English Turn

What English Turn does

English Turn is a private, member-owned Property Owners Association (POA) that administers a 2,000-acre gated residential community in New Orleans, Louisiana, located between the banks of the Mississippi River approximately 8 miles from downtown New Orleans. The development comprises 617 residential lots anchored by a Jack Nicklaus-designed Par 72 Championship Golf Course and surrounded by an expansive manmade waterway system. English Turn generates revenue primarily through recurring HOA dues and assessments collected from its 617 lot owners, with online payment options offered through the resident portal.

The community's operational backbone is the ManageCasa third-party property management platform, which powers the owner portal, dues payment processing, amenity booking, and maintenance request handling. English Turn does not develop or own proprietary technology; ManageCasa supplies the resident-facing software infrastructure. Marketing and distribution are executed via a content-focused website (englishturnpoa.com), direct phone inquiries routed to the on-site administrator (504-391-8000), private in-person tours, and a realtor referral network for resale and new construction homes.

English Turn serves a single primary customer segment: affluent individuals and families seeking premium gated-community living with championship golf, waterway and nature amenities, family-oriented playgrounds, and organized social programming (outdoor concerts, annual wine and music festival). Go-to-market is essentially direct-to-consumer residential with realtor partnership support, and the value proposition combines security (manned gated entrances), lifestyle amenities (golf, playgrounds, walking/biking trails), and proximity to the New Orleans urban core. The community is governed by a board of directors (committee structure referenced on the website) typical of residential POA governance.

Name

English Turn

Legal name

English Turn Property Owners Association

Website

https://etpoa.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

English Turn is a private Property Owners Association administering a 617-lot, 2,000-acre gated residential community in New Orleans, anchored by a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course. It collects recurring HOA dues from resident homeowners via the ManageCasa platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Community Management

NAICS

Residential Property Managers (531311)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Master-Planned Community & POA Management (BPAJAHAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Homeowners Association (HOA) Management (BPAJAHAB), Association Maintenance, Vendor & Capital Project Management (BPAJAHAM)

Keywords

• Gated residential community
• Property owners association
• HOA management services
• Championship golf community
• Residential community amenities

Headquarters

HQ city

New Orleans

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. HOA Dues and Assessments: English Turn generates revenue through HOA dues and assessments collected from its 617 residential lot owners. The community offers online payment options for residents to pay their dues.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

English Turn is a private Property Owners Association (POA) that manages a 2,000-acre gated residential community of 617 lots in New Orleans, Louisiana. The community provides residents with secure gated living, access to a Jack Nicklaus designed Par 72 Championship Golf Course, parks, playgrounds, nature trails, and organized social events, funded through recurring HOA dues and assessments.

Product overview

English Turn operates as a single unified property management platform for its gated residential community. The platform provides resident-facing services including an owner portal, payment processing, maintenance request handling, amenity booking, and community information management. The website is powered by the ManageCasa property management system, which hosts the resident portal and login functionality at app.managecasa.com.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• English Turn Gated Residential Community Membership Bundle of HOA-managed gated residential living, security, and community services for 617 lot owners in New Orleans, funded through recurring HOA dues and assessments.
• Jack Nicklaus Championship Golf Course Access Access to a Jack Nicklaus designed Par 72 Championship Golf Course surrounded by an expansive waterway, available to residents and lot owners of the English Turn community.
• Community Amenities and Social Programs Resident access to community amenities including three playgrounds, open park space, nature trails for walking, biking, and jogging, outdoor concerts, and the annual wine and music festival.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• The Woodlands (Texas) POA-equivalent operations: Large master-planned community near Houston with similar governance structure and amenitized residential model. Comparable as a benchmark for large-scale POA operations with golf, parks, and waterways.
• FirstService Residential: One of the largest residential property and HOA management companies in North America. Comparable as a scaled provider of community association management services, though FirstService operates across thousands of communities rather than managing a single POA like English Turn.
• Associa: Major U.S. HOA and community association management company serving tens of thousands of communities. Comparable as an outsourced operator of community association services, contrasting with English Turn's in-house POA model.

Direct peers

• RealManage: Residential and community association management firm serving HOAs, condominiums, and master-planned communities across multiple U.S. states. Comparable business model focused on operating community associations for member owners.
• CAMS (Community Association Management Services): U.S. community association management company specializing in HOAs, condominiums, and master-planned communities. Comparable as a third-party operator providing dues collection, maintenance coordination, and amenity management.

Others

• Vantaca: HOA management software platform serving community associations. Comparable as a technology supplier in the HOA space and a relevant peer given English Turn's reliance on ManageCasa for similar functionality.
• ManageCasa: Property management software platform that powers English Turn's resident portal, payments, and amenity booking. Directly comparable as a technology enabler for small-to-mid-sized community associations.

Regional players

• Legends Golf Club / English Turn copycats: Comparable signature golf course communities in the Gulf South and broader U.S. that compete for the same affluent buyer pool seeking gated, amenitized living near major metros.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/englishturn.neworleans

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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