[Mishmash] New Homeowner

[fatkinson at mishmash.com]

Dick,

     The good thing is that I don't have an HOA in my neighborhood (hooray!).

     No, I'm not planning to go to Dayton.  I went once when I lived in
Indianapolis.  It was so crowded that you had to stand in line to see
each vendor's booth.  So I decided against going again.

     It may be the biggest.  But I've been to better.

     73,



                                         Fred, WB4AEJ

> Requiring building permits for towers (at least those over a certain
> height) isn't unusual. Plus you may need
> FAA permission if the tower is high enough and you're close enough to
> an air field. Those are at least
> predictable: You know what the rules are before you start and you
> either agree to meet them or not.
>
> The real problem of course is the How Owners' Associations (HOA). You
> know about that one but the other
> Mishmashers may not be aware that HOAs have been a thorn in the side
> of hams for years. More and more
> developments have them, and they often have arbitrary authority to
> forbid outside antennas. The FCC put in
> place a rule a few years ago that prohibits them from meddling with a
> home owner's right to put up a TV
> antenna, but ham antennas, CB antennas, shortwave listeners' antennas
> and the like are fair game to the
> HOA bureaucrats.
>
> One local ham recently explained his method of dealing with the
> problem: He has some wire antennas in place.
> If the HOA gives him any flak, he'll take them down, and put up the
> biggest, nastiest and ugliest TV antenna he
> can build right in front of his property where everybody has to look
> at it every day.
>
> He's had no problems with the HOA.
>
> Some local governments have another way of dealing with people who
> let their grass and weeds grow too high.
> They send their own crew to cut the stuff, and then send you the bill.
>
> Going to Dayton this year?
>
> 73,
>
> Dick
>
>
>
> At 04:31 PM 4/22/2013, you wrote:
>>Dick,
>>
>>      The dimensions on the yard are 100' wide by approximately 200'
>> long.
>>It is not perfectly rectangular, though.
>>
>>      There is a work shop out near the back of the property.  It doesn't
>>have electricity or it might make a good ham shack.  But I've got a
>>ham buddy here who is a retired electrician.  He says he might be
>>willing to help me run power to it from the house.  As long as we dig
>>a trench, I'd run telephone wire and an Internet run out there as
>>well.
>>
>>      I was amazed at what it appraised for after we settled on a price
>> for
>>the house.  It appraised at $18k more than I am paying for it.  After
>>the ten per cent down payment, it left me with a pretty substantial
>>equity just to begin with.
>>
>>      As far as putting up antenna towers (or flagpoles, for that
>> matter),
>>you need a permit from the city or county to do it in this area.  The
>>reason is that the winds are very strong around here and we have them
>>from time to time (sixty mph is not unusual).  They usually want them
>>to be strong enough to withstand ninety or one hundred mph winds.
>>
>>      The police have a Code Enforcement department.  If you let your
>> grass
>>grow and look ratty, you'll probably get a knock on your door.  If
>>you are a repeat offender, they will probably issue you a citation.
>>
>>      And if you put up any signs that don't meet the code, or make any
>>changes that don't meet the code, you'll probably get cited as well.
>>
>>      Hope all is well with you, Dick.
>>
>>      Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>>                                               Fred
>>
>> > Congratulations, Fred. Looks like a nice place.  I'm amazed at the
>> > difference in prices between a nice house like yours and
>> > what the same thing would cost around here.
>> >
>> > Room for antennas in back, I assume?
>> >
>> > Dick
>> >
>> >
>> > At 12:26 PM 4/22/2013, you wrote:
>> >>Greetings, everyone.
>> >>
>> >>      I wanted everyone to know that as of Friday, I am a new
>> homeowner.
>> >>
>> >>      I got the keys on Friday just after they got me listed as the
>> owner
>> >>of the property in the county records office.  And I had a great
>> >>moving crew that got me moved right in.
>> >>
>> >>      Of course, everything is still stacked in the living room.  But
>> I
>> >>will get there some way.
>> >>
>> >>      If you want to look at the house, check this:
>> >>http://lascruces.paragonrels.com/publink/default.aspx?GUID=456b90e
>> e-032f-46d0-b861-d8e05c4e4e00&Report=Yes
>> >>
>> >>      Regards,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>                                                 Fred
>> >>
>> >>
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