I'm not familiar with any rules like that from the city but my neighborhood rules say I have 8 months to complete building the exterior portion of the house. T

I'm not familiar with any rules like that from the city but my neighborhood rules say I have 8 months to complete building the exterior portion of the house. There's a lot of land for sale outside cities as well with few and sometimes no restrictions even beyond time limits. Community covenants can be quite restrictive in some areas yes.