What the recorded documents actually say about Town & Country Estates Sec A in Mishawaka — fences, sheds, pools, pets, parking and the rest — with the part of the document each answer comes from.
6 homes have sold here in the last four years, which is why this neighborhood was compiled early.
Before you rely on this page
ONE DECLARATION COVERS SECTIONS A, B, C AND D, so this page's rules apply across all four. Section A is lots 1 through 7, 57, 58 and 59 - the sections differ only by lot number, listed above. Two things to be aware of. First, this declaration is SHORT on day-to-day use restrictions: it says nothing about fences, pets, sheds, pools, trash or parking, and where this page says a topic is not stated, that is genuinely what the recorded document does. The Board has express power to adopt further rules about the yards, patios and other outdoor areas at any time, so ask the association for its current rule sheet as well as the declaration - that is where those answers will be if they exist. Second, the owner-occupancy rule below is the single most important thing on this page for a buyer or an investor.
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We can find out →No owner may make any alteration, addition, improvement, repair, change of colour, excavation or change in grade that alters the exterior of a lot or home from the state it was in when it was first conveyed, without the Board's prior written approval - and this declaration puts a price on getting it wrong: exterior work done without Board approval carries a MANDATORY $500 FINE, and the owner is required to put the property back to its original condition within ten days. Separately, nothing may be hung or displayed on the outside of a window or placed on an outside wall, and no sign, awning, canopy, shutter, radio or television antenna or other attachment may be affixed to the exterior walls, the roof or any part of the building without the Board's prior written consent.
No radio or television antenna, and no other attachment of any kind, may be affixed to or placed upon the exterior walls, the roof or any part of a building without the Board's prior written consent. The declaration predates satellite dishes and does not name one, so this is the clause a dish is judged against - ask the Board before booking an installation.
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We can find out →The corporation cuts the grass and that is the whole of it. Shrubs, trees, ornamental grasses and any other yard vegetation are the owner's sole responsibility to maintain and service, and the association states plainly that it carries no responsibility or liability for any damage caused by a tree, shrub or ornamental planting. Any change to the grade or an excavation needs the Board's prior written approval, on pain of the $500 fine.
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We can find out →This is the rule that decides whether this neighborhood works for you. Every home conveyed after 5 November 1997 is OWNER-OCCUPIED ONLY and may not be leased or rented by any owner - so an investor cannot buy here to rent, and an owner who moves out cannot let the house instead of selling it. Owner occupancy may be read to include the owner's own parents or children living there. If you are told otherwise about a particular home, ask the association in writing when that home was last conveyed, because the date is what the rule turns on.
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We can find out →No advertising signs may be put up or left anywhere on a lot, with one exception: a single for-sale OR for-rent sign per lot, no larger than five square feet. Unsightly objects and nuisances are barred in the same breath, and no lot may be used in any way that endangers health or unreasonably disturbs a neighbour.
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We can find out →Every home is to be used exclusively for residential purposes and occupied by a single family. Nothing may be done or kept in a home that would raise the insurance rate on the building or cause its insurance to be cancelled, or that breaks any law or ordinance - and no sign or display of any kind may go on the outside without the Board's written consent.
Homes conveyed after 5 November 1997 are owner-occupied only and may not be leased or rented at all, which rules out short-term letting along with everything else.
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We can find out →Flags are not named, but the clause that governs them is: no attachment of any kind may be affixed to or placed upon the exterior walls, the roof or any part of the building without the Board's prior written consent, so a flag bracket needs that consent.
Nothing may be hung or displayed on the OUTSIDE of a window, or placed on an outside wall, without the Board's prior written consent.
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