01-25-2015, 12:08 PM
"A friend w/experience in real estate said that to give equity to all lot owners in HPP, the ones who live on dirt roads shouldn't pay the same road fees as those on paved roads. Those on paved roads have better property value and lots/homes sell better on paved roads. How do other people feel about this?"
Paved roads also have more traffic and higher speed traffic, not everyone wants to live on a street with lots of traffic during commuter hours and fast drivers the rest of the time, so I would guess it is a wash. I consciously chose to live on an unpaved road, but drive on the paved roads all the time, so I don't feel like I am being shortchanged, except that road maintenance has really fallen off now that the board is running the whole show. This is not like a property tax based on value of your property, it is a flat per lot fee, always has been, always will be.
Paved roads also have more traffic and higher speed traffic, not everyone wants to live on a street with lots of traffic during commuter hours and fast drivers the rest of the time, so I would guess it is a wash. I consciously chose to live on an unpaved road, but drive on the paved roads all the time, so I don't feel like I am being shortchanged, except that road maintenance has really fallen off now that the board is running the whole show. This is not like a property tax based on value of your property, it is a flat per lot fee, always has been, always will be.