Sawgrass West is a 196-unit townhome and condo community off Kedron Road on Spring Hill's Maury County side, built by Lennar and finished around 2020. It shares a single homeowners association with the neighboring Sawgrass single-family neighborhood — 385 homes across the two.
It is also, as of 2026, the most publicly documented construction-quality dispute in Spring Hill. In June 2026 residents stood up at a Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting and asked the city not to release Lennar's remaining bonds. What they described is worth understanding before you buy here.
The thing you need to know first: one water meter for 196 homes
All 196 townhomes in Sawgrass West are on a single master water meter.
There is no individual metering. The HOA receives one water bill for the entire community and divides it among the owners. As homeowner Lisa Carreras told the board on June 15, 2026, "We can't even track what each townhome uses in water. We all pay the same."
Residents told the board this traces back to how the community was originally submitted to the city — as a rental townhome community rather than as individually owned homes. Carreras put it to the board directly: Lennar "either changed their plan along the way to owned townhomes and failed to inform the city, or misinformed the planning commission originally."
The practical consequences are real and ongoing. The HOA has become, in Carreras's words, "a water management company chasing down people who don't pay and forcing all of us to pay our neighbors' unpaid water bills." When Lennar handed the association over to residents in October 2025, the community was reportedly three days from having water shut off to all 196 townhomes for non-payment.
If you are considering a purchase here, this is the single most important structural fact about the property, and it is not something you can renovate your way out of.
History and Development
Lennar built Sawgrass West in phases through roughly 2010–2020, alongside the adjacent Sawgrass single-family neighborhood. Bond releases for the final phases were still moving through the city as recently as 2026 — Planning Commission handled Sawgrass West Phases 1 and 3 in April and June 2026, and the last two came before BOMA that summer.
Lennar turned the HOA board over to homeowners in October 2025.
The June 2026 bond fight
On June 15, 2026, four residents addressed the Board of Mayor and Aldermen during public comment, asking it to reject Resolutions 26-179 and 26-180 — acceptance of the road right-of-way and public improvements for Sawgrass West Phases 3 and 4. Those resolutions covered water, sewer and stormwater infrastructure, street binder, curb, sidewalk, streetlights, street signs, stormwater maintenance and final asphalt topping.
Their testimony described, among other things:
- Sidewalk and curb cracking, some marked with a red X by Lennar but never repaired
- Crumbling driveways along Alcott Avenue
- Solar streetlights in the townhome section that don't stay lit overnight, while the single-family section got hardwired lighting
- A retaining wall at Alcott and Casper draining across the sidewalk
- PVC pipes left standing three to four feet high in yards for years, some uncapped when finally cut down
- Standing water at the bottom of L's Court where residents were told a French drain should run
- A detention area at South Wind Run that can't be fully mowed, allegedly short of the four inches of dirt code requires
- An area with "dangerous boulders left sticking out of the ground"
The board did not vote that night. Spring Hill Water asked for a deferral — a representative told the board the utility had inspected the site the previous week and wanted "at least a couple more weeks to finish reviewing the feedback we got on that before we release any more bonds on Sawgrass." The board deferred.
On July 6, 2026, both resolutions passed 9–0. Spring Hill Water reported that it "has concluded their investigation and has no objections to these bonds being released tonight." No board member asked a question before either vote.
That is the resolution of record. The city investigated, found no basis to withhold the bonds, and released them.
Important context: everything in the residents' account above is public testimony — allegations made by homeowners at a public meeting. Lennar did not respond on the record at either meeting, and I have not seen a response from the company. Treat it as what residents told their city, not as adjudicated fact.
HOA and fees
Sawgrass and Sawgrass West share one association covering all 385 homes.
Per resident testimony in June 2026:
| Monthly dues | |
|---|---|
| Sawgrass West townhomes | $210 |
| Sawgrass single-family | $90 |
Townhome owners pay the water bill on top of that, through the master-meter arrangement described above.
Residents also told the board that every buyer in both neighborhoods contributed a $500 capital contribution, roughly $190,500 in total — and that the association's bank balance stood at about $22,000 in June 2026.
Ask for the current budget and reserve study before you write an offer. Note that older listing data for this community lists dues around $180/month; the figure residents gave the board in mid-2026 was higher. Dues here are a moving number, and that is the point.
Repair costs residents attributed to construction defects
HOA board president Kathy Shrimpling itemized the following for the board, covering 23 months:
| Item | Cost |
|---|---|
| Roof repairs (vents and boots reportedly installed upside down; 42 units at ~$5,000) | ~$210,000 est. |
| Pool repair — cracks, pool house caving, cracked cement | ~$60,000 |
| Backflow box leaks | ~$31,000 |
| Irrigation leaks | ~$30,000 |
| Pool filtration equipment | $20,000+ |
| Rainbird solenoid repair | ~$10,000 |
| Irrigation audit | $2,200 |
Shrimpling told the board the community pool is only about three years old. She also said Lennar has not turned over financial records prior to June 2024, and that requests for vendor contracts and warranties went unanswered.
Fire safety
At the HOA's request, the Spring Hill Fire Department audited fire-safety compliance in the townhome section. Residents told the board it returned "pages of infractions," including a breach of fire-rated assembly in almost every single riser room, no sheetrock on walls, insulation in only about a quarter of riser rooms, and heaters neither mounted nor hardwired.
If you buy here, request that report from the HOA.
Location and Access
Sawgrass West sits at roughly 35.7168, -86.9094, in the Kedron Road area of southern Spring Hill — about 2.6 miles southeast of the Main Street / US-31 center and under a mile from the GM Spring Hill Manufacturing plant, which is the closest thing to a defining locational fact here. Kings Creek is a third of a mile southwest; the Sawgrass single-family neighborhood is directly east.
The community adjoins the golf course now operating as Towhee Club — formerly King's Creek Golf Club, an 18-hole Arnold Palmer Signature Design at 3901 Kedron Road that opened for public play in 2005. That proximity is not purely an amenity: one owner told the board she bought on a par 3, is "hit by golf balls every single day," and that a promised net was never installed.
Street names inside the community include Trinity Way, Alcott Avenue, Casper, South Wind Run and L's Court.
Homes
196 townhomes and condos across roughly 26 acres, built by Lennar and essentially built out. Recent listing data puts the range around $339,500 to $375,000, which makes this one of the more attainable ownership options in Spring Hill.
That price is the appeal. The offsetting factors are on this page.
Schools
Maury County Public Schools: Marvin Wright Elementary → Battle Creek Middle → Spring Hill High.
Zoning changes. Confirm any specific address with Maury County Public Schools.
Honest Pros and Cons
Pros
- Among the most affordable ownership options in Spring Hill
- Built out, established, with mature streets rather than active construction
- Pool, playground and fitness amenities on site
- Golf course adjacent
- Very close to the GM plant if you work there
- The HOA is now homeowner-controlled and is clearly engaged — residents are organizing, auditing, and showing up at city meetings
Cons
- 196 homes on one water meter. You pay a share of your neighbors' water use, and you cannot track your own
- The HOA reported roughly $22,000 on hand against six-figure repair estimates — assessments are a live risk
- Residents allege a fire-marshal audit found fire-rated assembly breaches in nearly every riser room
- Documented dispute with the builder over records, warranties and workmanship
- The city released the bonds in July 2026, so the leverage residents hoped for is gone
- Golf-ball strikes are a real, testified-to problem on some lots
Sources: City of Spring Hill BOMA meeting transcripts, June 15 2026 (public comment; deferral of Res. 26-179/26-180) and July 6 2026 (both resolutions approved 9-0); Spring Hill Planning Commission, April 13 and June 8 2026; Towhee Club and King's Creek Golf Club public materials. Resident statements are public testimony, not findings of fact; Lennar did not respond on the record.