isn't about gardening.)