Spruce Creek South in Summerfield FL | Community Center
Spruce Creek South Community | Brick City Photography | Posted: April 17, 2024
Spruce Creek South in Summerfield FL | Community Center Veteran Memorial
For-Profit, Private, Equity Investor-Owned Property
📝 Motivation 📝
I except my mistakes but, as the saying goes, fool me once. Never twice! Yes, living in a deed restricted senior retirement community, retired and living the dream!
But when I feel deceived, not making a clear point to define the legal community status when making one of my last, shouldn’t ever say last, largest investments in my life, I vent through informing others.
Not complaining, nor have buyer’s remorse of my purchase in the Spruce Creek South 55+ Senior Deed Restricted Community in Summerfield.
Conversations and communication with resident property owner community members resulted finding out that I am not alone! Other purchasers of what, to most people, is the largest investment of their lifetime, were not aware of the legal community status of the Spruce Creek South 55+ Senior Deed Restricted Community.
Ah, but wait, to allow the continuation of failing to properly ensure communication of the Spruce Creek South 55+ Senior Deed Restricted Community legal community status from the real estate agents, real estate firms (You didn’t read what you were signing.) (You should of hired an attorney.) and the property manager (Not in job description.) (Follow the deed restrictions.), is unfathomably insane and the definition of insanity, as Albert Einstein said best; ‘Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.’ According to a large number of inspirational mugs and posters! (Hey, It’s the Wild World Wide Web (WWWW)!
Making efforts to communicate, what the Private, For-Profit, Equity Investor-Owned legal community status is of the Spruce Creek South 55+ Senior Deed Restricted Community really means and seem to not want shoppers to know. Because the Private Equity Investor, Real Estate Agents, Real Estate Firms or resident sellers want the property sold before single family home shoppers are aware and ah, but which one, of the questionable issues of the legal community status to make a true qualified decision, making your purchase. Read on to find out my reaction.
There are residents that do support the Private, For-Profit, Equity Investor-Owner and seem to be more willing than others to allow the deterioration of the services they pay for in Maintenance and Recreation Fees. ***NOT HOA FEES, Maintenance and Recreation FEES*** Yet, the senior residents are charged late fees, compensating the Private, For-Profit, Equity Investor-Owner, if they are late on their Maintenance and Recreation Fee. Does it not stand to reason the residing residents should be compensated when common area facilities do not receive the proper maintenance, ex: Rear Gate, Pool or Hot Tub? Yeah, things break, not maintained properly, not if, when! Oops, off point! Who has a say?
Here lies the purpose to try to inform the pros and cons from the point of a resident that has purchased homes in different types of governed communities.
Many really feel helpless with the legal community status following the sales practice of not volunteering the issues here, where I, for one have purchased a home, others, find out the legal community status and sell right away, others share my point and think, hey maybe we can have a majority say in decisions, others just move on with their busy lives don’t care or simply oblivious. Their right, no worries…
Hey, I have better things to do and apparently the Private, For-Profit, Equity Investor-Owner, Advisory Board Committee thinks that anybody can build a webpage, and you know, yep, a static page is easy today, a responsive site is another matter, but responsiveness, security and accessibility, not just with logins but also adhering best practices of people with disabilities, as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which requires web developer certifications.
Purchased my single family home in 2018 completely oblivious to the root of the legal community status of this for-profit Spruce Creek South 55+ Senior Deed Restricted Community, with time the realization of my disillusion of the deterioration of the common areas and the amount of volunteer input to the Spruce Creek South community sustainability. Now half way through 2024 with nothing resolved and the Private, For-Profit, Equity Investor-Owner keeps raising and collecting the fees.
For-Profit, Private, Equity Investor-Owned Property
🏘️📝 My Bad | NOT A HOA! 📝🏘️
After living in the “concrete jungle” most of my life, I decided and seeking greener pastures in Spruce Creek South in Summerfield. When I bought my property here, I didn’t receive all the information upfront – much like my unpredictable ex, volunteering information, was not in her vocabulary.
I’ve had a few relationships since and purchased several other homes in the “concrete jungle,” but unlike a relationship, I’ve learned that in greener pastures, storms can linger longer than expected.
After my purchase, I discovered that Spruce Creek South in Summerfield is a Private, For-Profit, Equity Investor-Owned 55+ adult gated community, not managed by a Home Owners Association (HOA).
It’s important to ask the right questions. Lesson learned. Yep, you got me. I’m still here accepting fate.
Doing all documentation of the sale remotely, I considered litigation with both my realtor (Buyers Agent & Selling Agent, both with Keller Williams, when asked of monthly fees, I was told the HOA Fee is…) and title company, Affiliated TITLE of Central Florida.
Have a copy of a HOA disclosure with a dotloop signature verification date and time stamped, filled out with my name as the buyer and my seller in my records with the wrong community filled out. Affiliated TITLE of Central Florida sent a misleading document. The document was sent, but did not make it to the final title company paperwork.
Ultimately deciding just accept MY naivety of paying someone or companies to look out for MY best interest. Instead it was, and continues to be about completing the sale and NOTHING else, no matter what or whom is mislead. I understand, coming from a sales background AND actually being employed as a Corporate Trainer for a large multi state regional company.
In April of 2023, find out that the home I purchased within a Private, For-Profit, Equity Investor-Owned 55+ adult gated community, the Private, For-Profit, Equity Investor-Owner was unaware that after 30 years properties fall from the deed restrictions unless the property is revitalized. Only assuming he learned of the issue when attempting to sell the community to another Private, For-Profit, Equity Investor-Owner did his due diligence, canceling the sale making the issue apparent.
For-Profit, Private, Equity Investor-Owned Property
🏠🔑 The Community Status Of Deed Restriction Revitalization 🔑🏠
Why purchase in a For-Profit, Private, Equity Investor-Owned Community?
Spruce Creek South in Summerfield, Florida is a Private, For-Profit, Equity Investor-Owned 55+ adult gated community and is not owned or managed by a Home Owners Association (HOA). The Spruce Creek South gated retirement community is/was owned and managed by Kenneth Kirkpatrick, President and Owner of Heritage Management Corp. – Commercial/Residential Management Company. Kenneth Kirkpatrick is/was the Business Manager of NAI Heritage – Ocala, FL – Commercial Real Estate Services which is structured under NAI Global, layer after layer of companies where this man is literally making money from a senior community, myself included, shielding himself from any liability, as the common area structures go back go least possible maintenance, to the point that maintenance is done when it breaks.
When you google Heritage Management Corp., the three relevant results first, with a MapQuest page with directions to, yes, you guessed it, the offices of NAI Heritage – Ocala, FL – Commercial Real Estate Services. Second, from the Ocala Star-Banner the article from 2007 announcing Company takes over Spruce Creek South’s amenities published September 8 when there was 1,625-unit completed in the community and lastly a link to NAI Heritage – Ocala, FL – Commercial Real Estate Services.
Heritage Management Corp. manages the 1625 Single Family Homes that make up the Spruce Creek South Private, For-Profit, Equity Investor-Owned 55+ adult gated community through the management office in the community center on the property, the property manager, Diane Suchy.
Stages of a Revitalization Process
Spruce Creek South is/was in stage 3 of the revitalization process that many oppose.
Status Update: Sat 7/6/2024 6:44 AM
eNeighbors notification from a resident: was told yesterday by a board member the MRTA papers have now enough (signatures) and is off to the Lawyers to file.
Nothing from Kenneth Kirkpatrick, President and Owner of Heritage Management Corp. – Commercial/Residential Management Company the Private, For-Profit, Equity Investor-Owner. Kenneth Kirkpatrick is the Business Manager of NAI Heritage – Ocala, FL – Commercial Real Estate Services which is structured under NAI Global or the property manager, or zone manager.
Spruce Creek South Documents:
Draft of the Spruce Creek South Articles
Spruce Creek South Revitalization Package
Marketable Record Title Act (MRTA) Townhall Meeting Presentation
Spruce Creek South Draft of the Supplemental Declaration of Covenants
Draft of the Spruce Creek South Bylaws
For-Profit, Private, Equity Investor-Owned Property
💰 Private, For-Profit, Equity Investor-Owned Community Maintenance 💰
Why purchase in a For-Profit, Private, Equity Investor-Owned Community?
Community Property Maintenance 👎
I purchased because I was deceived by the realtors facilitating my property purchase that I would be paying an HOA fee as posted on Zillow and many other realtor sites. Cannot fathom anyone willfully purchasing in a For-Profit, Private, Equity Investor Owned Community where the community has no influence where or how maintenance fees, or as the For-Profit, Private, Equity Investor Owner likes to call it, a Recreation Fees, are budgeted or spent.
The reason for this late addition to this post is the community property maintenance. On April 26, 2025 a resident posted on the eNeighbors site a call for volunteers to clean up the nature trail/dog park community property. Apparently the For-Profit, Private, Equity Investor is not budgeting maintenance of the nature trail/dog park.
In the post, the resident is in the planning stages to get volunteers to:
- Trim of low hanging branches that hit golf cart tops and walkers heads, trim branches reaching into paths.
- Removal of debris like the broken swan planters and the fake fichus tree someone tossed in the woods.
- Two brush piles will form and will be removed by mid May.
- Trash pile will form and will be removed by mid May.
Show up with loppers, trimmers, ropes (no chain saws) work in your free time or May 10 and 11, 9am-12
I commend the resident for the effort but believe the maintenance fees, or again, as the For-Profit, Private, Equity Investor Owner likes to call it, a Recreation Fees, should include the maintenance of the community property nature park/dog park and should be payment enough to properly maintain the entire community!
Just another example of the For-Profit, Private, Equity Investor Owner profiting off the entire community of seniors.
Last Revision: May 8, 2026
