Slick Ford on Smith Lake

What to compare in Slick Ford

Start with your arrival route and how you plan to use the property. Compare driveway access, guest parking, exterior care, and the walk to the dock. Review dated water-depth information rather than relying on a single photograph.

Your neighborhood questions, answered

Document summaries describe the sources reviewed. Confirm current amendments, fees and the rules for your exact lot.

The declaration’s opening lists specified numbered and A-suffixed Phase I lots on Winston Plat Book 3, pages 293–297. Its list does not simply include every number in that range; match the offered parcel to the listed lots and later recorded changes. Original instrument 189800 includes the association Certificate of Formation; first amendment 194854 changes the side setback.

Is there an HOA, and what does it cost?

Confirm current terms

Association membership and annual, special, individual and initial purchaser assessments are documented. Annual charges are budget-based and the original schedules quarterly advance payments; its 2023 amount is not current verification. Obtain today’s dues, specials and closing charges.

Slick Ford declaration and first amendment · Assessment Article IV §§1–8 · Deeds Book 362, pp. 410–411; formation §5 · p. 422 · PDF page 7

What neighborhood amenities are available?

Confirm current terms

The documents establish private-road/common-area rights subject to rules, but do not verify an operating shared pool, park, playground, clubhouse or ramp. A provision requiring approval for a private pool is not evidence of a community pool. Confirm facilities and the offered lot’s access rights.

Slick Ford declaration and first amendment · Article III §14 · Deeds Book 362, p. 409; easement Article IV §1 · p. 413 · PDF page 9

What size home can I build?

Document summary

The recorded minimum is 2,500 square feet of heated main-structure area, including finished basements. Unfinished basements/cellars, attic/dormer spaces, open porches/decks and garages are excluded. Check the exact covered lot and later amendments.

Slick Ford declaration and first amendment · Article III §3 · Deeds Book 362, p. 408 · PDF page 4

What styles and plans need approval?

Document summary

Written preapproval applies before construction, clearing, grading, driveway connections and temporary power. Submit plans, exterior materials and colors; detached structures, garages and pools have additional approval requirements. Confirm the current declarant/ARC process.

Slick Ford declaration and first amendment · Article II §1 · Deeds Book 362, p. 407; Article III §§5,11,14 · pp. 408–409 · PDF page 3

Are manufactured or mobile homes allowed?

Document summary

Mobile, manufactured and modular homes and comparable transported structures are expressly excluded. The construction exception is for declarant/builders/contractors’ temporary sales or construction facilities, not a general manufactured-home residence.

Slick Ford declaration and first amendment · Article III §10 · Deeds Book 362, p. 409 · PDF page 5

Can I keep or stay in an RV or camper?

Document summary

Listed temporary structures and trailers may not serve as temporary or permanent residences. No street parking by owners or guests is allowed. The two reviewed instruments do not give a separate complete camper-storage or buyer-construction-occupancy permission; obtain written current rules for the proposal.

Slick Ford declaration and first amendment · Article III §§7,9–10 · Deeds Book 362, pp. 408–409 · PDF page 5

When must construction start?

Not verified

No purchase-to-start deadline was found in the complete original and first amendment. Written approval is still required before clearing, grading or construction; later rules or recorded changes may add requirements.

Slick Ford declaration and first amendment · Complete 23-page two-instrument review; Article II §1 · Deeds Book 362, p. 407 · PDF page 3

When must construction finish?

Not verified

No numerical completion deadline after construction starts was found in the complete original and first amendment. Request any later recorded changes and current written project requirements.

Slick Ford declaration and first amendment · Complete two-instrument review · Deeds Book 362, pp. 405–425; Deeds Book 2023, pp. 2147–2148

Can I rent through Airbnb or VRBO?

Not verified

No numerical stay minimum or express short-term rental approval/prohibition was found in the complete original and first amendment. Single-family residential-use language does not resolve all current Airbnb/VRBO conditions; current bylaws, rules and later changes are needed.

Slick Ford declaration and first amendment · Complete two-instrument review; Article III §2 · Deeds Book 362, p. 408 · PDF page 4

What other rules should I know?

Document summary

The first amendment changes the side-lot minimum to five feet. Other original setback provisions, the plat, shoreline constraints and approvals still matter. Written approval also applies to garages, detached structures and pools; a five-foot figure alone is not a complete buildable-envelope determination.

Slick Ford declaration and first amendment · Article III §§4–5 · Deeds Book 362, p. 408; first amendment · Deeds Book 2023, p. 2147

All 21 original-declaration/formation pages and both first-amendment pages were visually read from the official county preview. This supports concrete approval, dwelling-size, home-type, parking and assessment summaries. Current bylaws, operating rules, fees, later amendments and exact offered-lot applicability still need confirmation. Research checked 2026-10-31.

Neighborhood features

• The declaration provides ownership-linked association membership and conditional use of private roads/common areas. Road and common-area maintenance can be funded through assessments. These provisions do not establish an operating pool, clubhouse, playground or shared ramp.

  Slick Ford declaration and first amendment · Assessment provisions · Deeds Book 362, p. 410; easement provisions · p. 413; formation §5 · p. 422 · PDF page 9

Building and ownership notes

The available document copies state:

• The declaration specifies single-family residential use and a 2,500-square-foot heated-main-structure minimum, including finished basements. Unfinished basement/cellar, attic/dormer, open porch/deck and garage areas are excluded by its definition.

  Slick Ford declaration and first amendment · Article III §§2–3 · Deeds Book 362, p. 408 · PDF page 4

• Written preapproval is required before construction, clearing, grading, driveway connection or temporary power service. Plans, exterior materials and colors must be furnished; the declarant may assign review to an ARC.

  Slick Ford declaration and first amendment · Article II §1 · Deeds Book 362, p. 407 · PDF page 3

• The first amendment changes the original 15-foot side-lot minimum to five feet. The permitted building area still depends on the offered lot’s plat, other restrictions and applicable approvals.

  Slick Ford declaration and first amendment · First amendment · Deeds Book 2023, p. 2147

• Mobile, manufactured and modular homes and comparable transported structures are expressly excluded. The stated exception permits declarant/builder/contractor temporary sales or construction trailers during development, rather than a general buyer-residence exception.

  Slick Ford declaration and first amendment · Article III §10 · Deeds Book 362, p. 409 · PDF page 5

• Temporary structures, trailers, tents, garages, barns and other outbuildings may not serve as temporary or permanent residences. Detached structures require matching architectural style/color and preapproval.

  Slick Ford declaration and first amendment · Article III §7 · Deeds Book 362, p. 408; §11 · p. 409 · PDF page 5

• Street parking by owners or guests is prohibited, including vehicles, trailers and construction/delivery vehicles. The separate 48-hour inoperable-vehicle and repair provisions have stated concealment conditions.

  Slick Ford declaration and first amendment · Article III §9 · Deeds Book 362, p. 409 · PDF page 5

Recorded document trail

• The original listed-lot scope is Phase I at Plat Book 3, pages 293–297, including particular A-suffixed lots. Do not infer additional lots or phases from an MLS community name alone.

  Slick Ford declaration and first amendment · Original opening · Deeds Book 362, p. 405 · PDF page 1
  Winston County probate recording index · Original opening · Deeds Book 362, p. 405 · PDF page 1

• The 2023 amendment changes the side-lot setback and assigns the right to modify that paragraph. It does not introduce a rental minimum or construction timeline. Later recorded changes still need checking.

  Slick Ford declaration and first amendment · First amendment · Deeds Book 2023, pp. 2147–2148

• The original provides a 2023 annual assessment and an initial purchaser assessment, while authorizing budget-based charges. Those historical amounts are not quoted as current dues or a current closing statement.

  Slick Ford declaration and first amendment · Assessment Article IV §§3,5–8 · Deeds Book 362, pp. 410–411 · PDF page 7

Questions for the exact property

• Is the offered parcel one of the declaration-listed Phase I lots, and what later plat or recorded changes apply?
• What current written ARC/declarant requirements govern clearing, temporary power, building plans and detached structures?
• What are the current dues, special assessments, closing charges and private-road maintenance obligations?
• Which operating shared facilities and written access rights are included with this lot?
• What current shoreline, septic and utility approvals define the intended home’s usable building area?

Understand the map and the property

Community pins identify reference locations, not entrances or subdivision boundaries. A highlighted tax parcel is the selected listing’s map reference and may not include all land offered for sale. Nearby parcels are not assumed to be part of the community or listing. Confirm boundaries, access and rights with recorded documents and a survey.