Now that we are intimately involved, we'll require detailed updates!
How many 'friendlies,' sympathetic to the ponds, do you have in the neighborhood?
Are you guys well versed on the by-laws of your neighborhood?
I can't recall the formal name right now, but there is some kind of federal act or law that has bearing on the development of neighborhoods and what HOA's can and cannot do. It protects the land developer and the home owner. It might be something like the Community Development Act.
At any rate, how prepared you are could be the difference between truncating this pig right now, or going through an extended process.
