Sell your McLendon-Chisholm house as-is

Utilities here come from several companies

McLendon-Chisholm is a small city: 5,291 residents in the Census Bureau's 2024 estimate. Before you move out, you may have accounts to close with more than one provider, so start with the city's own lists.

The utility services page says sewer billing (for the Sonoma Verde subdivision only) and trash billing are handled by Inframark, and that you need an Inframark account to schedule connections or disconnections. Trash and recycling are collected by Community Waste Disposal (CWD) once a week, on Thursday.

The new resident page lists the other companies residents use:

• Water: HighPoint Water and RCH Water Supply (4800 Lofland Circle, Rockwall, 972-805-1950)
• Electricity: Farmers Electric Coop and Oncor
• Gas and propane: Atmos Energy and Suburban Propane
• Sewer in Sonoma Verde: Inframark, 972-552-9496 or 281-579-4500

Check which water supplier bills you before you call; the city's list names both.

Sonoma Verde and the public improvement district notice

The city's homepage links the service and assessment plans for its Sonoma Verde districts. The ordinance adopting the Sonoma Public Improvement District's annual service plan update says the district was created under Chapter 372 of the Local Government Code, and that its service and assessment plan must be reviewed and updated every year.

That matters when you sell. Under Property Code 5.014, a seller of property in a public improvement district created under Chapter 372 must first give the buyer a written notice about the assessment. Section 5.0141 says it must be given before a binding contract is signed, and section 5.0143 calls for a copy with current information to be signed and recorded in the county deed records at closing. The new resident page names P3-Works as the district's administrator (admin@p3-works.com, 888-417-7074) for questions about the assessment. The Rockwall Central Appraisal District's homepage also offers a guide called Understanding Public Improvement Districts.

Permits for past work and code reports

The city's building permits page says McLendon-Chisholm requires builders, contractors and homeowners to have permits and inspections on new and renovation projects. Applications are filed through its online permit portal, and the page posts the list of contractors registered with the city. If an earlier owner remodeled, ask City Hall whether the permits and inspections were finished.

Code violations are reported through the city's MyGov system, linked from its homepage. City Hall is at 1371 West FM 550, (972) 524-2077, open Monday through Thursday and closed Fridays.

Rockwall County handles the value, the tax bill and the deed

The Census counts nearly all of the city in Rockwall County, with fewer than 100 residents in Kaufman County. For a Rockwall County address, the Rockwall Central Appraisal District appraises the house, and Rockwall County's tax office page says the district has collected all Rockwall County property taxes since October 1, 2012. The district's homepage also warns that filing a homestead exemption is free. If your address does not come up there, search the Kaufman Central Appraisal District.

To dispute a value, file a written notice of protest with the appraisal review board (Tax Code 41.44). Deeds are recorded by the Rockwall County Clerk, which lists a recording fee of $25 for the first page and $4 for each added page. If a foreclosure notice has been posted, the county's notices page says sales are held on the courthouse's front steps at 1111 Yellowjacket Lane on the first Tuesday of the month. Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas runs a Rockwall County telephone legal clinic for people who qualify.

How Cash Home Advisors can help

You can sell as-is, without fixing anything first. We pay all closing costs and can close in 7–14 days. Se habla español.

Begin with the short form or read how it works. Moving for a job or to something smaller? See selling when you relocate or selling to downsize.

Local offices for this area

• Rockwall Central Appraisal District
• Rockwall County Tax Office (taxes collected by the appraisal district)
• Rockwall County Clerk, Property Records
• City of McLendon-Chisholm Utility Services
• City of McLendon-Chisholm Building Permits and Forms
• Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas, McKinney office (serves Rockwall County)

ZIP codes we buy in: 75032

Neighborhoods: Sonoma Verde