Three acres? I am so jealous! We're out in Wake County, so we do have some critters, which was a real surprise to me after living in near downtown Greensboro! There is a community lake across the road, but I'd love to own my own!
I can just picture you riding your 3 acres; I'd be pretty full of myself!
And to get around the HOA, I joined! I figured if I was on the board, they can't slip anything by me! All I do is the clubhouse reservations, but I still have a say in decisions -- and I'm sure you know I say what I think.
" There is a community lake across the road, but I'd love to own my own!"
Everybody on a lake out here (northwestern Summerfield, just below Stokesdale) owns part of the lake, with property lines meeting in the middle, underwater. We all help out with keeping it nice, stocking it with grass carp to keep the ugly duck grass out, lowering the water level in the spring so we can work on shoreline landscaping, retaining walls, docks, etcetera. None of the lakes are really large at all; the biggest one is 14 acres, three others between 5 and 7 acres, and numerous small ponds. All the water-breed dogs keep the Canada Geese pretty well run off, so we don't have to deal with the gigantic droppings all over the place, like I've seen on a few golf courses, lol.