Reserve at Brushy Creek Milestone Neighborhood HOA - $95/month

[BatWing]

Originally Posted by kermit_xc

What traffic jam?

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I guess you don't live in Brushy Creek then. because it's always a traffic jam coming in and out of that neighborhood onto 620. I have to drive through there everyday mornings and evennings so I see it with my own eyes. Austin is the home of bad traffic, so anywhere there's a big neighborhood, there's a traffic jam on the tiny roadways, and that's pretty much all of Austin since it's like one big neighborhood with tiny streets cut as an afterthought. Steiner Ranch is no different. IF they would've widened Mopac/183/620/360/IH-35 and Parmer before the housing boom we wouldn't have this problem. but that's my personal gripe with the City planners, City Council and Corp of Engineers who dropped the ball.

[BatWing]

Originally Posted by Trainwreck20

For bad food and expensive drinks? I guess I would have a hard time riding my bike to such a place .

Beats going to Sonic up the street from you at Avery Ranch and Brushy Creek. I'll take the bad food and drinks with an awesome view of the Lake over a stale corndog and watered down soda anyday.

[mark311]

Originally Posted by BatWing

I guess you don't live in Brushy Creek then. because it's always a traffic jam coming in and out of that neighborhood onto 620.

And again, it sounds like you are just trying to use Google maps to pull your information as almost everything that you're stating about roads that feed into these neighborhoods is incorrect. Residents of neighborhoods like Ranch at Brushy Creek and Reserve at Brushy Creek never even have to go near 620 if they don't want to. They are between 2.5 to 3.5 miles away from 620.

[BatWing]

Originally Posted by kermit_xc
I am currently building a house in the new neighborhood at the Parmer Ln/Brushy Creek intersection (Reserve at Brushy Creek). 3 houses occupied so far, target of 105 for the community, all the same builder Milestone Community Builder.

Apparently the HOA fee come up to $95/month, it's hard for me to grasp why it's so high given the few amenities:
- small pool
- and some common landscaping area ... that's it!

landscaping and maintenance costing $10k/month to maintain smells to me like some serious mismanagement.

What is your experience with fighting such high fees. Several scenarios come to mind and none make financial sense. While I'm not a resident I'm not authorized to request the financial records that justify such outrageous fees - but when the time comes (August/September) I just want to be ready for the battle

Inflation is a part of Economics. if you can't afford it, file a complaint with the BBB on the landscaping outfit, otherwise pay it and stop complaining about it. Most people allocate their funds of a possible hike in HOA fees beofre they move into a neighborhood that has an HOA anyway. And chances are they only bumped your bill up to $95 from about $85...So the question is...will $10 measley bucks sink your ship? If so, you should'nt have moved there. Move to a neighborhood that has no HOA and see how that works for you. I can tell you already, it's a horror to have to ask your neighbor to move their makeshift trashbin from the frontyard to backyard or worse allowing a neighbor to use your lawnmower and they break the damn thing and refuse to pay for a fix. I support honest HOA's, they keep the riffraff in check.

[BatWing]

Originally Posted by mark311

And again, it sounds like you are just trying to use Google maps to pull your information as almost everything that you're stating about roads that feed into these neighborhoods is incorrect. Residents of neighborhoods like Ranch at Brushy Creek and Reserve at Brushy Creek never even have to go near 620 if they don't want to. They are between 2.5 to 3.5 miles away from 620.

nope, I use my CARS and drive by there daily. I take it you're a stay at home person? so you can't see what I see? Is that it?

you miss the point. dodging the traffic jam doesn't mean there isn't one. HELLO!

[EzPeterson]

Originally Posted by BatWing

Beats going to Sonic up the street from you at Avery Ranch and Brushy Creek. I'll take the bad food and drinks over a stale corndog and watered down soda anyday.

Sonic is at Parmer and 620. I'd have to ride past Tony C's, ZTejas, Morelias, Hunan Ranch, Brooklyn Heights and Blue Bayou just to get down there - all of which are closer to Avery than the craptastic Oasis is to Steiner.

Listen, it's pretty obvious that you really know nothing about these neighborhoods and are looking to troll around for whatever it is that you get out of this. Have fun with that.

[BatWing]

Originally Posted by EzPeterson

Sonic is at Parmer and 620. I'd have to ride past Tony C's, ZTejas, Morelias, Hunan Ranch, Brooklyn Heights and Blue Bayou just to get down there - all of which are closer to Avery than the craptastic Oasis is to Steiner.

Listen, it's pretty obvious that you really know nothing about these neighborhoods and are looking to troll around for whatever it is that you get out of this. Have fun with that.

troll around? oh please! not hardly, you're just upset at my quips about AR and BC where you live, I get that. but don't think for a second that complaining about HOA fees is the remedy. that's the point here. you guys NEED an HOA out there. I see the lack of yard upkeep all the time because oh btw I do have a friend that lives in Brushy Creek on the frontside by 620 across from the Horizon in that area Brushy Creek/Cat Hollow area that has a few complaints about his neighbors already. go figure.

and FYI sir/ma'am I currently pay a little more for my HOA fees but I'm not in here complainnig or trying to shut them down because I know they are needed. And I hope you realize if BC or AR loses their HOA's those areas will become ghettos overnite. just an observation

carry on. I'm done here

[sloppymeg]

Originally Posted by BatWing

carry on. I'm done here

FINALLY!

[Trainwreck20]

Beats going to Sonic up the street from you at Avery Ranch and Brushy Creek.

I don't live in either of those locales (and I can walk to about half a dozen better restaurants than the Oasis), but I know enough about them to know that you are pretty, um, misinformed? Not sure the word to use.

Oh, I haven't been out to the Oasis in a while, but while the view is nice and the party atmosphere when there is a band can be entertaining, I WOULD prefer the food at Sonic, hands down, any day of the week.....

[kermit_xc]

Originally Posted by BatWing

Beats going to Sonic up the street from you at Avery Ranch and Brushy Creek. I'll take the bad food and drinks with an awesome view of the Lake over a stale corndog and watered down soda anyday.

what lake?