This is true for two reasons. First, the TownSquare app makes it quick and easy to seek HOA approval of your plans for painting your house or adding a fence or a new roof. Have you signed up for it? Please fill out this form. After you’re registered, open the app, click on “Submit for ARC” and follow the prompts to propose your project. Expect a reply in usually a few days.

Second, you can improve the look of your home and the neighborhood by rolling those garbage, recycling and compost bins out of sight after the city picks them up. We all agreed not to leave them at the curb or store them in the driveway when we bought our homes and signed the HOA agreements. AC/heating units should be hidden as much as possible too. Our governing documents, which we all signed off on when we bought our homes, require all this.