Tim
First, I did not write what you've attributed to me.
Second, I always prefer to buy without covenants.
Third, shame on you and your advisors.......RE agents,
etc. for not checking on covenants first, before you made
a commitment.
Lastly, as I said above, I always prefer to buy without covenants, BUT I
also agree with the actual writer's comments you've mistakenly attributed to
me..that is,
if they want to band together and create covenants, then that's OK with me.
That is THEIR freedom to do so, just as it's MY freedom to not associate
within their group.
Now, let's go back to "shop talk".
Steve Hammatt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
To: "Shop Talk" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 7:01 AM
Subject: RE: Pioneer Steel Buildings
>
> Steve Hammatt wrote:
> >
> > I'm sure we could get into a long debate over covenants
> > vs. freedoms, but true freedom allows you to choose to
> > band together with like-minded individuals to carve out
> > a lifestyle that is pleasing to you.
>
> I would tend to disagree with you on this one.
>
> When I moved to this area (job transfer), we almost were forced into
> buying a place with the restrictive covenants. There were almost no
> choices in buy a house without them. We had made a bid on a house, and
> were about to sign the papers, when we found out about the covenants -
> nobody bothered to mention them to us. By that point, we would have
> been forced to accept the restrictions, or lose a great deal of money -
> luckily, the bid was rejected instead. We kept looking, and finally
> found an old neighborhood that had no homeowner's association, and no
> restrictive covenants.
>
> The really odd thing about the whole situation, is that our old "free"
> neighborhood, is better "kept" than many of the home owner controlled
> neighborhoods in the area. Nobody in the neighborhood objects to my car
> hobby, and often they ask for help fixing their cars...
>
> Tim Mullen
>
> Chantilly, VA
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