Florida The move to Florida is on!
- Thread starter Jerry Bransford
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Matt888
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I see 20 inch rims in Jerry’s future, mall crawling. 
Yep, the steep roofs that present a huge dam for the wind to hit during a 'cane. Makes no sense to me. This old house was built in 1963 and has a 4/12 roof. "Architectural guidelines" like you cite are stupid and ridiculous. Is it a stupid county ordinance or is there CCRs and an HOA involved?
HOA. It's not nearly as restrictive as some I've been in or heard about, but that's a very common requirement. I'm not sure a 4/12 roof has been built here since the early 70s except on the most entry of entry level houses.
There's probably a crossover point with whether shallow or steep roofs are advantageous. A steeper shingle will absorb less impact energy from a falling hail stone, for example, and I think with wind, a more vertical shingle will better resist being lifted up and stripped off or moisture intrusion, while the larger cross section of a steeper roof is more at risk to the actual structure being removed from the house. So it might make more sense here since we don't have hurricanes.
I am of the opinion that CCR/HOA stupidity is largely coming from building departments - perhaps they won't allow a subdivision without them in many instances? At least I haven't heard of any building development in the last 40 years or so that doesn't have them. Yet another end run by a gov't agency.
I'm sure most are, and mine may have been copied from one that had that influence. Mine is in a rural county that doesn't even do permits though. It's pretty much the wild west.
There was apparently QUITE the fight with the Brevard county board a number of years ago. There were various ordinances on the books - including RV parking - that the people here got tired of. The board was told "You are NOT an HOA, if we wanted HOA rules, we would have bought a house in such a development. BUTT OUT!" Surprisingly, they did.
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So... When you're in the desert and people all about the heat, the reply is already, "yeah, but it's a dry heat."
I've never heard anyone say the same about cold...
"How do you deal with this cold air?
"It's not too bad... It's a dry cold" lol
It's easier to avoid that kind of nonsense living in an unincorporated area of a county with only 48k people, with the nearest town having a population of 270.
We *have* an HOA, but it's run by residents (not a management company), and once the house is built its unlikely you'll cross paths with them again as long as you keep your lawn mowed and don't start a salvage business. I can build any fence I want other than galvanized chain link (black chain link is fine) and not in front of the house, and I cam build any size shop I want as long as I use materials consistent with the house and don't put it within 20 feet of the lot line. It's a far cry from the ones we had in CO where I had to submit applications for approval to build a fence in my backyard or paint my garage doors a different color.
High humidity matters for your comfort whether hot or cold. If you've never heard anyone say it, here you go:
It's not about the cold, it's about the humidity!
30 in New Orleans is like -10 in Minnesota
I spent about three years in Thule Greenland where the typical daily temperature in the winter was about -30F and the relative humidity around 5%. It didn’t seem too bad. When I went home to Vermont where it was typically 20 to 30F in the winter I was cold all the time. Humidity!
Pay close attention Jerry. You'll need to know how to deal with snakes too. Enjoy Florida.
Matt888
TJ Enthusiast
If you haven’t had to Shew a gator off your property at least once you haven’t lived in Florida long enough. 5 or six times for me
ResourcefulPay close attention Jerry. You'll need to know how to deal with snakes too. Enjoy Florida.
Yep my pops lives next to the alligator farm on the island,we will end up here too,north enough and next to the ocean it stays a lot cooler than southern Florida,but if you leave your car out it will rust quickly,the salt is in the air and sits on the car when you wake up!
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