[quote=sdrealtor]TG
Question on hoa going down. Mine did also the first two years as the community was not built out. It went down as more homes were sold. Has yours gone down as the master association gains more members as the community gets built out? Or has it gone down while the community is already built out? Just wondering.[/quote]
Actually both. In 2008 and 2009 construction was completely halted, they sold off the models and I think let the lots go back to the bank about the time I moved in. Sometime in 2010 or maybe even early 2011, they started back up, but a different builder, actually a couple of different builders. So now the drops I assume are related to more people paying for the clubhouse, tennis, pool, those fixed costs that don’t go up much as they add users.
Each year i read that multiple page financial report they send but to be honest, I chuck it after one or two read in the bathroom so it’s hard for me to remember why exactly it went down whe they werent adding houses. They aren’t building very fast so I’d guess they have a few years to finish at this rate, I vaguely remember TemekuT telling me it should find it’s way to $75 or something like that at build out. I also read some e-mail about how they put cameras at the community center and let the security guard service go to save money or something like that. I also remember reading some hoa election flyer of some candidate saying they could lower it to $60 if they got rid of the paid full time staff at the center. But I like them being there cause I don’t need to haul pool floats, tennis balls or anything else, they check them out to you and they keep the teenagers in check, especially mine over the years. For me, I think it’s a freaking bargain at $100, so knowing it will keep going down is just a bonus.
I found a video from some realtor on youtbe
They have kid stuff, mommy and me, yoga, other classes, I never use much of that but it’s kinda cool and I dig how they have thumbprint readers to get in and still have a concierge or two at the desk when you get inside. People hate their hoa’s, I like mine. But then again I keep my yard nice and I’m the kind of guy that likes rules, yet I’ve never heard anyone complain about them being too strict. They did tell me to paint my fence once, but I needed to and they were noce enough to tell me where to buy the paint and what color it was (that’s one of the many little things you don’t get told when you buy a repo).
Everybody should find their beach in life, mine has an HOA.
