Drive I-35 north from Round Rock and the pattern repeats every few exits: a new monument sign, a model home row, and a subdivision that did not exist three years ago. Georgetown, Jarrell, Salado, Belton and Temple are absorbing a large share of Central Texas growth, and every one of those new neighborhoods comes with a homeowners association that will eventually need professional management. Here is what that means for boards up the corridor, and how PS Property Management serves them.
The growth is real, and it is moving north
Temple has added roughly 20 percent to its population since 2020 and now sits near 100,000 residents. Bell County as a whole is approaching 400,000. Georgetown has spent several years on the list of the fastest-growing cities in the country, and Jarrell and Salado are filling the gap between Williamson and Bell counties with master-planned communities aimed at buyers priced out of Austin.
For homeowners, that growth means more choice and more value. For HOA boards it means something less comfortable: a builder-controlled association that will be handed to volunteer homeowners, usually with a thin reserve fund, a budget written by the developer, and a management company chosen by the developer.
What corridor boards should look for in an HOA management company
Whether your community is in Georgetown or Temple, the questions are the same. Before you sign or renew a management agreement, ask:
- Who is actually driving the community? A manager based in the area will see the broken fence and the overgrown common area before a homeowner files a complaint. Ask how often the manager will be on site and where they are driving from.
- Can the board read the financials? You should be able to log in and see the balance sheet, the budget-to-actual and the delinquency report without asking for a copy. If the answer is “we send a PDF monthly,” keep looking.
- How do homeowners pay and submit requests? Online payments, online ARC applications and a community website are the baseline now. If homeowners still mail checks and email a general inbox, response times suffer.
- What happens during the transition? A good company handles the records request, the bank changes and the homeowner notices. A board should not be chasing the old company for the governing documents.
- Is there board training? Most new directors have never read the Texas Property Code. A management company that runs a board training series saves the board from learning the hard way.
How PS Property Management covers Georgetown to Temple
We have managed HOA and condo associations in Central Texas since 1987 from offices in Round Rock and South Austin. North of Round Rock we currently manage communities in Georgetown, Hutto, Taylor and Temple, including Wyndham Hill, one of Temple’s largest neighborhoods at 600 homes. Our community manager Christina Wood lives in Temple, so Bell County communities are a regular route rather than a special trip.
Every community we manage gets the same system: live financial reporting for the board, online payments and ARC for homeowners, documented compliance that follows Texas law, vendor management for pools, landscaping and capital projects, and a community website kept current by our team. Learn more about our Temple and Bell County HOA management services, or see the full list of services we provide across Central Texas.
Builder-to-board transitions: get ahead of it
If your community is still under declarant control, the transition to homeowner control is the moment to review management. The board that inherits the association also inherits the contract, and the first year sets the tone for everything after. We regularly help new boards in Jarrell, Salado and Belton with the first owner-run budget, the first reserve study and the first annual meeting. If that is where your community is headed in the next 12 months, a conversation now is worth more than one after the handoff.
Talk to us
Boards anywhere along I-35 from South Austin to Temple can request a no-obligation proposal or call 512-251-6122, Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit for your community.
