computer program for architecture?

I’ve been told theres a program where you can scan a picture of a home and then go on and make customizations like adding awnings and other things to it. Does anyone happen to know what its called?

Any chance these homeowners are wealthy Republicans?

Scarsdale, NY, where the average price tag for homes is $834,000, has “homeowner associations” that BAN such ecologically-positive things like solar panels.

Other HOAs around the country ban also ban solor collectors, and compost piles, window fans, outdoor clotheslines, window air conditioners, awnings on the front of the house, and VEGETABLE GARDENS.

Some HOA prohibit the use of outdoor wood furnaces and boilers, which have become extremely popular within the last couple decades.

HOA restrictions are part of a larger problem: the growing power of such “private governments” to control people’s use of their own property.

State legislatures are starting to rein in HOAs that try to ban environmentally responsible practices. At least 12 states have adopted laws that guarantee the right to erect solar equipment, although most of them permit HOAs to enforce “reasonable” conditions.

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Dream on you cons…
I live in a fine home; I’m just not an overly-wealthy snob who thinks that environmentally responsible actions/equipment, etc. are “unsightly.”

And I’m not stupid enough to buy into one of those restricted, gated communities, anyway.

Around here, we use less energy by employing things like solar panels, heat sinks, clean burning outdoor boilers. We feed not only ourselves with our gardens, but we also provide the vegetables and prime rib for your conservative pie holes.

So, pipe down and get responsible. Dont rag to me about “liberals” who don’t work. We all work around here; and probably harder than you do.

how to repair a mesh screen on a dog crate?

my 22 week old australian shepherd broke the mesh screen on his dog crate. other than the screen, the crate is in good shape and can still fit him. the screen is pretty much torn in the middle but still attached to the door. i do not want to buy a new crate just yet, considering he’s still growing, but i do need a replacement for the door. any recommendations?

http://www.yourdogsuppliesstore.com/ProdImages/k9camperdoubledoorportabletentcrate.jpg

the crate is similar looking to this.
could i use the following to repair it?
Phifer 60 In. x 96 In. Charcoal Fiberglass Screen
Andersen® 20-5/32 In. x 20-5/32 In. White Awning Insect Screen
(all from Home Depot website)

Neighbor opened her home as an Adult Foster Care Home in the state of Washington.?

Are there any rules or codes as to which she must abide? This is a residential cul-d-sac and some of the things she has done to her house is causing some concern with my family and others. So far she has converted the garage into bedrooms, placed bright yellow awnings over front windows to shade the garage bedrooms from sunlight, she has put a big sign above garage advertising her business and now she wants to build a cottage along side her house so that she can have her space away from her patients (she has 4 so far and looking for one more). Who can I call to make sure that she is doing everything legally and up to code? Does anyone out there know anything about this type of business and what the do’s and don’t's are? Like as far as the traffic this business is causing and how many people are allowed in the home? I don’t know if it matters that these are track homes with little lots and spaced rather close to one another. Any advice helpful.

Does a No Soliciting sign on a persons front door mean a company can get in trouble if they still solicit?

We live in a nice neighborhood full of all newly built homes and military families and for some reason we are the target of all kinds of companies trying to solicit.. literally from spring to winter we have people constantly putting signs on our door or people going door to door ringing our doorbell trying to get us to sign up with their lawn care company, tree trimming, awnings, and all kinds of other things.

If we were to put a No Solicit sign on our front door can a company get in trouble if they still solicit at our home? Or would it just be a sign on my door that doesn’t really have any effect??

what do you think about this for a excuse?

getting kicked out over these lies a 2 year old screaming all over the night when she was asleep by 8:00pm a kid aperently walking around the town houses when she will only check the mail and walk back home a guy walking on thin timber walking on the window awnings which its imposible to get up on and if he did he will brake it because he is too fat to not brake it so tell me what do you think of this and also only have 2 weeks to get out and find onother spot
the neighboors are lieing to the realstate i have tried to talk to the real estate but they dont want to listen to me

Awning for a camper van?

I have just bought a Ford Transit motor home a SWB but it hasen’t got an awning I have searched the webb site for one but could only find them for caravans I would like to pick a used one if possible if not a new one can any body help.

Bought new home, air conditioning was never installed!!!!!!?

My husband and I just bought our first home last October. It was a new construction home.The last few weeks we’ve been dying of heat. It’s been 80 degrees in the house and it’s only April! We thought that our air conditioning must not be working and called a repairman out to fix ‘it’, only to find that ‘it’ was nonexistant!! We were completely under the impression that air conditioning was supposed to be put in our home. We live in a desert, with large South facing windows in our kitchen, living room and bedrooms that get direct sun all day. No ceiling fans. We have a baby and our summers get into the 100′s. Right now our house is almost 20 degrees hotter inside than it is outside. I’m freaking out. We’re in the process of trying to get the builder to pay for our air conditioning, but I don’t know what we’ll do if they refuse. We can’t afford to pay for central air right now, and we aren’t allowed to use awnings. In the contract that we signed it said that air conditioning may not be installed until after we closed on the house. The way it was written it looked like the builder was planning on waiting until we bought the place to install the air conditioning. Now they’re trying to tell us that our house was never supposed to have air conditioning, and that central air was an ‘upgrade’. If we had known that there wasn’t going to be air conditioning installed we would never have bought it. I’m worried sick about my baby getting too hot. Her room has a giant South facing window and I know that it’s incredibly dangerous for babies to get that hot. Do you think that we have any legal recourse if they don’t do the decent thing and install our air conditioning? We did not sign anything saying that it wasn’t included in our home, and the Real Estate Agent who sold us the home said that it was identical to the mirrored properties which had air conditioning. Any advice would be great. Thank you!

Oh also any advice on how to keep it cool in the meantime would be greatly appreciated. As of now all we have is cellular blinds to protect us from the heat, they help a little, but that’s about it.
Old people and children also died without A/C in the past. Heat Stroke is just as dangerous as Hypothermia.