Yeah it’s California and they are that nuts. My sister lives in a townhouse villa in socal and they making all residents pay $8000 one time fee for a retaining wall restoration or $13000 in monthly installments. This is on top of the outrageous $400 MONTHLY HOH fees.
How come nobody has filed a law suit about their “view shed” being harmed? We passed through the Palmdale area on our trip home and the number of windmills certainly impacted the “vista”. And probably half weren’t turning either.
Never buy a home with vertical property walls UNLESS they are built with rock. Rock is permanent.
Avoid concrete retaining walls as water degrades it. Brick is okay if built like old Roman Appian way at 45 degree undercut.
Think about it, what vertical structures are permanent in nature? Rock. Even bridges require maintenance.