The statewide rules for selling a Utah house, from the non-disclosure rule on sale prices to the Real Estate Purchase Contract's deadline chain, are in our guide to selling a home in Provo, and they apply in Lehi unchanged. Start there.
Lehi adds its own set of questions, and most of them come from how new so much of the city is. Buyers here ask about homeowners association fees, about the irrigation meter by the sidewalk, about the power bill and about the new subdivision going up down the road. This page answers them from the seller's side.
The HOA is part of the sale
If your neighborhood has a homeowners association, the association is a party to your sale in all but name. Its documents, its dues and any fee it charges at transfer all end up in front of your buyer, and they are easier to handle if you gather them before you list. Our HOA guide covers how Utah associations work day to day. For a seller, one statute matters most.
Utah Code section 57-1-46, passed in 2010, separates two kinds of fees that can be charged when a house changes hands:
- Transfer fees, paid to a third party rather than to the association. A transfer fee covenant recorded on or after March 16, 2010, is void and unenforceable.
- Reinvestment fees, paid to the association for the upkeep of the community. These are allowed, with limits.
The limits on reinvestment fees are the part to know:
- A cap. A reinvestment fee covenant recorded on or after March 16, 2010, may not require a fee of more than 0.5 percent of the value of the property, unless the property is part of a large master planned development, which the law defines as an approved development of at least 500 acres or 500 units, among other conditions.
- A notice requirement. The covenant is void unless a separate notice of it was recorded with the county recorder.
- Exempt transfers. The fee cannot be enforced on certain transfers, including an involuntary transfer, one resulting from a court order, a transfer to a close family member and a transfer on death. When a bank sells a property it took back, the fee is limited to the association's costs directly related to the transfer, up to $250.
None of that means your association's fee is wrong. It means that if a fee looks unusually large, you and your buyer can check it against the recorded covenant and the notice. Ask the association early for everything a buyer will need: the governing documents, the budget and reserves, the current dues, any special assessments and the fee it charges at sale. Surprises about an HOA are among the easiest ways for a deal to wobble during due diligence, and among the easiest to prevent.
The water meter by the sidewalk
Lehi runs two water systems: a drinking water system and a pressurized irrigation system for yards, which the city has operated for more than 30 years. The irrigation water is untreated, so it is for landscaping only, and because the system also supplies the city's fire hydrants, it stays active year-round. Each property owner turns irrigation on at the city connection in the spring and off in the fall; the city asks everyone to shut it off by October 15.
What is changing is the meter. In October 2022 Lehi began a multi-year project to install meters on every secondary water connection in the city, prompted by a state requirement that all secondary connections be metered by 2030. Traverse Mountain was the first community done, in the fall of 2023, and every new pressurized connection since 2016 has had a meter from the start. Lehi has said it will develop a new rate structure through a multi-year process with public input, and that residents who use more water could pay more while those who conserve could pay less.
For a seller, that turns into three things to have ready:
- Whether your meter is installed, and roughly when.
- How the yard is watered, by zone and schedule, since a water-hungry yard may cost a buyer more once usage-based rates arrive.
- The shutoff and turn-on routine for the connection, which a buyer from out of state may never have seen.
Lehi runs its own power
Lehi is one of Utah's municipal electric cities, and a member of Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, the agency that supplies wholesale power to community-owned utilities. In practice that means your buyer opens an electric account with Lehi City, not with Rocky Mountain Power, and that Lehi's electric rates are set locally. Buyers comparing houses across city lines, say a Lehi house against one in American Fork or Saratoga Springs, may be comparing different power bills as well as different houses. Our utility rates guide lays out the differences.
The school district changes in 2027
Lehi is in Alpine School District today. On July 1, 2027, Alpine dissolves, and Lehi becomes part of the new Aspen Peaks School District. A family buying in 2026 or early 2027 is often planning for the 2027-28 school year, so name both districts in your listing, with the date, and let the buyer confirm the school for your address, since boundary studies inside the new districts may still move individual schools. To check an address on either side of the July 2027 date, use our School District Finder.
The builder next door
In much of Lehi, the competition for your buyer is not only the resale house down the street but the model home in the subdivision going up nearby. Builders can offer things a resale seller cannot, such as incentives packaged into the purchase and a choice of finishes. Our guide to new construction versus resale looks at the trade from the buyer's side.
A resale house wins on different ground:
- It is finished. The yard is in, the trees are grown, the window coverings are up, and the fence is built. On a new house, each of those is a cost the buyer has not yet paid.
- The street is settled. There is no construction traffic, and the neighbors are known.
- The move-in date is real. It depends on a closing date, not on a construction schedule.
When your agent prices the house, the new homes nearby are useful context, but the comparison that sets your price is other resales. Ask how the new-construction prices your buyer will see compare on what is actually included, and make sure your listing shows off what a new house does not yet have.
Who is buying
Lehi's job base, the office parks known as Silicon Slopes, draws buyers from across Utah and from out of state; our Silicon Slopes explainer and where to live if you work in Lehi describe the corridor and its commutes. A buyer relocating from another state may be making decisions from a distance, relying on video tours and the inspection report, and meeting Utah's contract deadlines for the first time. Complete disclosures, a clear list of what conveys and the HOA documents gathered up front make it easier for a long-distance buyer to say yes.
The short version
- Start with the statewide rules in the Provo selling guide; they apply in Lehi unchanged.
- Gather the HOA documents early, and check any fee at sale against Utah's 0.5 percent cap and the recorded notice.
- Know your irrigation meter, and be ready for questions about usage-based rates.
- Expect the electric account to transfer through Lehi City.
- Name both school districts, Alpine now and Aspen Peaks from July 1, 2027.
- Sell what a new house lacks: the finished yard, the settled street and a certain move-in date.
Related Guides
- Selling a home in Provo
- Selling a home in Orem
- Selling a home in Springville, Spanish Fork and the south valley
- Living in Lehi
- HOAs in Utah Valley
- New construction vs. resale in Utah Valley
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