HOA fees for neighborhood

My buddy that lives in Katy in a $200k - $300k neighborhood pays $260/yr for his HOA.

They have like 3 ponds, a park, swimming pool, tennis courts, etc too.

Not sure the number of houses though.

We get no service and mine are $30. lol

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and trying to get a management company to run this small neighborhood....

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This is your problem. Our HOA fees are $230 a year. There was some talk about getting someone to manage the neighborhood but our dues would double.

Copper Mill in Zachary is about to go to $2200 a year from what I understand. That's up from the current price of $1500 a year.

Ours are $190 a year. Pond, stables and 50 acres of common land.

In Fairfax County, VA.

If you live in baton rouge I think we live in the same neighborhood and I think it's absolutely absurd that we pay $600 a year.

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This is your problem.

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Yep, management company. I've actually considered starting such a business because it is easy money, but I have an issue staking my success on HOA boards who change with the wind and bicker about everything under the sun.

Mine is $400 a year...houses range from $200k to over $1 million. I mean its a decent sized neighboorhood but of course the club/pool/tennis courts is fukin extra and only available for summer. Guess how much they want to charge for that for a family...$500 for a summer. It isnt that great either.

The only thing I see the HOA fees do is make sure the lights work on the streets. I rarely see them do anything else with the money. They do give us a report of how much funds they received and what it was all used for. I just dont buy all of it for some reason.

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Ours are from 220-350k and our HOA is 240. That includes front entrance maintenance, property management and 2 large lakes with fountains.

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And the HOA doesn't even cut the grass around the lakes or common areas. On the front lake, DSLD does it (even though there's only 2 or 3 of their houses on that one) and on the back lake, the owners have to cut their own down to the lake.

I bend over and they take $135/month from me.

I live in a mediocre townhome/"patio" home neighborhood.

It includes sewer/water/trash,front yard maintenance and I guess common area maintenance and the pool.

If you take those services out from the bill, I get nothing, yet I would still be paying an absurd amount yearly.