Revisions or additions to the exterior of your home

If you are a homeowner and decide to make a revision or addition to the exterior of your home, please apply to MVF’s Architectural Standards Department before you purchase and install any new items. These items include house siding; windows; patio doors; front doors; shutters; storm doors; garage doors; gutters and downspouts; mailboxes; house address numbers; a roof; trim capping; new sidewalks; patios or decks; solar panels; skylights; oil, gas or propane tanks; radon systems; security devices; vents; awnings or trellises; arbors or shade structures; hot tubs; pools; fountains or ponds; air conditioning or heating units; window boxes or gazebos; greenhouses or retaining walls; rain barrels or compost bins; play equipment or storage sheds; decorative light fixtures and screen porches and additions.

Do not assume that you can paint a new, fresh color to your front door, shutters, house siding, trim or gutters unless it is the current color listed on your exterior property profile record. If it is a new color, you are required to apply for approval before painting this color on your house. This same policy also applies to staining or painting your fence or deck; if it is a new color, you must apply for approval.

Security devices, including lights, require approval prior to installation. Security light fixtures must not replace the existing decorative light fixtures at your front entry door or garage doors. These decorative lights are required to be retained. You may apply for security lights in addition to the decorative light fixtures, and the security lights are suggested to be placed under roof eaves or soffits, within recessed areas of porches or in other areas where they are relatively hidden from view.

All basketball backboards and poles require approval before installation, even those types that have wheels and are considered portable. Backboards and poles are only approvable in single-family home communities, and they are not permitted in townhouse communities or zero-lot-line properties.

If you are having cable or internet services installed on your property, please instruct contractors to conceal the wires and install them in a professional manner. If wires are left hanging off of your home, you will likely receive a violation regarding these loose or hanging wires.

Just remember that for any revision or addition to the exterior of your home, it is much easier to get approval prior to the purchase and installation of items than it is to install without approval and receive a violation notice and be asked to replace an item with an approved item. For more information about MVF Architectural Standards, here are FAQs, and you may reach the team here.