Hard Times in Spanish Trail (HOA, crime, hotel)

Spraynard Kruger · 02-01-2010, 08:33 PM

I got a kick out of this article, mostly because of all the consternation and commenting at the end.

Personally, I hope the guy gets a new benz.

In Spanish Trail, Rage and Railing - Business - ReviewJournal.com

MMOB, are you seeing this?

Spraynard Kruger · 02-01-2010, 08:35 PM

And I agree that whatever project they have undertaken, the perimeter of the community just doesn't look as good as it once did.

flyingtigers · 02-01-2010, 09:14 PM

Boo Hoo! I am so upset at this.

flyingtigers · 02-01-2010, 09:46 PM

I feel bad for Alex...I mean, his golf course view may be disrupted. Alex's house Too bad, he bought the house in 1990 so I guess he has negative equity now.

MadManofBethesda · 02-01-2010, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by zendrive

I got a kick out of this article, mostly because of all the consternation and commenting at the end.

Personally, I hope the guy gets a new benz.

In Spanish Trail, Rage and Railing - Business - ReviewJournal.com

MMOB, are you seeing this?

Thanks for the article. The only thing that I know about the asessment came in a telephone call that I made to the HOA the day before I made my offer on the house. I asked if any special assessments were planned, and was told that all the homeowners would be billed $3,300 in four $825 payments in March and September of 2010 and 2011. I was told that the assessment was to improve the gated entrances and some other work around the perimeter. As A result of that conversation, I specifically wrote into the contract that the sellers of the property were responsible for paying the entire $3,300 at closing.

On a related matter, it was interesting to learn that Greg Maddox and Randall Cunningham have or had lived there.

Spraynard Kruger · 02-02-2010, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by MadManofBethesda

Thanks for the article. The only thing that I know about the asessment came in a telephone call that I made to the HOA the day before I made my offer on the house. I asked if any special assessments were planned, and was told that all the homeowners would be billed $3,300 in four $825 payments in March and September of 2010 and 2011. I was told that the assessment was to improve the gated entrances and some other work around the perimeter. As A result of that conversation, I specifically wrote into the contract that the sellers of the property were responsible for paying the entire $3,300 at closing.

On a related matter, it was interesting to learn that Greg Maddox and Randall Cunningham have or had lived there.

Spanish Trail has a lot of history. I worked for an Architect at one time that designed a lot of the custom homes there. Those were good times (I was still in high school!)

I'm not sure if you heard about Steve Wynn's daughter being kidnapped and held for ransom from her Spanish Trail home.

MadManofBethesda · 02-02-2010, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by zendrive

I'm not sure if you heard about Steve Wynn's daughter being kidnapped and held for ransom from her Spanish Trail home.

I've lived in major metropolitan areas for most of my life, so crime neither shocks nor surprises me. A senator's daughter was carjacked around the corner from where I currently live in downtown D.C. a couple of months ago. I lived in Miami during the time of the Mariel boat lift crime rave and the cocaine drug wars where shootouts in suburban shopping malls were almost routine. (Think Scarface). As a matter of fact, I worked in a federal prison back then and had to don a helmut, gas mask and billy club as part of an assault team to knock a few heads and quell riots every so often.

So I am no shrinking violet and I am under no pretense that I am moving to some guard-protected, crime-free mecca. I am moving to Spanish Trail because I like the community, I love the design of my house, and it feels a bit like an oasis in the middle of the desert. Not to mention that it is only 5.83 miles from the Strip.

Gomezy3k · 02-02-2010, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by zendrive

I got a kick out of this article, mostly because of all the consternation and commenting at the end.

Personally, I hope the guy gets a new benz.

In Spanish Trail, Rage and Railing - Business - ReviewJournal.com

MMOB, are you seeing this?

Aww my heart bleeds for these twits... I imagine for most of them "roughing it" is being in a high end Hotel with no room service. Nothing like having more dollars than sense...

bledsoe3 · 02-02-2010, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Gomezy3k

Nothing like having more dollars than sense...

I wish I knew what that was like. I still wouldn't want to be hit with a special assessment for a project I had no input to.

And don't be a hater because someone is successful.

BobKovacs · 02-02-2010, 12:11 PM

I liked this line from the article:

"Some homeowners say the board should have waited until the economy was stronger and residents are more financially secure before undertaking the project."

Ummm, yeah- let's wait until the economy improves, and then the $4.1 million project will cost $6.4 million when the contractors aren't so hungry. Then they'd be crying that they should have done the work while the economy was down so they would have gotten better pricing. Some people just look for things to complain about.....