A coworker of mine was shopping for a house and looked at 2 here in the Parkwood subdivision. Knowing that i lived here he asked me what do we get for our yearly fees. It made me think, what do we get for our $200?
Security? 3 cars were broken in on our street in one night not to long ago; the lamps in the park are being replaced and the kids come along and break them again; Security? No
Swimming pool? Although I know most of our money is spent on the pool and the lifeguards, what does the average person get from it? We do not have kids and we want to use the pool some other time like in the evening after the kids are gone, or in the mornings, but we were told no, no lifeguards. I do not need a lifeguard. So Swimming pool, we do not benefit from. Landscaping or nice neighborhood? Looking at some of our neighbors yard or streets in front of it, apparently the rules are not enforced there neither so no benefit from it. Neither are the park maintained. The park was demolished during the storm in 1997 and has not been repaired since. So what do we get for our 200 dollars? A clubhouse that was voted on by people who no longer live here, we probably do not need, because we will get charged to use it anyway. So what do we get for our money?
Example: We have a small clean trailer we use occassionally, but each time the association was informed prior, yet we still received the harrassment letter. We set our thrashcan out the night before pickup and we received a harrassment letter. We call the association on the all those owners who run their businesses here in the divison, but we are told that it takes time to take action, but no firm answers. Is the money spent wisely? I like to know! U Huddleston

I agree

I agree, I'd like to know the same thing!

By ARBains

Run For The Board

Get involved, run for a position on the Board and change the way our fees are handled or quit whining. At this point, I know of at least one person who'll vote for you.

It could be worse...

I pay a lot more than you Parkwood residents do, and I get a lot less. I live in a small (300 homes or so) gated community off Blanco & 1604. We have a nice community and all, but we don't get anything like what you do in Parkwood. No common areas, no marquees, a gate (that must be used to enter/exit) which has locked us out of our neighborhood until some kind soul inside the gate triggered the OUT gate with their car; kids that race around on motorbikes on our TWO streets with no parental supervision because the parents think a gated community means no supervision is necessary, etc. Lawns that go dead or wily and no one does anything. We have basketball hoops in yards year-round and cars that don't run parked on the curb for over a year (I'm not kidding about this!). I only get a newsletter once every blue moon so I don't even know who to complain to in my own neighborhood!

By Resident of another community