Hi Neighbor!
Why Are You in Corte Bella? A couple I know almost left Corte Bella a while back. In a snit after another run-in with HOA rules, they took a look elsewhere. They mainly looked at Verrado, touted for its walkable main street district with shops and restaurants close by. Houses there, it seems, are required to have a front porch with chairs for sitting in the mornings and evenings to greet the neighbors strolling by on the sidewalks gracing both sides of the streets—nostalgic, like a Rockwell painting. They visited that community half a dozen times over a few weeks. They liked it. A grocery store was nearby. They looked at houses for sale and saw at least one bargain needing work that they could have done. But they also began noticing that very few people sat on those front porches and that very few neighbors strolled down the sidewalks any time of the day. Downtown Phoenix and Scottsdale, places they go for entertainment, were much further away from that corner of the valley. Eventually the positives and negatives didn’t add up to any great advantage for them. And they would still have HOA rules to run afoul of.
Returning through Corte Bella’s front gate, it hit them that their home was in a resort setting. The look and feel in Corte Bella was suddenly just right. Even the size of Corte Bella—small enough to walk the whole community, large enough to never be able to know everyone—seemed just right. And the size of the lots puts neighbors close enough to see and know people in their corner of our community. They began to admit that HOA rules and regulations make the community a better place, while still reserving the right to complain about those they think silly. This is a good fit for them. But not everyone will feel at home here. A few people I know also complain about the HOA citing them for violations and about HOA fees constantly rising. They swear they will move if it happens one more time. And some have left for Verrado, one of the Sun Cities, even Indiana! But for everyone who leaves, another comes to Corte Bella. No community is perfect for anyone 100% of the time. We have our community grouches and those who don’t seem to mix with any of their neighbors. Some houses have loud motorcycles and barking dogs, but not too many unless you live next door. There are other animals that were here before us—rabbits, javalinas, bobcats, coyotes, and some people swear to have seen cougars. We have all sorts here, people and animals, usually pretty well-behaved, and that seems to make Corte Bella perfect for this couple and for me, most of the time. Why do you live in Corte Bella?
Submitted by G. G. Wosi, Corte Bella resident
8 Estrella Publishing - CB Living magazine
May 2026
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