Watching a house being built
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People are moving in to the house next to that one. They don't have a water view on that side of the street. Sad. I'm thinking of getting a house warming gift for them. What gift says "I'm sorry your house is inferior to mine, but I hope our neighborly friendship can survive your inevitable jealousy"?
@Horace said in Watching a house being built:
They don't have a water view
Just wait until they ask the HOA to remove your trees so they can see the water.
A lady actually wanted to do that here a couple months ago.
I don't think she got very far with it, but be alert.
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@Horace said in Watching a house being built:
They don't have a water view
Just wait until they ask the HOA to remove your trees so they can see the water.
A lady actually wanted to do that here a couple months ago.
I don't think she got very far with it, but be alert.
@Copper said in Watching a house being built:
@Horace said in Watching a house being built:
They don't have a water view
Just wait until they ask the HOA to remove your trees so they can see the water.
A lady actually wanted to do that here a couple months ago.
I don't think she got very far with it, but be alert.
We've been waiting three weeks for permission to put some fruit trees in our backyard. In theory, they could block sight lines from across the street. Maybe some figs for the neighbors will help smooth things over.
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They are going to hog the sky line with about 10 extra feet compared to the two neighboring houses. I’ll have to petition the HOA to have the house torn down, or, as a compromise, have the roof shorn off. Probably easier to do this before the new owners move in. We will see.
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I've been wondering how big that live oak in my front yard will get. I actually have four of them, two in front and two in back, in accordance with HOA rules. I worry about the shade and how I'll grow my fruit trees in back, if they get huge. I guess I can prune if necessary. They are majestic, but I don't think they'll play nice with other smaller trees in their shadow.
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Live oaks get pretty big, but you may be dead and gone before they get to that point.
They can make some pretty lumber, but I wouldn't want to be the poor guy working with it...stuff is hard as a brickbat and tough on tools. And firewood? If you don't have a splitter, I'd just as soon handwork hickory. Nah, I think I'd rather try to split hickory, the grain is usually straighter.
BTW, where you're at, don't be surprised if they start growing some spanish moss.
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Live oaks get pretty big, but you may be dead and gone before they get to that point.
They can make some pretty lumber, but I wouldn't want to be the poor guy working with it...stuff is hard as a brickbat and tough on tools. And firewood? If you don't have a splitter, I'd just as soon handwork hickory. Nah, I think I'd rather try to split hickory, the grain is usually straighter.
BTW, where you're at, don't be surprised if they start growing some spanish moss.
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@Mik said in Watching a house being built:
They grow into gorgeous trees, but slowly. Do you have to have them?
Nope. Just need two "canopy trees" in the front, and two in back. They have a preferred list, but you're also free to ask if you can plant something else. For $50, they will take time out of their busy HOA bureaucrat schedules to probably tell you no, after 30 days.
I am told that the builders choose from this list whatever is cheapest at the wholesale nurseries, at the time they need to plant them.
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I've been wondering how big that live oak in my front yard will get. I actually have four of them, two in front and two in back, in accordance with HOA rules. I worry about the shade and how I'll grow my fruit trees in back, if they get huge. I guess I can prune if necessary. They are majestic, but I don't think they'll play nice with other smaller trees in their shadow.
@Horace said in Watching a house being built:
They are majestic, but I don't think they'll play nice with other smaller trees in their shadow.
More than shade, it might depend on which has the deepest roots.
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@Horace I went ahead and used photoshop to show you what it will look like once they have the roof done.
@89th said in Watching a house being built:
@Horace I went ahead and used photoshop to show you what it will look like once they have the roof done.
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