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Originally Posted by SS-194
Manicured lawns, why do people want lawns at the lake anyways? Mowing the lawn is the worst thing to do in the summer. Gee let me think go swimming, go for a boat ride, sit on the dock and have a beer. Oh i can't i need to mow the lawn. I hope people start to remember that the lake is a place to get away from it all at least i thought it was. Someone said that trees are a nice part of the view. I could not agree more. You can hardly see our place from the water which is great. I hope this bill will help to maybe change the shoreline view at least on new construction.
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My folks
live to maintain their Wolfeboro lawn—all three acres!
(And agonize over such things as lawnmower height
).
I'll take 10 minutes a season to "grass-whip" the tallest ground cover; otherwise, my one-acre lakefront is all woods.
If I'd had been more savvy after 51 years of watching, I'd have selectively eliminated all the hemlocks and maples. (Bad duff for a lakefront, IMHO).
Yesterday (my first day on the lake after a foot injury) I saw that a new McMansion nearby is replacing a perfect little "tear-down" that had received a major makeover just eight years ago.
The new McMansion is built on the "footprint" of the old structure, so it's just 40 feet from the lake. They delivered a pile of huge steel I-beam supports last week and today looks like a Home Depot from the lake. Where there had been about a dozen trees lining the shore's edge, there are now just two. Because of a driveway easement across the abutter's single lot, it's appearance is even bigger than a Home Depot.
From Winnipesaukee Construction—and even with its existing fifty-foot dock—it is also receiving a second dock with at least two
triple tie-off pilings. (Better than some lake associations' installations).
Maybe this revision will help—it's long overdue, IMHO.