What the recorded documents actually say about Quail Ridge at Knollwood in Granger — fences, sheds, pools, pets, parking and the rest — with the part of the document each answer comes from.
12 homes have sold here in the last four years, which is why this neighborhood was compiled early.
Before you rely on this page
THREE QUAIL RIDGE NEIGHBORHOODS EXIST AND THEY ARE NOT THE SAME. This page covers Quail Ridge at Knollwood, Sections One and Two - lots 1 through 66. Quail Ridge at Knollwood 2 and Quail Ridge at Knollwood South have their own pages in this directory and their own recorded covenants. Certain LAKE LOTS in Quail Ridge at Knollwood South Sections Seven, Nine and Ten carry an ADDITIONAL set of restrictions on top of the ordinary ones, so if the lot touches water, ask for that document specifically. Two rules here are unlike anything else in the directory and are worth reading before you write an offer: the driveway is the ONLY exterior place a vehicle may be parked, and asphalt driveways are prohibited outright - concrete or brick pavers only. On the friendlier side, a driveway basketball hoop, a trampoline, playground equipment and a properly contained wood recreational fire are all expressly permitted, and a grandfather clause protects anything previously approved.
Every fence, anywhere on a lot, must be approved in writing by the architectural committee BEFORE it is installed. The standard is judgement rather than a measurement: fencing has to stay harmonious with the architectural character of the community and be built to professional levels of quality, design, material, composition and colour as the committee determines. No fence will be approved that obstructs sight lines for traffic, and the committee weighs whether a fence unduly obstructs views from neighbouring properties and amenity areas. There are further conditions in the fencing subsections - ask the committee for the current fencing standards before you buy materials.
A detached structure is allowed for any purpose the covenant does not otherwise prohibit, with real dimensional limits: maximum ground coverage of ONE HUNDRED SQUARE FEET and maximum height of TEN FEET from the ground. It has to be quality construction that MATCHES the house and sits so as to blend with the house and the adjoining lots, kept attractive and neat, and plans go to the committee before construction begins - the committee also decides where it goes. Note what is prohibited outright and catches people: mini-barns and TREE HOUSES, along with trailers, modular, manufactured and prebuilt homes, tents, shacks, garages and barns as temporary structures.
Enclosed garage or nowhere. Vehicles Indiana labels or classifies as commercial and requires to be registered with INDOT or the BMV may be parked only in enclosed garages - and the covenant's list is long: tractors, buses, mobile homes, recreational vehicles, trailers with or without wheels, campers, camper trailers, boats, other watercraft and boat trailers. PICKUP TRUCKS are on that list too, unless the truck is also used as a principal mode of transportation, which is a detail most covenants leave out.
Permanent above-ground pools are not permitted, and neither is any recreational court. But the covenant says expressly that this does not preclude a HOT TUB, a SPA or an IN-GROUND POOL with the architectural committee's prior approval - so the path is open, it just runs through the committee.
Nothing is built, placed, altered or re-graded until the committee approves the plans in writing - floor plan, quality of construction, materials, exterior colours, how the design sits with existing structures, and placement against the lot lines, topography and finish grade. Two sets go in. The committee is three association members appointed by the board, and it approves ADDITIONS and structural alterations to existing houses as well as new construction; if it says no, you can appeal to the full board. There is also a GRANDFATHER CLAUSE most covenants lack: a non-temporary design change - fencing, storage structures, recreational equipment, pools and other controlled items - that was approved in writing or identified as compliant under the covenants in force at the time stays compliant under current and future covenants, as long as it is kept in proper repair and appearance. Anything begun is finished within a year or removed.
Drafted around the federal rule. The general ban covers outside or above-ground television, AM, FM and short-wave antennas of any type, satellite dishes included - but an owner MAY put up a direct broadcast satellite dish of one meter (39 inches) or less, an antenna to receive television broadcast service, and the other protected devices the paragraph lists. All telephone and public utility lines run underground, and street and lot lighting sits on posts with no visible lines.
Expressly permitted, which most covenants of this vintage do not address at all. An owner may install solar panels in or on the house or an approved structure, provided plans go to the architectural committee and are approved. No installation may begin without that prior WRITTEN approval, so get it in hand before you sign with an installer.
The maintenance standard here is specific and enforceable. Every owner keeps the lot from becoming unsightly: mowing as often as needed, with LAWN TURF NEVER EXCEEDING EIGHT INCHES or the local legal maximum, whichever is lower; removing all rubbish; maintaining the landscaping regularly; and removing dead trees, shrubs, plants and debris. If an owner does not, the association gives notice and a fourteen-day cure period, and may then enter the lot to mow, clean, repair or maintain it and BILL THE OWNER for the cost. Yards are seeded or sodded within 150 days of the house being finished or occupied. Screen plantings in the platted non-access easements are the lot owner's expense.
We don’t have this one confirmed yet — we can ask the association and get you an answer before you commit to anything.
We can find out →Dogs, cats and other usual household pets are allowed, none kept, bred or maintained commercially and none permitted to become a neighbourhood nuisance or hazard. The owner is responsible for cleaning up or repairing any waste or damage the pet causes, for making sure it creates no unreasonable disturbance, and for complying with state and local pet law. Livestock and poultry may not be kept.
We don’t have this one confirmed yet — we can ask the association and get you an answer before you commit to anything.
We can find out →One of the few covenants in this directory that says YES to a basketball hoop in plain terms. A hoop may be installed in the driveway. Temporary recreational nets - soccer nets and trampolines are the examples given - and playground equipment are permitted in yards. Two limits: a portable or temporary basketball setup in the street, a cul-de-sac or any public right of way is prohibited as a safety hazard, and no lighted court of any kind is allowed in a yard. Permanent recreational COURTS are not permitted at all.
More generous and more detailed than most. Permitted: political candidate and ballot signs, school participation signs, signs required by legal proceedings, and a for-sale or for-rent sign - none more than five feet square. Security signs, lawn application signs and electric fence signs are allowed at up to one foot by one foot. Political signs carry three rules: not up more than thirty days before the election, down within five days after it, and no more than three signs in total.
Read the first sentence before you plan a parking pad: the DRIVEWAY is the only exterior location on which a motorized vehicle may be parked. And the driveway material rule is stricter than anywhere else in this directory - stone, cinder AND ASPHALT are all prohibited, so a driveway must be concrete at least four inches thick, or brick pavers. Minimum width is twelve feet, and a circular drive in front of the house must be at least eight feet. Every fireplace chimney is masonry.
A home occupation is allowed if it involves only a member of the immediate family living in the house, stays entirely within the house, is clearly incidental and secondary to living there and does not change the character of the dwelling - with no sign or display indicating the building is used for anything but a home, and the further conditions the paragraph lists. Every lot is otherwise restricted to single-family residential use.
We don’t have this one confirmed yet — we can ask the association and get you an answer before you commit to anything.
We can find out →Stored vehicles, and vehicles that are obviously inoperable or do not carry a current operating licence, are not permitted anywhere in the subdivision except inside an enclosed garage.
No lot is a dumping ground. Trash, garbage, refuse, weeds and lawn clippings go in sanitary containers, and between pickups the containers may NOT be visible from the street. Containers may go to the curb no more than 24 hours before pickup and have to be back within 24 hours after. Compost piles are allowed but must be in a confined area and kept sanitary. Fuel tanks are the strictest item here: no oil or fuel storage tank may be installed above ground, underground, inside the house, basement or attached garage, or under an approved outbuilding, without the committee's written approval - and that approval requires a plan reviewed by the committee AND the Harris Township Fire Department, a St. Joseph County building permit, and notifying the fire department of the tank's location once it is in use.
Unusually permissive and unusually specific. Recreational fires ARE allowed, burning wood only. The fire has to be properly controlled, reasonable for the weather, ATTENDED at all times, not a nuisance to the neighbourhood, and in accordance with local ordinance - and it must be totally enclosed in a quarter-inch mesh burning container or a purpose-built fire pit on your own lot. Nothing non-natural may ever be burned, and no fire may burn on a street or roadway.
We don’t have this one confirmed yet — we can ask the association and get you an answer before you commit to anything.
We can find out →We don’t have this one confirmed yet — we can ask the association and get you an answer before you commit to anything.
We can find out →We don’t have this one confirmed yet — we can ask the association and get you an answer before you commit to anything.
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