Realtors, title companies and buyers
Closing on a home here
Who to ask for a payoff statement, an assessment balance or the governing documents, and what a buyer should read before closing.
What to ask Elite for
Everything a closing needs comes from Elite Properties, the association's management company. Put the request in writing, name the property, and say what you need. Elite confirms the turnaround and any fee when they reply.
- A payoff statement for a closing.
- The assessment amount and payment status for a specific lot.
- The governing documents: the declaration of restrictions, its amendment and the recorded plat.
If you are buying here, read the declaration before you close. It limits what can change on the outside of a home, asks for written approval before you build, and sets deadlines for finishing construction and landscaping.
Public records
Getting the governing documents from the county
The three documents
All three are recorded with the Waukesha County Register of Deeds, so you do not have to wait on anyone to read them. Searching is free and no account is needed. Each one has its own document number:
- Declaration of Restrictions, 4580722, recorded May 3, 2021
- First Amendment to the Declaration, 4602802, recorded July 22, 2021
- Plat of Landings at Aero Park, 4578810, recorded April 26, 2021
How to pull one up
- Open the county's land records search (external link) and click the line that accepts the disclaimer.
- Go to the Recorded Documents tab.
- Type the document number into Instrument # From and leave the To box empty. Filling in both asks for everything recorded between the two numbers.
- Click Search. One record comes back. View opens the scanned document.
Look up one number at a time. The county sells copies from the results page, and the Register of Deeds also explains how to order one by mail or in person (external link).
Before you close
What a buyer should know
Who approves exterior changes
Nothing can be built or altered on the outside of a home until the architectural control committee approves the plans in writing. That committee is not the Landings at Aero Park board. The declaration puts it in the hands of the developer that built this neighborhood, Arden Property Group, and the developer appoints who sits on it.
A request is only reviewed once it is complete: construction plans, a survey showing where everything will sit, a grading and erosion control plan, a landscape plan, and the review fee. The declaration lists what to include and where to send it.
What the annual assessment covers
The association looks after the outlots, the stormwater ponds and the entrance monument, and the annual assessment pays for that work. Everything inside a lot's boundaries belongs to its owner. The ponds serve this neighborhood and the Highlands together, so the cost of looking after them is shared.
Registered with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions as HOA12114 (external link).