Indian Hills
Quorum
Article - September 2001
Indian
Hills Palm Desert HOA is a gated community located on approximately 35 acres
high up on the east side of Highway 74 in Palm Desert.
It is in a highly sought after location adjacent to the latest extension
of Bighorn Country Club. Construction took place between 1974 and 1978.
The community
comprises 119 two and three bedroom units, ranging in size from approximately
1,200 to 1,550 square feet. Some
of the units are two story and some have two car garages.
Most have a combination single car garage and carport.
Prices of Indian Hills units over the past 12 months have ranged from
approximately $113,000 to $160,000.
The units are laid
out in a roughly circular arrangement around a central area with three tennis
courts and two large pools. The design of traffic circulation in the development
has resulted in somewhat tight parking quarters, which means that parking rules
must be strictly enforced. There are a total of 6 pools and 5 spas in the
development.
Indian Hills is one
of the Coachella Valley’s more mature communities.
The Association’s Board of Directors is tackling head on the usual
problems facing mature communities. These
are, principally, the maintenance of aging equipment and building surfaces and
dealing with overgrown plant material in the landscape.
The Association’s Board of Directors is also very conscious that these
very practical concerns must be viewed in the context of the need to project an
attractive and competitive presentation with respect to all the new development
in the Valley.
Indian Hills is
technically a planed unit development (PUD) but the maintenance responsibilities
of the Association are very similar to those in a condominium development.
In fact the Multiple Listing Service describes the units as condos.
The maintenance of the community’s roofs falls to the Association,
which has had the flat, built-up sections of roof foamed and placed on a regular
5-year recoating program.
During the past two
years all pools and spas have been replastered and the pool decks recoated.
Aside from considerations of maintenance, the Board has appointed a
Painting Committee to consider and make recommendations on a new color scheme
for the stucco and trim of the units in an effort to modernize the appearance of
the development
The main challenge, and one facing all communities of this vintage, is to
tackle the landscaping problems associated with overgrown trees and old and
woody shrubs, especially between the units. Also a large number of oleanders
have to be removed because they suffer the fungal disease that afflicts so many
of this plant type in the Valley. The Association’s landscaping responsibilities include the
median strip on Highway 74 and over the past two years this area, which is an
important part of the Indian Hills “curb appeal,” has been completed
overhauled.
With the assistance of the landscape company, Shadow
Palms, the Association is implementing a plant renovation program.
This includes a plan to replace old plant material with a plant palette
that includes flowering shrubs. Progress
with this program to date has drawn many very favorable comments from the Indian
Hills homeowners.
As
is often the case with relatively small homeowner associations, the very active
5-member Board acts as its own committees.
Kelly Robertson, property manager with PCM/Desert Resort Management
assists the Board in its duties.
Brunner & Associates
23-225 Tamyram Road
Sky Valley
CA 92241
Tel: 760-329-3650
Fax:760-329-1265
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