I did not buy out here to take care of someone else's property.  We have an HOA that is suppose to enforce the rules that they have set up.  Why do we pay such an outragoues fee if they are not going to do their job.  There are plenty of other HOA's that function perfectly fine with lower monthly dues.  Most communities have all their ammentities installed prior to houses being built, we have to wait for the 3 phases to be completed.  It's a bunch of crab.  We are paying over 200K for having onsite personel.  We are also paying over 500K for landscaping that looks terrible.  Management needs to do more to save cost and encourage people to move out here. 

well I think there is kinda a misunderstanding....i dont expect people to run out and clean everyone elses weeds. its too hot for that! LOL! But we all know there are houses sitting vacant that look a hot mess and most of the time most direct neighbors just let it go...with that being said, who is gonna fine the homeowner? No one lives there! Plus do you like coming home and seeing the house next door or or 2 over, look like a jungle? I dont and its depressing. Its bad enough our houses are not worth a d*mn right now. Prime example, there was a house that I believe is empty in the Barcelona community, where I live, that the front was soooo overgrown that the tree was leaning wayyyy over cuz it was not trimmed and the weeds were as high as the front door!! "Someone" finally cleaned it up afew days ago and it looks 10x's better! (Props to whoever did that!)

What i'm talking about is the "little" stuff like a few weeds next to the mailbox, removing un-authorized signage on mailboxs, blown trash like Frys bags in a yard and stuff like that. Why leave it for the next guy?

I've been to a few communities in Maricopa and a few of them they look ran down. I remember 3 yrs back when I used to visit someone that lived in RED, I thought that place looked AWESOME! Now, it just looks OK. Some of the houses there look "jacked up". Even the entrance looks messed up with the "cobblestone" all messed up....I dont want Tortosa to end up that way!

Until the HOA starts issuing fines, this stuff is gonna continue..but I tell us this, once you start getting notices to pay, people will act right! God, I wish that day would come soon!

Hi everyone...I attended last nights meeting and while I am not happy with the current state of our community, I also have to say that those of us who care are going to have to pick up some of the slack. The HOA is not able (legally) to do some of the things that we wish they could! I know, not a popular statement. With that said, I agree with darin45. The sad fact of the matter is that there are people living amongst us (renters and homeowners) who just don't care about keeping up their yard, nor are they concerned with how this negatively affects all of us as a whole. Sorry responsible people, but you can't change the fact that others have no pride in their home or their neighborhood. It sucks big time! I moved here with the intention of living here long term, like many of us that came to the meeting. I am concerned with who will be moving into our neighborhoods and I am hopeful that a nicer looking neighborhood will attract a better quality resident. The crappier the neighborhoods look, the less likely a person/family that would take pride in their home is to want to buy next to the house with weeds that are five feet tall. So,  like it or not, we are going to have to rely on more than our HOA to keep our neighborhoods looking decent. I signed up to help clean up, and I hope that more people will add their names to the list. If we get em cleaned up, the landscape company agreed to spray the yards to help keep the weeds from coming back. Let's just do it...wishing that the weeds would "just get taken care of" is not making our streets look any better.  By the way, I am not happy about doing it...but if I'm going to moan and groan, doing something about it at least legitimizes all of my complaining!  

I can't figure out how to delete my multiple messages...sorry.

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