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New neighborhood builder changing things from original community design and I’m livid.

Let’s start with change number one. They put in a speed hump right in front of my lot. Signage on both sides. Looks like shit. After I expressed disapproval and how it may actually conflict with where our driveway is going to be it looks like they filed it down and put in another one about 30 feet away. Wonderful.

They told us there would be a pond across the street and now it’s been decided it will simply be a dry pond. Cool, keep making changes.

Now the final nail in the coffin.
They have now added a paved walking path down the property line on the east side of the house and it connects to another that runs down the entirety of the back yards of all the lots. None of this is on the original community map and the sales rep we worked with specifically said the only path would be a few houses down to make a connection to another street where a playground will be. I mentioned how walking paths all around my house would be a dealbreaker for me and they ensured me it was going to just be that one path. I mean what the hell? I don’t think I have any legal leg to stand on besides my lot but this is just so wrong to paint this picture in your prospective buyers heads and then start chipping away at it one change at a time. Is this normal? I may walk....

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