​​​​Don't Forget To Sign Up For TownSq!
MASC Austin Properties, Inc. would like to remind everyone about the announce the launch of TownSq — a new all-in-one mobile app designed to help you connect, collaborate and stay up-to-date with your    association – any time on any device. Manage your account and access the resources you need when you need them.

Download the app and register to:
• Easily communicate with your management team
• Manage your account and pay online
• Get up-to-date news and alerts
• Request and review status of service inquiries
• Engage with others residents in your neighborhood
• Access important association documents
• And more!

To register your account, please log onto www.barringtonplace.sites.townsq.io, use your  account ID and the association zip code (77478). Set your password and account preferences and you will then be ready to start experiencing community your way with TownSq.  Please contact us if you have any questions regarding this new process as we are excited to offer these new services to your  community.


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Halloween Decorations Winners 2024 (please see pictures in gallery above!)

1st place-2130 Collingsfield Drive
2nd place-13030 Huntleigh Way
3rd place-13119 Rosstown Drive

Honorable Mentions
2103 Barrington Place Drive

12710 Nantucket Drive
2215 Saradon Drive
2107 Squire Dobbins Drive

 

Fiber Optic Lines Construction

As you are aware there has been construction with the installation of optic fiber lines throughout the community. There are currently two (2) companies working to install fiber lines, AT&T (and its associated company Oceanlink, Inc.) and Ezee Fiber in Barrington Place HOA.

That means you will see workers in the neighborhood placing flags and using spray paint as the first step in installing underground fiber optic cables throughout the subdivision (including in back yards of homes in the subdivision). 

While it is common knowledge to many homeowners, others they may not know that our neighborhood has many utility easements located within it. Typically, the easements are located in most home’s back yards adjacent to the common fences that separate the back yards. These utility easements run the length of the backyard fence. Some yards also have other easements on the sides of their yards.  If you have a copy of the survey of your property you will see the utility easements noted on the survey. Easements include access rights by the easement holder to reach and enter that easement area.  

Typically, there is an 8-foot-wide Utility easement by your back fence. Within that 8-foot area (and also the 8-foot area in your neighbor’s yard) are buried phone lines and above ground pedestals, buried sewers lines and above ground manhole covers, above ground electric boxes and buried electric lines, other buried cables, buried gas lines, as well as the above ground fence.

The HOA has no control over this matter. This matter is authorized by the City of Sugar Land. There are positives and negatives in all of this. The positive is that after the new cable is installed homeowners will have options to choose a different cable/phone/internet provider. With more competition, companies that want your business are more likely to offer competitive (lower) prices and better services. You are under no obligation to switch to any new service provider.  

However, there are downsides. The fiber optic cable must be installed. This means trucks and machinery will be in the neighborhood. Workers will be entering into backyards as part of the installation process.  There will be digging and noise. Cable will be pushed through the underground within the easement at varying depths and reappearing above ground in some yards where it will be accessed similar to telephone pedestals. ATT Fiber and Oceanlink representatives attended the HOA Annual Meeting on May 16, 2024, and introduced themselves and explained the nature of their work and gave a general overview of their plans. While the representatives of ATT Fiber and Oceanlink, made representations that they will notify everyone in advance, prior historical easement access by other easement holders, has resulted in damaged gates and locks, animals (dogs primarily) escaping from the backyard, and other land disturbances (underground sprinkler damage, plants/shrubbery being injured, and other personal property damaged that is located near and within the easement area, to name a few).

This project is scheduled to be completed before the Thanksgiving Holiday (week of November 25th, 2024)    

If you have any issues or concerns during the installation of the fiber optic installation:

AT&T – installation in the back easement, report any damage with pictures to Project Manager:  Roy Mandeville Ph: 936-333-1105 

ROY@OCEANLINK-INC.COM  or CLAIMS@oceanlink-inc.com   

Ezee Fiber – installation in the front City ROW (right-of-way), which is the sidewalk to the curb, report any damage with pictures to
construction@ezeefiber.com or call 346-644-3788 

For more information- visit their website at https://ezeefiber.com/fiber-construction/

All Sugar Land homeowners are encouraged to apply for the City’s Great Homes Program as soon as possible, as incentive funding is limited. All Sugar Land homeowners are eligible to receive an incentive of up to $10,000 for a home improvement project and/or a discounted exterior design through the City’s Great Homes Programs. There are two programs available through Great Homes:

The Great Homes Update Program is an incentive program available for all Sugar Land homeowners to apply for a reimbursement incentive to complete projects that rehabilitate, enhance, or refurbish the exterior of their residential property. Homeowners who get approved through the Update program may be eligible for a reimbursement incentive of up to $10,000 from the City for exterior improvements to their home such as window, fence, driveway, garage door, and siding projects.

The Great Homes Design Program provides Sugar Land homeowners and homeowner associations (HOAs) with a creative, re-envisioned exterior home design at a Sugar Land-exclusive cost. In addition, homeowners who apply for the Update Program with a professional home design received through the Great Homes Design Program may also receive an additional 2% reimbursement through the Update Program.

Questions? Please contact GreatHomes@sugarlandtx.gov or visit the program website at https://sugarlandecodev.com/great-homes

News & Updates

​​​Garage Sales are a great way of cleaning house while making a little extra money for your family. However, Barrington Place HOA has established a few specific regulations for garage sales to ensure that they do not pose any problems or inconveniences for your neighbors:

The Barrington Place HOA documents allows three (3) garage sales per year.
Advertising your garage sale should be picked up promptly upon completion of your sale.  
All garage sales shall conform to any rules or regulations specified by the City of Sugar Land or Fort Bend County