About Neighborhood Partners
Neighborhood Partners is a College Station community management company, specializing in residential developments. The Board of Directors contracts with Neighborhood Partners to manage the ongoing operations of the community, including:
- Finances and management of the association's bank account
- Deed restriction enforcement
- Contracting for maintenance and groundskeeping
Learn more about the services we offer here, or contact Neighborhood Partners for more information.
Office Hours:
Monday to Thursday
9:00am to 4:00pm
Office: 979-690-2330
Fax: 979-690-0330
We can always be reached via email at:
[email protected]
What is a Community Association? | Purpose of a Community Association |
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Automatic and mandatory homeowners associations are part of an overall concept of residential property ownership. Purchase of the home or lot brings with it membership in the association which provides the structure for operation and management of the residential community concept. Membership includes certain mandatory obligations, financial responsibilities and rules of the association. By purchasing into a community association, be it a condominium unit, townhome, or single family home, the owner agrees to abide by the community's pre-established guidelines. The owner will often live close to his or her neighbors, share common facilities, and voluntarily sacrifice certain freedoms, all for the cause of protecting communal property values and reducing nuisances. Reasonable restrictions, consistently enforced over time, will preserve the net value of the community and maintain a high quality of life for residents. |
People choose to live in community associations for numerous reasons. Many association owners value the inherent benefits offered by community association living. Community associations are designed to:
More information on Homeowners Associations can be found here. |
Definition of a Community Association | Governing Documents |
A community association provides a communal basis for preserving, maintaining, and enhancing homes and property. All community associations have three basic, defining characteristics:
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The purpose of a community association's governing documents is to provide for the legal structure and operation of the community. The documents:
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Benefits | |
An HOA provides people with shared neighborhood values an opportunity to enforce regulations, consistent with overriding statutory constraints, to achieve a community representative of such values. There are pre-existing rules in the form of CC&Rs and bylaws that a buyer has a right and an obligation to view before entering such a community, that also prescribe methods for modification of these regulations. These bylaws are largely limited in various degrees by state laws, with some overriding federal judicial or statutory limits. Each member of a homeowners' association pays assessments that are used to cover the expenses of the community at large. Some examples are landscaping for the common areas, maintenance and upkeep of community amenities, insurance for commonly-owned structures and areas, mailing costs for newsletters and other correspondence, employment of a management company or on-site manager, security personnel and gate maintenance, and any other item delineated in the governing documents or agreed to by the Board of Directors. |