“Obviously the existing homeowners have been significantly and negatively impacted by the current status of this community. We are sensitive to this and our goal is to move The Springs at Settlers Walk forward in a manner that will improve the current situation,” Todd Kuss, president of Grand Communities, Fischer’s development arm, said in an e-mail.
Last week, residents received letters from the new developer inviting them to a meeting at the “incomplete home at 160 Winding Creek Drive.”
“We were the first ones in,” said Myron Rheaume, who with his wife purchased a home across from the development’s clubhouse five years ago. “We bought the hype.”
The Rheaumes and the buyers of about 10 other homes sold in the subdivision expected amenities including a pool, hot tub, gymnasium and theater, overseen by an activity coordinator, as well as snow removal and lawn care.
Neighbors were forced to defend themselves in lawsuits brought by contractors unpaid by developer Ron Coffman, who went bankrupt.
Grand Communities has begun cleaning up around the development — the final piece of the Settlers Walk planned community — where construction stopped in 2006.
“It’s just gone on and on and on,” Rheaume said. “We’re very happy somebody’s communicating with us.”
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