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Old 08-14-2020, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by mollydog View Post
Ask not what the POA can do for you - ask what you can do for the POA.
With the concealed swiftness of the developers action on Hacienda Hills - it is obvious that the Hacienda Hills neighborhood had very little protection against the developers plans. Very likely each homeowner lost $10,000 - $40,000 of their property value now that they will be looking at a massive apartment complex instead of a pretty country club.
I'm sure the POA needs volunteers to research the facts on how this happened and why the neighbors were so poorly protected. Hopefully many homeowners are prompted to volunteer their time, research this out, and work to change whatever laws and policies that allowed this to happen. We need to prevent this from happening in other neighborhoods that are similar to Hacienda Hills.
I would think every homeowner in the Villages living on a Championship Golf course, which are developer owned, would feel like their substantial investment is resting on egg shells right now. And to think these poor folks paid a substantial premium to now be living in fear of their investment. We feel very fortunate that our home is not near any land owned by the developer, except for land that is considered a wildlife preserve, which can never be built on. Or then again, could it? The Villages of Mission Hills was built on wetlands that were built up to support home construction. Bottom line, the developer has proven they are going to do whatever they want, regardless of how many people their actions upset, and no one can stop them.