Buyer beware
Editor, If you are looking to relocate to Boerne or Kendall County and looking for your dream home in one of the many new subdivisions being built, here’s a few words of advice.
Besides seeking out the usual housing features and amenities, add this to your list: current and long-term water availability.
Why concern yourself with such an issue? Because you are moving to a geographic area with a very finite supply of water.
You will have to specifically ask this question — I would venture your developer, builder and realtor are unlikely to bring up the subject. Each has a financial incentive in selling you what may be the most expensive financial investment of your lifetime.
Local city government also has a financial incentive due in part to increased revenues from property taxes and utility fees, among others.
You would be well advised to seek out independent resources of information regarding water availability in the region; taking time to educate yourself on this important subject will pay dividends when making the final decision of where to purchase your home.
There are numerous resources available — private sector professionals as well Texas and federal agencies — who can provide scientific and factual resource data you’ll need.
You also would be well advised to talk with folks who have lived here for a while. After all, you would not want to experience the potential problem of one day turning on a faucet in your new dream home, only to observe an intermittent drip of the precious commodity we all depend upon for our very lives.
The issue of water availability is much too important to not be on your “lookout” list. You don’t want to be the homeowner who suffers buyer’s remorse resulting from a substantial loss in value of your home.
— Robert L. Imler Kendall County resident
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