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[Eeestll]

Any suggestion as to how I should choose/submit my new house colors so that the process of getting approved doesn't take 1 year? Keeping it the same color is not an option, as this is the one thing we just didn't like about the house.

Should I present a couple of alternatives to my main choice or something?

[mylo]

Present 5 options. Make 3 of them absolutely fugly, 1 the one you want, and the other an "acceptable alternative" to you. You'll end up with a 50/50 chance between the two colors you want

[Kirah]

Any suggestion as to how I should choose/submit my new house colors so that the process of getting approved doesn't take 1 year? Keeping it the same color is not an option, as this is the one thing we just didn't like about the house.

Should I present a couple of alternatives to my main choice or something?

Eeestll,

I don't know how to tell you this....but you can't change your colors.....your not allowed per HOA rules. You can paint but it has to be the same color....and they are watching...trust me. It's in that giant handbook...unless have changed their mind in the last year....I would call and ask but I am telling you....it has to stay the same color. Don'tcha just love the Parkway.

[Eeestll]

Kirah,

As per the guidelines, I can change if it is approved. It just needs to blend in with my street.
So instead of having this pinkish main color, I should be able to pick the color a neighbor has and it should be fine. I reconfirmed this with the lady at the office.

[FolsomLender]

I like mylo's idea of the real bad picks along with the color you really want. You've got the somewhat pink color... GREAT! I landed the purple accent ...Woo Hoo... Who ever thought pink and purple were colors to use on a house? Makes me wonder if the local painters reccommended these goof ball colors to insure some future business.

[watstein]

Kirah,

As per the guidelines, I can change if it is approved. It just needs to blend in with my street.
So instead of having this pinkish main color, I should be able to pick the color a neighbor has and it should be fine. I reconfirmed this with the lady at the office.

It isn't pink I thought that also but acutally its called Navaho White which depending on how the light hits it is between light brown, pink and also off white. I also don't like the color because my next door neighbor and almost everyone around me is the same color.

[john]

What would they do if you just painted it? Just curious. We don't have a HOA in Prairie Oaks...

[mylo]

What would they do if you just painted it? Just curious. We don't have a HOA in Prairie Oaks...

Economic and trade sanctions.

The ice cream man won't even stop in front of your place.

[watstein]

What would they do if you just painted it? Just curious. We don't have a HOA in Prairie Oaks...

It would be a witch hunt and burning at our association clubhouse.

[DalOwnerX3]

What would they do if you just painted it? Just curious. We don't have a HOA in Prairie Oaks...

They called it a blight, invoke eminent domain and replace it with a Starbucks.

[Terry]

What would they do if you just painted it? Just curious. We don't have a HOA in Prairie Oaks...

Seriouslly, if you just painted it, the association would issue a notice that would require "corrective action" within a specified period of time (usually 30 days). If not done in that time, they could puruse other action including having a contractor repaint it and putting a lien on the home for the cost of that repainting. Not that The Parkway Association would do that, but that would be their process under the HOA agreement you signed.

[bishmasterb]

Economic and trade sanctions.

The ice cream man won't even stop in front of your place.

We have an ice cream man!?

It would be a witch hunt and burning at our association clubhouse.

We have a clubhouse too!?

[watstein]

We have an ice cream man!?



We have a clubhouse too!?

Ok by clubhouse I ment stone house were the association office is. Don't make me get technical. (GEESH)

[bishmasterb]

Ok by clubhouse I ment stone house were the association office is. Don't make me get technical. (GEESH)

Oh man, I was all ready to play a mean game of Canasta or Bridge with some nice old ladies...

[mylo]

Oh man, I was all ready to play a mean game of Canasta or Bridge with some nice old ladies...

Maybe the nice old ladies in the association office would like to play Bridge, ever think of that Bish?