Both of our HOAs (which seem to be similar to the Trackers) issue warnings first, I believe two, then your 3rd is a fine. If you don't pay the fines or appeal within so many days, they will put a lien on your property. The biggest offenses in both of the places that we have lived were dirty/moldy sidewalks and roofs/houses and mulch warnings, as in you have to remulch your yard. Again, in both our communities, when people get warning letters, instead of just addressing the issue, they turn to the Facebook group to
witch about it first. So I can see our new friend having that sort of information, perhaps. I'm still not entirely convinced as the information that has been provided is all something that I could have made a new profile and posted myself. (It's not me)
A few other things from catching up over the weekend. The before digging/mapping the yard for pipes: They do not seem to have a gas line in their home. They do not have a gas stove. We know their pool heater was (maybe is, if they fixed it) solar. The only other pipes that would be back there would be irrigation. IF they had irrigation around the old (smaller) cage, someone would have had to come out and cap and reroute it so that they aren't burying the old irrigation pipes under the paver extension. The should have backyard sprinklers, but that grass is always such a dead mess, I'm not sure they are functional. Irrigation lines are not deep though and wouldn't need a backhoe type digger and you can usually find them easily going from one sprinkler head to the next.
Aside from fire codes and potentially burning the house down, that grill is going to be a nightmare for them. I have an outdoor kitchen with a similar grill. I'll admit, I hate the grill. We spent a ton of money on it and I may have cried after burning my 50th meal because it does not cook the same as the Webers that I learned to cook on and love. I'm a good griller and there is a huge learning curve with that style grill. We have a granite backsplash and a hood over our grill. We also have two giant fans. I set the smoke alarms off in the house all the time with the grill if the door is open a crack. The granite has to be cleaned all the time because of the soot and grease that comes off the back. This
tit will be all over that window, that is now blocked, so they won't be able to easily access it. They will not use this outdoor kitchen anyway.
The drains: I think covering the drain with the kitchen is no big deal. Especially if that is the section that will be covered by the roof, that I don't fully understand still. Drains in that location aren't for pool overflow, they are to keep standing water off the deck. As long as it is not completely covered, it will be fine. The more important thing is to make sure that drain doesn't get filled with crap and creatures--we get snakes in ours all the time.
If that was my outdoor kitchen, I would have put the grill to the left, up against the screen and had the bar come off as an L from the left, so you are boxed in on 3 sides with house, it would make the grill easier to block off from the kids. I actually wouldn't have done the bar area at all, I would have gotten exactly what I have, a tall dining table with a fire pit in the center. It's high so kids can't fall into it. Something similar to this Jenn. Ours is gray, I want to say we paid $1999 in Costco. It seats 6, so you'll have plenty of room for all your friends.
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