08/11/2026
COMPLETING THE COMMON AREAS IN PUEBLO CAMPESTRE PHASE 2. We moved into our townhouse in December 2022, as the second owner of a townhouse. It was very early in the overall construction of the new development. It took over 10 years for Pueblo Campestre Phase 1 to be completed. While Questro completed the swimming pool for our development in 2023, it was clear that it was going to be sometime before the overall plan for the common areas was implemented. As a result several of the homeowners worked diligently to make the neighborhood look good until such time as it was appropriate for the overall work to be completed by the developer.
We had learned a lot from the experience of other sub-regimes within Club Campestre about the best way to move forward to make Pueblo Campestre Phase 2, while at the same time making sure that the costs of the ongoing upkeep and maintenance were not going to adversely impact the budget of the HOA once it was formed. This mean using native plants and xeriscaping in the design of the landscaping. It also meant examining how water had flowed after storms in the rainy season to protect against damage due to heavy flows.
Led by David Aylward, one of the homeowners, an overall landscaping plan was prepared and over several meetings with representatives of Questro agreements were reached on the plan and its implementation. The vast majority of those components have now been completed. What does the common area plan include?
1. The simple use of oleanders, torote, agave and sage plants with a pea gravel base - minimizing the need for a significant use of water to maintain the plants.
2. The replacement of planned fountains in four main areas with Washingtonian palm trees to create a great look without the need to continuing address the evaporation of water and pump problems experience elsewhere in the fountains.
3. The placement of low rock diversion walls in all of the sloping areas of the development, where experience had shown that excessive water flow create craters during the past rainy seasons.
4. The addition of concrete and rock drainage shoots from the top corner of the swimming pool to direct water during the rainy season and eliminate erosion on the sides of the pool.
5. The placement of Washingtonian palms and the entry and along the main street in the completed area of Pueblo Campestre Phase 2.
6. The placement of a Pueblo Campestre Phase 2 sign at the main entrance to the development, similar to the one created for Hacienda Campestre.
7. The complete of the swimming pool area with furniture, an outdoor kitchen and the men's and women's bathrooms including a sign for Pool Rules.
Over this period lots of homeowners pitched in to help plan and execute the implementation of the agreed upon design of the common areas. Thank you particularly to David Aylward, Tracy and Kevin Speed, Humberto Cantu and Judy Ranieri. This also could not have come to fruition without the help, financing and direction of key Questro personnel. Thank you, Johnny Vaughan, Humberto Cantu, Carlos, Francisco and Martin for ongoing direction and follow up.
Pueblo Campestre Phase 2 now looks great and is ready for the construction of the remaining townhomes - four pods of five - to be built as each pod is sold. All of the Fairway Homes are completed and occupied.
We look forward to the few things still on the plan to be completed - the sign at the main entrance along with the landscaping around it, a few more water diversion walls, a few more torotes, pea gravel to cover black grids on sloping areas that had some loss in the last two years of rain, and automation of certain parts of the irrigation system.
