dfl
Posts:115
 | | 05/20/2008 2:04 PM |
 Alert | I found out (check out Home & Garden thread) that The Villages have a clause for coach lights written into there HOAs ($25 fine) and was wondering if that could be done for us? I would love it our community would have the coach lights turned on nightly. Any thoughts? | | | |
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Tio Junior
Posts:172
| | 05/20/2008 3:26 PM |
Alert | | Problem is - not everyone has coach lights. | | | |
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dfl
Posts:115
| | 05/20/2008 5:00 PM |
Alert | but the majority do.... i'm in phase 2
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Tio Junior
Posts:172
| | 05/20/2008 9:57 PM |
Alert | I think it's a good idea, but how many people would complain that they have to spend the extra money using their electricity to keep their coach lights on all night yet their neighbor's who don't have any coach lights don't have to pay anything and they get the benefits?
If you are concerned with safety and light on your street, I would put together a block watch or get all of your neighbors to agree to leave their coach lights on at night. The HOA I don't think will touch this topic unless all home owners had coach lights and could participate equally. | | | |
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RichTig
Posts:0
| | 05/21/2008 6:04 AM |
Alert | In the Villages, the coach lights are operated by a photo-cell. They don't not have a switch that can be turned off/on manually. The $25 fine is to make sure people replace the bulbs when they burn out. | | | |
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High i
Posts:120
| | 05/21/2008 6:09 PM |
Alert | | I can't say that I like the idea. IMO, there are plenty of lights around to see where you are going. I would prefer that more people turned them off or set them up as motion lights instead of leaving them on constantly. I like to sit in my backyard and look up and actually see stars instead of a brightly lit sky from the ground up. | | | |
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pissedparent
Posts:233
| | 05/22/2008 9:18 PM |
Alert | I'm in phase 1 and hardly anyone has lights, its pitch black and I cant tell how many cars I have almost hit because they park on the street. PS...the bill hardley goes up from coach lights. | | | |
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Tio Junior
Posts:172
| | 05/23/2008 12:32 AM |
Alert | You can't tell how many cars you almost hit because its pitch black and cars are parked on the street? I'm not trying to be mean, but I really don't understand your post?
I guess it depends on how many coach lights you have on the front of your house and how many watts are in each bulb. I have 7 bulbs on the front of my house and they range from 60-100 watts and I would guess if I had them on for 12 hours a night every night of the week that the impact to my electric bill would be more than you think (I usually keep at least 3 or 4 on all night but not all 7). If I had 2 bulbs like most people do, I would agree that the electric bill would hardly go up. | | | |
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pissedparent
Posts:233
| | 05/24/2008 7:25 PM |
Alert | | We have 3 on the front, 100 watt florescent that go on and off automatically. | | | |
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Reagan
Posts:697
| | 05/25/2008 7:20 AM |
Alert | | We would like to put a timer on our lights. What kind of timer do you have? I assume it wasn't builder installed because I don't believe it was an option, thru Pulte at least. Is the timer on the switch or something on the light itself? Please let me know, Thanks! | |
Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.
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AzSandSlinger
Posts:523
| | 05/25/2008 10:06 AM |
Alert | Posted By Reagan on 05/25/2008 7:20 AM
We would like to put a timer on our lights. What kind of timer do you have? I assume it wasn't builder installed because I don't believe it was an option, thru Pulte at least. Is the timer on the switch or something on the light itself? Please let me know, Thanks! Buy one of these: Photo-Control If you have a separate circuit breaker for your lights in your main circuit box you can install it yourself... or have a handyman do it.. it's pretty simple.. -Shane | |
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wifimoocher
Posts:53
| | 05/26/2008 2:07 PM |
Alert | speaking of lights outside the home.
i was thinking of chanigng out my coach lights for solar powered coach lights. and i was also thinking of using a motion activated light on the side of my home where my and my neighbors back gate are located. what are the rules for putting one there. if my neighbor is okay wit it. can i put it there to light up the side of my home? | |
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Tio Junior
Posts:172
| | 05/26/2008 2:24 PM |
Alert | | Yes - just don't point the light directly at your neighbor's house where windows are. | | | |
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ForensicUnit
Posts:214
| | 05/26/2008 10:46 PM |
Alert | Wifi,
Any visible modifications to the exterior of your house need HOA Architectual Committee approval.
-Graham | | | |
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wifimoocher
Posts:53
| | 06/01/2008 10:26 AM |
Alert | | where do i submit that request? and for a shed that pops up over the wall. how do i go about getting approval for that too? | |
Money isn't everything.
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reagdog
Posts:98
| | 06/01/2008 11:03 AM |
Alert | | You would submit the request to krissl@ogdenre.com. E-mail him and he will forward you an HOA architectural request form. | | | |
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wifimoocher
Posts:53
| | 06/01/2008 11:13 AM |
Alert | | thank you reagdog | |
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Reagan
Posts:697
| | 06/01/2008 3:22 PM |
Alert | | Thanks AzSandSlinger for the suggestion. I somehow missed that until today. | |
Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.
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pissedparent
Posts:233
| | 06/06/2008 6:17 PM |
Alert | | That's weird I never asked for anyones approval to put up my lights or my shades on the front. | | | |
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ForensicUnit
Posts:214
| | 06/07/2008 12:44 AM |
Alert | It is funny. Because you are oh so vocal about the HOA and Managment Company not doing anything about dirty mailboxes, and weeds in your neighbor's yard, yet you willingly violate the CC&R's every opportunity you're given.
You most certainly are a pillar of the community, aren't you?
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