COCLT realizes you will want to add your own personal touches on your home. Plant flowers, paint the walls, replace a ceiling fan, and maybe even install a water filter. As the projects grow in size and complexity - building a deck or adding a shed - and/or involve contractors, you will need prior written approval from COCLT. Your Land Lease (Article 7: Ownership of Home; Future Improvements) outlines what steps need to be taken to notify COCLT and the conditions that must be met PRIOR to construction beginning. 

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When hiring contractors, subcontractors, materialmen, and laborers, they must be provided notice that you are not the agent or the owner of the property. The notice must be posted in a conspicuous place on the Leased Land and must be displayed until the construction is completed.

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Additionally, any contract entered into for any improvement to the Leased Land must include language (see link below) stating you hold only a leasehold interest in the property.