DC Ranch HOA: Phone Number, Who to Call, and What the Rules Cover

More than one. According to DC Ranch's website, three associations cover the whole community, the Community Council, the Ranch Association and the Covenant Commission, and ten neighborhoods are managed by their own sub-associations.

I'm Jen Keene, a REALTOR® with eXp Realty Luxury in Scottsdale, AZ, and I'm the agent people call at every stage of their life. If you want one DC Ranch HOA phone number, the Ranch Office is where to start. Which associations apply to your home depends on the parcel, so ask by address and don't assume your neighbor's answer is yours.

According to DC Ranch's website, the Ranch Office is at 18867 N. Thompson Peak Pkwy., Suite 100, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and the main line is 480-513-1500.

The site lists more specific lines too. Assessments go to 480-419-5313, modifications to 480-419-5304, and paint questions to 480-419-5305. The Desert Camp community center is 480-342-7178, open daily 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and The Homestead community center is 480-585-1641, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Community Patrol dispatch is 480-397-9659.

DC Ranch says its fees are assessed monthly. The Community Council assessment funds operations, activities and maintenance at the Desert Camp and The Homestead community centers, along with 33 miles of paths and trails. The Ranch Association assessment funds maintenance of the common areas in DC Ranch except those behind gates, and the Neighborhood assessment funds maintenance of everything behind the gate, according to the Assessments & Fees page.

Homes in the ten sub-associations are managed by those associations, so ask which assessments apply to the address you're looking at. I'm not going to quote a dollar figure, because DC Ranch's pages don't publish one and the amount depends on the parcel. Call me with the address and I'll find out what it is before you write an offer.

DC Ranch's Assessments & Fees page says autopay is set up with its Autopay Form, and that you can also pay online through ZEGO, which charges a processing fee on credit card payments. The page asks that online payments be submitted at least five days before the due date. Questions go to the assessments line, 480-419-5313.

The page says late fees post if a month's payment isn't received by the last day of the month. At 75 days delinquent, all gate passes are terminated, along with council services such as amenity key fob access, and residents get in through the guard or a gate code. DC Ranch says balances more than 90 days past due are secured through a consensual lien on the property and may be foreclosed upon.

Arizona law limits foreclosure on an assessment lien. A.R.S. 33-1807, for planned communities, allows it only if the owner has been delinquent for eighteen months or owes $10,000 or more, whichever comes first, and A.R.S. 33-1256 sets the same thresholds for condominiums. I'm not an attorney, so talk to one about your own situation, and call 480-419-5313 before a balance gets that far.

Ask for the parcel number, because three of the ten sub-associations have "Villas" in the name and they are separate HOAs: The Villas (parcel 1.12), The Villas at Desert Park Village (parcels 1.15 and 1.16), and Villas at Desert Camp (parcel 2.8). According to DC Ranch's Sub-Associations page, The Villas is managed by Trestle Management Group, The Villas at Desert Park Village by City Property Management, and Villas at Desert Camp by Capital Property Ventures.

The other seven, per the same page: Courtyards at Market Street, Village at Market Street and Courtyards at Desert Parks go through Trestle Management Group, Columbia Community and Tapadero through City Property Management, The Village at Silverleaf through APM, and ICON at Silverleaf through HOAMCO. The page lists the current contact for each, so call the right one for your address. If you don't know which applies, I can look it up before you make an offer.

Yes. According to DC Ranch's website, exterior home and landscape modifications, including the backyard, have to be reviewed and approved before the work starts. Most go to the Modification Committee, and modifications greater than 100 square feet of livable space go to the Covenant Commission. DC Ranch's page lists forms including an Architectural Modifications Submittal Form, a Landscape Modifications Submittal Form, a Paint Modification Request Form and an Artificial Turf Modification Request Form, plus a fee sheet and a neighbor notification form.

The page says paint review can take up to 10 days and that Ranch Association modifications can take up to 30 days, and that a complete submittal has to be in at least seven business days before a scheduled meeting. Modifications over 100 square feet carry a design review fee based on square footage. Call the modifications line at 480-419-5304, the paint line at 480-419-5305, or the Ranch Office at 480-513-1500.

If your home is in one of the ten sub-associations, ask that association whether it has its own design review on top of DC Ranch's, and don't buy the paint until you know.

According to DC Ranch's website, the HOA Addendum and Home Resale Form is a one-time submission by the owner or listing agent that alerts DC Ranch Security the home is on the market. It gives showing agents a code for the unmanned gates that is active between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily, and a new form is needed if the listing moves to a new broker. DC Ranch also offers an optional pre-inspection to catch standards issues before the formal one, but its page says not to request it if closing is within 30 days. Fee questions go to 480-419-5313.

Arizona has two HOA laws. The Arizona Condominium Act is Title 33, Chapter 9 of the Arizona Revised Statutes, and the Arizona Planned Communities Act is Title 33, Chapter 16. Which one applies to a given association, the Community Council, the Ranch Association, or one of the ten sub-associations, depends on how it was set up, so ask for the declaration tied to the specific parcel.

I'm not an attorney and this isn't legal advice. Here's what each law covers in general terms, including your right to see an association's records and what to ask for before you buy.

Before you write an offer, ask for the name of every association tied to the specific parcel, community-wide and neighborhood-level, the current assessment for each, and the most recent reserve study. That tells you what you're signing up to pay and whether there's money set aside for what the community will need next.

If you're selling, put that same list in front of your buyer early, along with the resale form. Here's how I prepare a DC Ranch listing, and here's how I work out what a home here is worth. If you're buying, here's my guide to buying in DC Ranch, and here's how I help you buy in Arizona.

Call me at (480) 203-6605 or get in touch with the address, and I'll tell you which associations apply and what each one costs before you buy or sell.