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River Ranch
Austin, TX · Owner: Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE: SUI)
About this community
| Community | River Ranch |
|---|---|
| Address | See directory listing (being verified for this page) |
| City / State | Austin, TX |
| Acquired by Sun | 2000 |
| Sites / lots | 349 (MHBO directory profile) |
| Year built | 2003 (MHBO directory profile) |
| Source | Sun Communities FY2025 Form 10-K, Schedule III (SEC filing) |
Directory listing: MHBO community page (third-party directory; address data cross-checked against it).
The numbers reported here
No verified figures have been filed for this community yet. The first residents to report lot-rent history, fees and pass-through charges set the baseline this page tracks — every figure labeled with its source and date.
Resident reports
No reports have been published from this community yet. Reports are published as the resident's own account, with a verification tier (anonymous / resident-verified / named) and an affidavit option.
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Buyback & blocked-sale record
This page tracks reported cases where a resident says the park bought their home, or a sale to an outside buyer was blocked or stalled: what the resident was offered, what independent buyers offered, and what the home later sold for. No cases filed yet for this community.
What residents say elsewhere
Collected from public sources, summarized and attributed, with links to the originals. Summaries describe what reviewers and reporters say; allegations are not findings.
- google-reviews — Google reviews mirrored here are sharply critical: one reviewer alleges the front office runs the park for revenue maximization, focusing on enforcing fines in the rental agreement rather than maintenance or widening the single entry/exit road; a reviewer identifying as a former two-year employee alleges staff issued roughly 50 violations a week and that broken blinds drew two violations and eviction threats; others allege towing and fines for minor infractions, break-ins with no management response, and drug activity. One reviewer cites about 750 homes sharing one entrance and one exit. Allegations from individual reviewers. Original source
Themes: management, fees, safety, maintenance - other · D (BBB rating) — BBB business profile for River Ranch (13021 Dessau Road) shows the business is not BBB accredited and carries a D rating. The complaint counts shown on the profile appear to be templated corporate-level Sun Communities figures rather than park-specific counts, so only the rating is credited here. Original source
Themes: management - other · 3.6 (604 reviews) — Via Birdeye aggregate (pool-mixing documented; park attribution uncertain): a visible review alleges random fees and rude office staff who never take accountability, and says residents are selling just to get out, warning that leasing a lot will eventually cost more than renting. Caution: Birdeye mixes review pools across parks, so individual items are treated as unattributed. Original source
Themes: fees, management, rent
Fight back in TX
State Attorney General — file a consumer complaint with the TX Attorney General's office: official complaint page · Office phone: (512) 463-2100. (Officeholder listings change with elections; this route is to the office, verified October 2025.)
Build an AG-ready packet: a dated, specific account — what happened, when, what it cost you, what management said — carries more weight than a phone call. This portal's report flow turns your account into exactly that, with an optional signed affidavit.
Sun Communities' response
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