How To Cut Through Planning Red Tape With SmartDraw Landscape

I bought a home where the backyard was a disaster and the front would need some work as well. I went in knowing I had a project ahead, but then I found out the Homeowners Association (HOA) rules looked as complicated as the U.S. Tax Code. My first road block was reading the rules. Sure, I should have read all 184 pages of the CC&Rs but the first few paragraphs resulted in a coma inducing face-plant. In short, the HOA requires the submission of landscape planning diagrams prior to any changes made to the landscape of homes in the neighborhood. I found the desision in SmartDraw Landscape.

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