I am from Wilmington, NC. Quite a few years ago, some gay guys wanted to put siding on their home, which was in the "historic district". They were prohibited because the "commission" didn't want siding (although there were LOTS of houses in the area with siding). The results were interesting to say the least. The owners did some research, on the period in which the home was built, and painted it with seven or eight different VIVID colors. It was deliberately patterned after a Victorian BAWDYHOUSE...
The commission tried to defeat their scheme, but the house was painted pink, purple, teal, etc...
ROTFLMAO! Pretty funny, but I don't find the 'offenders' in this case to be quite as sympathetic as the lady in the article here....it sounds as though they were intentionally trying to 'stick it' to their neighbors out of malice....I wouldn't want to be living in an area where everyone hated me, but that is apparently what they wanted and is most likely what they got out of the deal, as well as an ugly house.
...s well as an ugly house.The house was actually quite attractive, but not my style. I built a house nearby, for some of their friends, but ended up with lap WOOD siding, instead of vinyl. We had quite a time getting the commissions approval, because they wanted the lot left empty (the house next door belonged to one of the "commissioners").
You had to be there...
My post was as much about the "hysterical "commissions assinity, as it was about the HOA's and her neighbor's in the article. There are always people who think they know more (than you) about what is good for you. In the old days, they were just called busy-bodies...
It's sorta like all the the goody-goodys, here on FR, telling the pot smokers they should all burn in hell! They probably sit at the computer with a beer in one hand...
