Tag: Home Owners Association

Travis Ranch HOA

Neighborhood pool in Travis Ranch | Photo by Jonathan Blundell

Well, we’ve moved… in case you missed that bit of news.

We’ve moved to Travis Ranch in Forney, Texas (aka Kaufman County Municipal Utility District No. 6).

It’s a beautiful, growing neighborhood, that’s part of a 1,600-2000 (depending on which news article or website you’re looking at) acre master planned community.

The neighborhood offers several great amenities, including an inline skating hockey rink, a pool, splash park and several playgrounds.

There are also plans for retail development and a marina to be added at some point in the future — just haven’t found a good site for detailed information on those additions.

We’ve already enjoyed the pool a few times, as well as walking the “trail” along the main roadway. I’m sure all the amenities, including the neighborhood elementary school (which is less than .5 a mile from our home) will be even more beneficial once the twins arrive.

But me being nosy like I am, I’ve been trying to find out as much as I can about the HOA, the full plans for the development and the Municipal Utility District we’re a part of.
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Coyote Ridge HOA

We had an HOA meeting tonight. Interesting, not super informative but I don’t know what else they would have told us. Anyways we went over some of the budget in a basic spreadsheet format. Thought I’d put some nice images to them because after all – it’s all about the presentation and clarity.

Coyote Ridge HOA 2007-2008 Budget

Coyote Ridge 2007 budget

Coyote Ridge 2008 budget

So there you have it. As you can see landscaping and General and Admin budgets are the largest parts of the budget for sure in 2007. The 2008 budget gives it primarily to General and Admin – 42.27%.
$9,600 of that goes to the Professional Management Firm (aka Premier Communities) in 2008, up from $8,400 in 2007.

Makes the numbers a lot more interesting when you throw those pretty pictures in doesn’t it?