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I have been there *many* times. I hate HOAs, and Kentland HOA is pretty restrictive. If I want to paint my door red or get any reasonable colored/style roof, I should be able to do that, but their HOA is pretty restrictive in terms of things like roof material and color.

Plus, I dislike how close the houses are to each other (I have lived in these types of houses all my life), and [b]I certainly think it's ridiculous to have a detached garage for that price point[/b].[/quote]

But plenty of people who are not you don't think it's ridiculous.

I wouldn't want to live in Kentlands either (not that I could afford it anyway), but I think that there's a meaningful difference between "I don't want to live in Kentlands, but I understand that other people do" and "Kentlands is horrible, and nobody wants to live there".[/quote]

Yeah, I don't understand the horror people seem to have over the detached garage. We walk literally 10 steps from our house to the garage. We live in a pretty temperate climate. I'd understand if it was Minnesota, but in Maryland it's really not a big deal. [/quote]
But some people *do* want an attached garage at that price point. The humidity/heat in the summer is horrible. I dread going into my car when it's been parked outside during the summer. Plus, yea, I don't want to have to deal with the snow, even if it's only for a few days, if I don't have to. And I don't since there are plenty of homes around the area with attached garages.

Of course I get that some people don't mind, obviously, because there are plenty of people who live there.  You have your opinion; I have my mine.  [/quote]

How would your car be outside if you have a detached garage? It would be ... in the garage.[/quote]
Whenever I go to Kentlands, I see folks parking their car out front on the curb. Many don't seem to bother putting their car in the garage.

Even if you park it in the garage, I don't want to be lugging my kids and groceries in the rain/heat/snow. No, thank you.

RE: HOA - people probably already know what' acceptable and what's not, which is why HOA approves 98% of the requests. People don't bother putting in a request that they  know won't be approved.  I dislike these restrictive HOAs immensely.[/quote]

Most of us have 2 cars and want extra room in the garage, so one car goes on the street.

It’s really not a big deal, but if it’s a dealbreaker for you, it’s a good thing you don’t live here. I will say, though, that some of our houses do have attached garages. All the condos do, as well as some of the larger SFHs.[/quote]
I have a two car garage (not in Ketlands) with room to spare. We put both cars - larger suv and smaller one -- in there a long with most of the camping gear, bikes, etc...  And room to spare. We also have a basement with loads of room for stuff.

When we were looking for a house, we definitely wanted a two car garage so that we could put both cars in there. If I'm going to live in the burbs, I definitely want the advantage of living in one, which usually includes a proper two car garage.[/quote]

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