Villagers spoke out at a public hearing on Monday about their neighbor’s over-the-top yard.
The home at 4540 Pearlman Way in the Village of DeLuna was the subject of a public hearing before a special hearing officer at the District Office at Brownwood. The home is owned by Steven Walls and Debbie Gammon, who purchased the property in 2020 for $389,400.
Neighbors said the couple brought in six dump truck of dirt to raise up the property. While they submitted a plan to the Architectural Review Committee, the couple greatly deviated from that plan, by installing a putting green and a fountain that are far larger than what was indicated in the plan. There is also an unauthorized buried 500-gallon tank with elaborate underground piping. In addition, there are big bountiful plants right up to the rear wall and within inches of their neighbors’ properties. All of this has prompted flooding on their neighbors’ properties, suspicious chemicals draining into the nearby pond and a lot of hard feelings.
And more and more plantings are being added…