Deer Park Meadows East

Deer Park Meadows East — Independent Homeowner Resource

Plain, factual information about the Association's finances and records — an independent resource compiled by a director of the community.

This site is an independent neighborhood-information resource maintained by a director of the Deer Park Meadows East community — not an official communication of the Association or its management company. It shares clear, factual information about how the Association's assessment dollars are used and the status of records we have requested on your behalf. Everything here is drawn from the Association's records and public documents about it. Our aim is simple: transparency, and your involvement.

The year at a glance

In 2025, the Association collected about $28,000 (assessments of $200 per lot, plus fees and interest) and spent about $27,400, leaving about $642 for the year.

How every dollar collected in 2025 was spent A pie chart of where each dollar the Association collected in 2025 went: about 66 cents to administration (management, legal, and financial costs), about 15 cents to landscaping, about 11 cents to insurance, about 7 cents to community events, and about 1 cent to utilities.

Of every dollar collected in 2025:

  • about 66¢ to administration — management, delinquency billings, legal fees, bank charges
  • about 15¢ to landscaping the entrance
  • about 11¢ to insurance
  • about 7¢ to community events
  • about 1¢ to utilities

About 66¢ of every dollar goes to administration; about 34¢ reaches the neighborhood — the entrance, the insurance, the events, the lights.

What the Association owns

The Association's only common property is one small parcel — the monument lot with our entrance sign. There is no pool, clubhouse, roads, or amenities. The costs there are the sign, the grass, and minor utilities.

Reserves

The Association holds about $124,000 in cash (as of May 2026) — roughly five times its annual revenue — earning minimal interest.

Collection costs

In one recent case, about $800 in management and legal fees was charged to collect a single $200 assessment. Those fees were paid to the management company and the attorney, not retained by the Association.

Records & transparency

The Association's year-end financial statements for 2022, 2023, and 2024 were requested in writing in March 2026 and, as of June 20, 2026, have not been produced. We have asked for these and other records so the board can properly oversee the Association's finances on behalf of homeowners.

What we're reviewing

We are gathering competitive quotes for management, legal, landscaping, and insurance, to compare the Association's current costs against alternatives. Our focus is on right-sizing services to a community with a single monument lot and no amenities. Early research indicates our management cost is in line with the market for full-service management — so the questions we're asking are about whether we need that level of service, and about the structure of the fees, rather than the base rate. A side-by-side comparison will follow.

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