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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 960480, member: 78"]Hi,</p><p> The house I am talking about was in a great neighborhood. The actor Michael Landon moved his parents there from Collingswood NJ. I used to see</p><p>Michael cutting his parents grass when he would visit. Such a nice Jewish boy.</p><p>They lived across the street. The neighborhood was so weird. You could have a swimming pool but your property had to have a 6 ft fence around it. Unfortunately you were NOT allowed to have any fence higher than 4 ft since it was considered a spite fence. Thus no pools allowed. The house was built in 1870. When we bought it I tore off the aluminium siding and the asphalt siding and restored the original wood siding. I stripped off the 12 coats of white paint on the woodwork inside. Got the house back on the historic district and on the district tour of homes. Of course the people who bought the house after the divorce put up vinyl siding and painted the woodwork white again. Oh well.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 960480, member: 78"]Hi, The house I am talking about was in a great neighborhood. The actor Michael Landon moved his parents there from Collingswood NJ. I used to see Michael cutting his parents grass when he would visit. Such a nice Jewish boy. They lived across the street. The neighborhood was so weird. You could have a swimming pool but your property had to have a 6 ft fence around it. Unfortunately you were NOT allowed to have any fence higher than 4 ft since it was considered a spite fence. Thus no pools allowed. The house was built in 1870. When we bought it I tore off the aluminium siding and the asphalt siding and restored the original wood siding. I stripped off the 12 coats of white paint on the woodwork inside. Got the house back on the historic district and on the district tour of homes. Of course the people who bought the house after the divorce put up vinyl siding and painted the woodwork white again. Oh well. greg[/QUOTE]
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