Here are Answers to Some of Our Most Frequently Asked Questions

Have questions about Hickory’s premier golf and waterfront community? Well, we’ve got your answers. However, if you don’t find what you’re looking for here, please feel free to contact us at oloa.board@gmail.com for additional information.

1. What is OLOA?
Oliver’s Landing Owners Association is an association of home and lot owners in Oliver’s Landing. All property owners, except in the Woodlands, must belong to the Association. The Woodlands have their own Association.

2. What are the annual dues for OLOA and for the Woodlands?
The annual dues for OLOA are $235 per lot; $420 per home. This pays for lighting, landscaping, newsletter, maintenance of the common areas and sewer system, etc. The annual dues for the Woodlands are $165.00 per month, and pays for the members’ irrigation, street lights, and mowing and maintenance of their front yards. Lot owner annual dues are $10 per month. In addition, each Woodland home owner pays OLOA an annual $100.00 social fee and each Woodland property owner pays OLOA an annual $60.00 sewer use fee.

3. Is there water and sewer in OL?
Water is supplied by the City of Hickory. Most homes are connected to the sewer system, but some older homes are on septic.

4. How much does it cost to connect to the water and sewer system?
Please contact the Association for this information.

5. Where can I get information about schools, hospitals, weather, shopping etc?
Please contact the  Alexander County Chamber of Commerce or the Catawba County Chamber of Commerce  or see other links of this website.

6. What is the relationship between the Golf Course, Oliver’s Landing, the Villas & The Woodlands?
The Players Ridge Golf Course is a semi-private golf course located in the Oliver’s Landing development. Information can be obtained at http://www.playersridge.golf. The Villas are smaller single family homes that are also located in Oliver’s Landing. The Woodlands is a legally separate adult community located in the Oliver’s Landing Development with its own Association.

7. How is landscaping handled?
Each homeowner in OLOA is responsible for his/her own landscaping. Common areas are maintained by OLOA. The Woodlands’ Association provides landscaping, but only in the members’ front yard.

8. What utilities and newspapers are available?
Duke Power, Piedmont Natural Gas, Charter Communications, Sprint, Alltel, GDS, The Charlotte Observer, and The Hickory Daily Record are a few of the utilities, cable, internet, waste collection, and newspapers available in the area.

9. Where can I find answers to my other questions?
Our Resources Tab contains lots of information and will answer some of your questions about Oliver’s Landing and what's needed to begin projects.  Please email the HOA board at oloa.board@gmail.com with any questions.

10.  How do you handle mediation?
Pursuant to N.C.G.S. Section 7A-38.3F, the association is required to notify its members yearly that members and the association may request voluntary mediation of any dispute with the association arising under North Carolina Law, or under the Association’s declaration, bylaws, or rules and regulations, other than a dispute relating solely to the failure to pay dues or assessments. Either party can decline to engage in mediation for any reason. The procedure for requesting mediation is set forth in the statute.