Before you buy into a new neighborhood, you should read this story. One Houston homeowner called our Investigates team when the plan she said was sold to her never materialized. KPRC2Amy has more on this: investigates HOA kprc2 click2houston
When a new community is under construction, you may only have the builder’s advertisements to know what it might look like when finished. The developer is usually in charge until the neighborhood is almost complete. It is not uncommon during the switch from the developer to an HOA that some of those promised amenities disappear.
Fast forward 13 years and the community has lavish homes, trails, and lakes. But the security feature that sold Golden on the property never fully made it. Right now, there is one gate with a guard shed at the main entrance and a regular gate at the middle and back gates.Original community advertisement shows the promised guard shed gate at the Wilson road entrance of the new subdivision.
“When we have non-residents that trail into the community behind other vehicles, it breaks the gate arms. And for whatever reason the call box isn’t working,” Golden said. “We have gates, in the front as well, with the security guard shed up there as well, so why aren’t they paying a gate fee?” The HOA rep said people in the estates can vote to have the middle gate removed. We found the original deed file in Harris County for this property and there is no mention of guard sheds. We reached out to builders Land Tejas for comment and have not heard back.KPRC 2 Investigated asked an attorney if Golden or homeowners in similar situations have any recourse.
Mrs. Golden and a small, but vocal, group of homeowners have repeatedly requested that a manned access structure be installed at the back gate. Because the middle gate would remain in place for the sole benefit of The Estates homeowners, they would have to assume the financial burden of building and operating the new structure. It is not reasonable to expect homeowners who do not live in The Estates to pay for an access structure on Wilson Road which they cannot use.
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