[top 2 toe red]

I take it you have been in your Seattle property for a long time...but, surely you must know that MOST property on the Eastside REQUIRES membership in a HOA.</P>

After 3 years in Seattle, we decided we preferred Eastside living, even with the restriction of HOA...better than Capitol Hill living in OHO!

[Steve_Seattle]

I take it you have been in your Seattle property for a long time...but, surely you must know that MOST property on the Eastside REQUIRES membership in a HOA.

I'm actually in Shoreline, since 1983; I grew up in Seattle proper. The only HOA community that I was aware of was Mill Creek, where my sister almost moved, but declined because of the HOA stuff. But I guess you're right - a lot of these new East Side, quasi-country club developments probably have HOA rules.