Meritage Homes

Ive been in the construction industry for the better part of 10 years post graduation. Responsibilities range anywhere from labor to project estimation, management, and inspection. This experience exists in residential, commercial, public works and civil projects ranging anywhere from 30k to 200 million. I received a call from this company about a position I had applied for some time ago. The conversation was to be followed up post initial discussion. After calling back, I was told they were going to go another route and look for someone that has worked in the industry before. Lol my resume shows over 10 years in the industry and my experience starts before that. Long story short after initial conversation I had lost interest but still gave it a go. It was very clear that prior to calling me they had not even viewed my resume. These guys are amatuers. Huge waste of time. Im sure the pay wouldnt legitimize the baby sitting that would need to be done either.

Unethical, uncooperative, miserable customer experience. Quality issues that don't pass code; years of fighting for a resolution. In retrospect we should have never closed on the house with outstanding issues (don't believe their promises that any outstanding issues will be resolved in the first 30 days). We were stuck with our prior home having been sold and no place to go. I would never, ever do business with this company again.

Buyer beware: Meritage Homes (aka Monterey Homes) of Scottsdale, AZ. and Renroc Development LLC, owned by Rocco “Rockey” Piazza of Lakeway, TX. ousted the board of directors of the Bella Montagna Homeowners Association (HOA), Lakeway, TX in a recall election on July 28 2012.



Meritage and Renroc deposed the HOA board after it hired a forensic accountant to look into evidence of misappropriation of funds and financial mismanagement during the time Meritage and Renroc controlled the HOA. It also follows attempts by the board to collect more than $250,000 in delinquent fees and late charges and the developers’ refusal to complete construction of the community. The allegations are the basis for a suit filed by the board in the District Court of Travis County (TX) in May 2012.



By ousting the HOA board, Meritage and Renroc are now in a position to stop the work of the forensic accountant and collect delinquent fees and to move for the lawsuit to be dismissed..



In an ironic twist, Meritage and Renroc used a recently enacted Texas law that allows homeowners who are delinquent in payment of their HOA fees to vote in HOA elections in order to protect their property rights.



“Meritage and Renroc have turned this new law on its head. They’ve used the ability of delinquent developers to vote in our HOA election to remove the owner board that tried to collect those fees and pursue claims of misappropriation of funds and financial malfeasance against them,” said John Oliveri, vice-president of the owner board and an attorney specializing in HOA-related law.



“The recall is nothing more than a blatant attempt to suppress the allegations against them and make the lawsuit quietly disappear by electing their hand selected nominees to the board of directors, ” he said.



The recall election is the latest move in a two-year battle between homeowners and developers in the community. In early 2011, Renroc abruptly disbanded the previous unelected board after homeowners questioned why Meritage and Renroc had never paid annual HOA fees and failed to hold any annual meetings as required under the governing documents of the HOA.



In June 2011, the homeowners elected their own board whereupon Meritage announced it would not complete development of the community and the owners would have to finish the community amenities themselves.