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Originally Posted by bdeclee56
My husband and I will be retiring to the Phoenix area next summer. In January, we're planning a 12-day visit to tour different areas and determine where the best fit might be.
I find several compelling arguments for living in a community like Estrella Mountain Ranch or Verrado, but I wonder about a few things. First, my husband is a car guy, so we need a house with a minimum 3-car garage so he can build his next project. Is this something that's simply a non-starter in either of those developments? Are there regulations against having the garage door open at any time if one is working inside the garage?
Second, what is the current HOA fee, and is it paid quarterly or monthly? Are there any other fees we need to be aware of?
Last (assuming #1 and #2 pan out), are there any properties with slightly larger lots? I'm talking about 10,000 square feet up to, say, 1/4 acre?
Thanks,
Barbara
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#1. Few lots in either community have lots that are >10k sq ft unless you want to build a custom home. Although look for homes built by TW Lewis and perhaps Cachet for larger lots. Try to buy in what I call old Verrado....which starts across the bridge, Verrado way @ Lost Creek. It's just nicer than the garbage being built now. You'll see what I mean.
#2. I tried to check my HOA fee for Verrado, but the site was down, but it's about $150/mo.
#3. I own a home in Verrado and have rented in Estrella. Verrado looks and feels better. Both communities are nice and offer custom home sites. Verrado custom homes are nicer because they have higher design standards. Custom will cost less in Estrella. It's also a pain in the butt to go up and down that hill.
#4. I believe Verrado has an active classic car scene or club...I don't think you'll have any problems building a car in your garage.
This may help. Here are the some Verrado Rules:
1. Restricted Activities. Unless the Board expressly authorizes, and then subject to such
conditions as it may impose, the following activities are prohibited within the Village:
(a) Parking of commercial vehicles or equipment, mobile homes, recreational
vehicles, golf carts, boats and other watercraft, trailers, stored vehicles, or inoperable vehicles in
places other than enclosed garages, or parking of any vehicles in a manner that results in use or
access to any sidewalk being impaired; provided, construction, service, and delivery vehicles
shall be exempt from this provision during daylight hours for such period of time as is
reasonably necessary to provide service or to make a delivery to a Unit or the Common Area,
and such vehicles, equipment, and other items may be parked in a driveway for a period not to
exceed 24 hours as reasonably necessary to allow it to be washed and cleaned;
(b) Raising, breeding, or keeping animals except that a reasonable number of dogs,
cats, or other usual and common household pets may be permitted in a Unit. However, those
pets which are permitted to roam free, or, in the Board's sole discretion, make objectionable
noise, endanger the health or safety of, or constitute a nuisance or inconvenience to the
occupants of other Units shall be removed upon the Board's request. If the pet owner fails to
honor such request, the Board may remove the pet. Dogs shall be kept on a leash or otherwise
confined in a manner acceptable to the Board whenever outside the dwelling. Any person
bringing a pet outside its Unit shall immediately remove any feces deposited on any portion of
Verrado by the pet. The Board may restrict the portions of the Common Area on which pets are
permitted. Pets shall be registered, licensed, and inoculated as required by law;
(c) Any activity that emits foul or obnoxious odors outside the Unit or creates noise
or other conditions that tend to disturb the peace or threaten the safety of the occupants of other
Units;
(d) Any activity that violates local, state, or federal laws or regulations; however, the
Board shall have no obligation to take enforcement action in the event of a violation;
(e) Pursuit of hobbies or other activities that tend to cause an unclean, unhealthy, or
untidy condition to exist outside of enclosed structures on the Unit;
(f) Any noxious or offensive activity which in the reasonable determination of the
Board tends to cause embarrassment, discomfort, annoyance, or nuisance to persons using the
Common Area or to the occupants of other Units;
(g) Outside burning of trash, leaves, debris, or other materials;
(h) Use or discharge of any radio, loudspeaker, horn, whistle, bell, or other sound
device so as to be audible to occupants of other Units, except alarm devices used exclusively for
security purposes;
(i) Use and discharge of firecrackers and other fireworks;
(j) Accumulation of rubbish, trash, or garbage except between regular garbage pick
ups, and then only in approved containers;
(k) Discharge of firearms; provided, the Board shall have no obligation to take action
to prevent or stop such discharge;
(l) On-site storage of fuel, except that a reasonable amount of fuel may be stored on
each Unit for emergency purposes and operation of lawn mowers and similar tools or equipment,
and the Association shall be permitted to store fuel for operation of maintenance vehicles,
generators, and similar equipment. This provision shall not apply to any underground fuel tank
authorized pursuant to Chapter 5;
(m) Any activities which materially disturb or destroy the vegetation, wildlife,
wetlands, or air quality within the Village or which use excessive amounts of water or which
result in unreasonable levels of sound or light pollution;
(n) Conversion of any carport or garage to finished space for use as an apartment or
other integral part of the living area on any Unit without prior approval pursuant to Chapter 5;
(o) Any installation on the outside portions of the Unit, whether such portion is
improved or unimproved of satellite dishes and antennas, except that:
(i) an antenna designed to receive direct broadcast satellite services, including
direct-to-home satellite services, that is one meter or less in diameter;
(ii) an antenna designed to receive video programming services via multipoint
distribution services, including multichannel multipoint distribution services, instructional
television fixed services, and local multipoint distribution services that is one meter or less in
diameter or diagonal measurement; or
(iii) an antenna that is designed to receive television broadcast signals;
(collectively, "Permitted Antennas") shall be permitted on Units, subject to such reasonable
requirements as to location and screening as may be set forth in the Design Guidelines,
consistent with applicable law, to minimize obtrusiveness as viewed from streets and adjacent
property. Founder and/or the Association shall have the right, without obligation, to erect one or
more aerial, satellite dish, or other apparatus for a master antenna, cable, or other communication
system for the benefit of all or a portion of the Village, should any master system or systems be
utilized by the Association and require such exterior apparatus.
(p) Signs that are not owned or maintained by the Association, Assembly, Town, or any
other applicable governmental agencies (including, but not limited to, commercial and similar
signs, as well as for sale, for lease and open house signs) shall not be erected or maintained on
any Unit except:
(i) Signs required by legal proceedings.
(ii) Identification signs for individual residences approved in compliance with the
provisions of Chapter 5 of the Charter; and
(iii) Promotional and advertising signs of builders on any Unit, approved in
compliance with the provisions of Chapter 5 of the Charter.
2. Prohibited Conditions. The following are prohibited at the Village:
(a) Plants, animals, devices, or other things of any sort whose activities or existence
in any way is noxious, dangerous, unsightly, unpleasant, or of a nature as may diminish or
destroy the enjoyment of the Village; and
(b) Structures, equipment, or other items on the exterior portions of a Unit which
have become rusty, dilapidated, or otherwise fallen into disrepair.
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