The married couple knew the townhouse they bought in an east Henderson complex earlier this summer wasn’t in a newer, flashy neighborhood, but they cherished the financial security of having a place to call their own. “I was kind of expecting it to look a little run-down,” Rick Martinez, 32, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Tuesday. What Rick and Sarah Martinez, 25, didn’t foresee was that a pink envelope taped to their door Monday contained a notice that’s threatened to turn the lives of Somerset Park residents upside down.
Henderson officials are threatening to shut off water services at the complex, an action that would force residents to vacate their homes indefinitely, unless a broken water system is fixed within two weeks, according to the letter. The homeowner’s association — which is responsible for maintaining the private water distribution system of the complex near Sunset and Pabco roads — told officials that it can’t cover the repair costs, according to the letter. “Honestly, it was like what the (expletive), dude, I just bought this house, and none of this was disclosed to me,” Rick Martinez said.
“The letter is the first we’ve heard of it.” The city told residents that the broken water system poses an “imminent hazard to the health, safety, and welfare of the public.” Shutting down the water would mean that the fire hydrants also wouldn’t function.
Henderson officials said that the system and affected infrastructure has to b.