We have 226 Villas at Medley
What's unique about Villas?
Villas are attached homes that share a common roof (not unlike condominiums elsewhere). As such, Villa homeowners collectively share expenses for maintaining their common roof/exterior and for providing water for weekly irrigation. Because the HOA manages the villa exteriors and irrigation, the expenses for roof replacement, painting and water costs and some insurance are passed on to Villa homeowners in monthly HOA assessments with Reserve funding. Villas Committee
There is a Villas committee that has been active and was meeting on 1st Wednesdays but it's not currently on the calendar for December. (Committee chairs, please comment below with latest meeting times, or email subscriptions or FB communications.Thanks.)
Monthly Assessments
Beginning January 2026, the combined assessment for Villas is $432.08 and also now includes the Clubhouse and amenities. (The regular annual budgeted assessments for Villas is greater than those of single family homes who pay for their own irrigation water, roof maintenance, etc.) The Special Assessment for the Clubhouse purchase is separate at $108 monthly starting in January.Addressing Construction Defects
For the first year, the builder warrantied construction. After that, there is another legal recourse for construction defects.
An attorney from Ball Janik LLC presented to members at February's HOA open board meeting. He described the process and timeline for investigating and pursuing builder construction defects. The board voted to engage the firm on contingency (no upfront cost) to investigate Villa defects as well as issues in Medley's common open areas. At some time soon (early 2026?), member homeowners will need to vote on whether to hire them to litigate any claims against the buillder or the subcontractors. Meanwhile, intermediate repairs must still be made to ensure the construction is maintained (but may be able to be recouped.)
A proposed future litigation claim can include both the Villas and Medley's common areas, (but excludes the Clubhouse/amenities which was purchased "as is" and single family homes which are not maintained by our HOA.) If there are any costs to be incurred to perform 'destructive testing' or to litigate, it should be prorated separately between the Villas ( i.e. 'Townhome Neighborhood' in our Declaration) vs Common areas which applies to all homes.
Future Membership Vote
The HOA membership as whole will need to vote whether to pursue defect claims at a future meeting. So far, the law firm has worked on contingency (no upfront cost to us and shall be paid from the anticipated settlement award from Builder). However, we Villa owners must undertand whether any future costs associated with pursuing the claim that are potentially not covered on contingency and must be paid by us.
PS - Section 10.11.2 of our Declaration differentiates between that Villas ('Townhome Neighborhood') and Single Family homes (i.e. 'SFD neighborhood'.) specifying that expenses ard reserves must be separate between them.
Disclaimer- this is crowdsourced infomation from members and it not intended as not legal advice. Hope our neightbors find it helpful!