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I've given consideration to buying out my sister's half of my mom's house in the hopefully distant future and I've already inquired about hot tubs and they mearly want to discuss the setup and approve it ahead of time. They probably have some guidelinesabout privacy walls, and it sounds like that could be cooperatively worked out. Do your HOA's have guidelines about pets? I have three cats and they always stay indoors. I hate cat owners, at least urban ones, who think they need to let their cats out to run through their neighbors yards.
Former soldeir Bernie Robitaille [of Edmonton] landed in hot water with his condo association after he installed a six-person hot tub on the patio of his ground-floor river valley unit last summer.