How To Protect The View You Loved Once You've Bought Your New Home

I am looking for a home with a view. How do I protect that view once I buy the home?

You're going to need to see if there is a municipal view ordinance, and if there isn't then you're going to need to look at the title documents and determine whether there's any covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs) that have been recorded that give you a right to protect your view. If you can't find either of those, then it's unlikely that you're going to be able to protect the view unless you go to the neighbor and make some agreement with them. If you're going to make that agreement, you're going to want to consult a lawyer and make sure that it's documented in a way that really gives you protection. You're also likely to have to pay that neighbor something to buy those view rights.