Check with the HOA first. In general, City may ask for revision but will eventually approve your renovation plan. However, HOA may reject your plan completely. Turtle Rock is flipper-friendly, because it has HOA but no ACC (architectural control committee), so as long as the City approves, the project can start.
For other communities where the ACC does exist, it is very hard for a major renovation. For example, some communities in the University Park, the ACC has very strict requirements on renovation and even a minor change needs the ACC's blessing. There are a lot of old folks have been living there for a few decades and think their community is perfect and are against ANY change at all.
Modernjames said:
Eyeing an older home that looks very dated, and I wondered how much renovation the city/HOAs allow? Can homes be demolished and replaced with newer homes? If so, does that newer home have to perfectly mesh with the neighborhood aesthetic? Would a new house have to match the footprint of the old house, or can it be bigger/smaller?
As the older neighborhoods age, how will the HOAs manage uniformity across renovations?