so here's an odd question

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cosita
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so here's an odd question

Post by cosita »

Is there some sort of ordinance that you have to paint your house white? One odd thing that I noticed while visiting was that all of the houses were painted white. We're thinking of painting ours blue or green but I thought I'd ask here first. :lol:
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Post by MTO »

Not that I know of. If you want to see some colorful houses go to north Omaha, and I mean colorful.
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Post by Swift »

No ordinance, at least not that I know of. Growing up we lived right next door from a yellow house and two down from a green house.

There's a lot of blue houses in my parent's current neighborhood.
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Post by Finn »

No, there is no such city ordinance. Some new developments (SIDs) have CCRs (covenants, conditions & restrictions) that may limit the color pallette, which is typical in new developments around the country. Your home in Benson will be under no such restrictions.
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Post by DTO Luv »

I know by my house there are at least 4 houses painted deep purple.
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Post by icejammer »

DTO Luv wrote:I know by my house there are at least 4 houses painted deep purple.
Cool, are they playing "Smoke On the Water" really loud on their stereos too?
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icejammer wrote:
DTO Luv wrote:I know by my house there are at least 4 houses painted deep purple.
Cool, are they playing "Smoke On the Water" really loud on their stereos too?
I hope there’s no fire in the sky.
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Post by cosita »

I swear I can count on one hand the number of non white houses I saw while driving around. :lol:
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Post by Swift »

It largely depends on what neighborhood you are living in.

Most houses in my parent's neighborhood are painted earth tones (not that that is any better). :D
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