What the recorded documents actually say about Winding Brook Park F in Mishawaka — fences, sheds, pools, pets, parking and the rest — with the part of the document each answer comes from.
11 homes have sold here in the last four years, which is why this neighborhood was compiled early.
Before you rely on this page
THIS DECLARATION COVERS SECTION F ONLY. Winding Brook Park was platted in sections and each one has its own recorded declaration - the neighbouring Sections G and H share a separate 1988 declaration with different house sizes and different setbacks, and Section D has one of its own again. The rules below are Section F's. This page was held for weeks on a reading that the covenant on file belonged to another subdivision; it does not - the document names Windingbrook Park Addition, Section F, spelled as one word, which is what the name check could not see through.
No fence or wall may be erected or maintained on any lot without written consent obtained first. The declaration names Twin City Realty Corporation, its successors or assigns as the party who gives it - so before you order a fence, ask the association who holds that approval today.
The declaration lists what may stand on a lot and a shed is not on the list: a detached single-family dwelling of no more than two storeys, and a private garage for no more than three cars. It also says plainly that no structures may be moved onto a lot, and that no garage may be built except at the time of, or after, the house itself.
A camper, camping bus, bus, trailer, house-trailer, tractor or boat may not be parked on a lot for any period longer than two weeks - unless it is stored or housed inside the garage, in which case the limit does not apply.
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 →No building may be erected, placed or altered on a lot until the construction plans, the specifications and a plan showing where the structure will sit have been approved - judged on quality of workmanship and materials, how the external design sits with the houses already there, and the location against the topography and finished grade. A few specifics come with it: a house must sit between 35 and 65 feet back from the fronting street unless written permission says otherwise, no building may come nearer than ten feet to a side lot line (steps, uncovered porches, terraces, chimneys and cornices may reach twenty-four inches into that side yard), and a house on a corner lot must face the direction approved in writing.
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We can find out →Two obligations, both on the owner. Grading and seeding or sodding has to be finished within twelve months of the day construction starts. And every lot must carry at least TWO living hardwood trees, planted, maintained and supplied by the owner, each no less than two inches in diameter measured twelve inches above the ground. Separately, no ashes, weeds or unsightly objects may be left to remain on the property.
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We can find out →Dogs, cats and other household pets are allowed. No animals or livestock may be raised, bred or kept on a lot otherwise, and no pet may be kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purpose.
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We can find out →No sign of any kind may be displayed to public view on a lot, with two exceptions: one professional sign of no more than ONE square foot, and one sign of no more than five square feet advertising the property for sale or rent. The developer kept a right to put up whatever signs it wanted to promote the addition and sell lots.
Driveways have to be hard-surface paved for their full length and width. Campers, buses, trailers, house-trailers, tractors and boats may not sit on a lot longer than two weeks unless they are inside the garage.
Use and occupancy of a lot is confined to residential purposes, and the only structures allowed are a detached single-family house and a private garage. The sign clause does allow one professional sign of a single square foot, which tells you a quiet professional practice at home was contemplated when this was written - but the residential-purposes limit is the rule, and anything visible or trafficked is a question to ask before you rely on it.
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We can find out →No ashes, weeds or unsightly objects may be permitted or left to remain on the property, and nothing may be done on a lot that becomes an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood or that endangers or unreasonably disturbs the owner of adjoining land.
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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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