DRCC

DRCC Update

By Tommy Britt - Last month I wrote about the DRCC’s new approval process that requires an on-site visit with the owner and contractor. During a variance request we discovered that some property owners and contractors had taken liberties, honest and not so honest, and...

DRCC Change Approval Process

By Tommy Britt - Like anything you do long enough, if you pay attention to details and try your best, you usually get better at that task.  So it is with the DRCC’s administrative procedures for approving major projects by property owners. In the past, we reviewed...

McMansions vs. Two Prong Outlets

By Tommy Britt -  A few years ago someone coined a new term to describe a trend in single family residential construction; McMansion.  Being an old guy and not being exactly sure what the true definition was, I hit the Google button on the “interweb” machine and found...

Recap of 2Q DRCC Activity

by Tommy Britt -  Below is a recap of the Deed Restriction Compliance Committee’s activities for the 2nd quarter of 2014. APPROVALS 1000 Wynnwood: Hardscaping in front yard 900 Nashua: Remodel 1000 Wynnwood: New construction 1000 Wynnwood: New pool 1200 Bay Oaks:...

Do The Right Thing

by Tommy Britt From time to time I look at the issues we get involved in and wonder why anyone would subject themselves to this kind of work. I commonly tell acquaintances, if you want to be the most unpopular and popular person at the same time, volunteer for a deed...

Privacy

by Tommy Britt If you have ever been responsible for writing a regularly published article, you will understand the crisis mode you go into when the publisher sends you an “Article Due” notice and you haven’t got the foggiest notion as to what you’re going to say that...

Scouting Around

written by: Sharon Balke This spring the DRCC graciously approved my application for a soft release cage for songbirds ( think mocking birds, blue jays, robins) and screech owls (think roach killers) for my back yard. The birds would stay in the enclosure for about...