[SC] [SFH] Developer died now we have no amenities and no say in HOA
hello everyone,
I bought my house in December of 2024, we were one of the last homes sold in this phase. The developer sold half of the lots in our subdivision to a national builder, the other half he kept to sell as custom homes. The HOA was founded in 2023 and thats when the first homes were built, so we are coming up on 3 years of people living here.
The issue, the national builder advertised our neighborhood having a pool, a cabana, a playground, and walking trails. our yearly budget sent out by the HOA shows what our new monthly dues would be when the pool is built. Well the national builder is gone, sold all of their homes/lots and The developer died in July 2025, his daughter now owns the company and us homeowners are stuck in limbo with no movement on a pool and no say in our HOA because the developer still owns all of these lots. understandably all of us neighbors are getting pissed and we are looking to retain a lawyer. me personally don't think we have a case due to strong CCRs and the pool is not listed on the subdivision plats or in our home contracts.
I finally went to our management company last week and requested the P&L sheets and transaction logs for our HOA bank accounts the last year. the icing on the cake is our HOA paid the developers estate 100k for a "reconciliation" of some sort Dec 2025.
Really just venting and want to see if anyone has any advice.