On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:35:53 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:55:52 -0500, lid penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

Phantman:
I don't know about your state, but in mine it's as binding as any
other deed restriction. And deed restrictions are very much binding.

Gene Kearns wrote:
Even if you don't sign it?

Yep.
A deed restriction runs with the land. It's one of the reasons you get
a Title Opinion before buying property. To uncover these sorts of
things.

Nope. You miss the point. Wisest, IMHO, course is to walk away and
look for a property that doesn't beg for civil litigation......

That is my comfort level. YMMV.

Gene, I'd defy you to do that within an hour's drive of downtown D.C. The
new stuff going up here is all in developments, all with HOA's. Almost all
of the older (less than 20 years) is the same way. Some, like mine, built
in 1987, escaped the HOA covenants, etc. But, within two blocks there are
five houses with more than ten Mexican adults in each. This is why I'm in a
semi-rush to move.
--
John H