We built our house in 2007 in a downtown development. At the time we built, the covenants did not allow a boat to be stored outside but also stated that the developer was to provide onsite secure storage. We were told we could park our boat in the side yard behind our brick fence until such time a storage facility was provided. Well, the developer sold out to one of the Mega builders and they changed the covenants and removed any mention of providing on site storage.
Today we get a letter from the new Developer that we are in violation of the covenants and have 10 days to move my boat. It is behind a brick fence and barely visible from the road and has a cover on it, but none of that matters. One of my fishing buddies is an attorney and I am going to meet with him to see if I have any recourse.
In the meantime I guess I am in the market for some type secure storage for my boat.
If it would fit in the garage we could put in in there but it is longer than the garage so that is not an alternative.
When we lived in the country we had not HOA and our weird neighbor's boy friend parked an old RV up at the road next to the corner of our property an lived in it for a year. Nothing we could do since there were no restrictions to prevent it. Now we have restrictions designed to protect property values and it has bitten me in the rear.
Sorry for the rant, just really PO'ed since the boat has been there for 8 years and all of a sudden it is a problem.
SeaRay