When the good weather arrived in 2006, we crawled out from hibernation and set about forming a home owners' association. The whole process was pretty easy as there were already covenants governing the subdivision and we adopted those as the rules of our HOA. To placate those with fears of everyone being fined for letting their grass grow or painting their front door the wrong color, we removed those restrictions and did away with the architectural design committee. All we wanted to do was to fix the road.
A road committee was formed and we called for quotes from 4 roading contractors. We knew what we wanted - rip the entrance road up, resurface the rest and put in some drains. Explaining that to the contractors was a thankless task and we needed to talk to almost all of them several times to get them to quote for what we'd asked for. At the end of the process, we had three quotes (one company being a complete dead loss - it wasn't their line of work, though it didn't stop them quoting) - all of which were within a couple of thousand bucks of each other. Courtesy of the rise in the price of oil (and hence asphalt), the cost per lot was now around $2,200, up by $600 from last year although we'd added some drain work to the spec. And so, in August 2006, we called Moore & Son Site Contractors Inc to get a final quote and a start date. We then let everyone in the subdivision know that work was expected to start in about 6 weeks and that they should make arrangements to park cars elsewhere for the 4 days it was expected to take.
Time to sit back and wait and then watch the action. Or so we thought.
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People in this hood people do not get involved until it concerns them," Little do they"Understand or do they care what is going on!" It's
called they do not understand or do not CARE! I think it is because they do not read or understand ! Like right now May 2022 The HOUSE PRICES in our, area are "Like our house 3190 sq foot is$ 750,000" So all of you need to start looking at prices in a lower grade area like West Asheville ETC. Prices and other areas!
We have huge a pricing right here, like the Duplex/condos new on Charlott Hwy ... $525.00 1250 sq,ft Coachmans Trail is out of the LOOP!
I am not a realtor:
These informational concerns are important! I am not a writer, though I know what is going on with Real Estate. This is a huge concern in this N.Hood of Coachman's Trail! People are losing thousands and being Foolish and misinformed about the pricing of their own houses when selling! I am a researcher and entrepreneur.
I know what is going on with the Market! We also sell and own properties elsewhere.
Lucy C
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