For Art Gravitt, living in the Stag Court subdivision in Kinsey was a great idea, until the roads started to wash away during rainstorms.

"It was just the best price that I could find, that I could afford to buy that I could put my family in our own home as opposed to renting," said Gravitt.

Ronald Brabham and others have invested thousands of dollars in their own money in fixing the roads to maintain Garbage service, and they say they had no idea buying property on a private road would have been so problematic. I asked several if they knew the roads were private when they brought in...the response?

“No, I didn't, but I found out real quick when the roads got bad and no one was doing anything about it," said Brabham.

The community was approved and developed with a private road plan by Dothan businessman Martin McCall, who was arrested on theft charges in December last year. so then residents paid out of their own pockets for road repair. now they're asking for help.

"We've got about a six foot hole in the road up here, we ask the county for help they say it's a private road, we ask Kinsey for help. They say it's a private road," said Tommy Ferguson, an area landowner.

Under current subdivision regulations the roads in stag court would have never been approved according to county engineer Mark Poole, and since those regulations have been in place situations like the ones these residents face have mainly been avoided.

"We even make em put up a bond, in case they go out of business (That would account for a bankrupt owner as well?). That's right, and that way the people are not caught with shoddy roads and drainage and the county doesn't do $100,000 to fix."

The county will accept private dirt roads if they meet certain requirements. This community meets a few, not all, leaving some in a position to make a difficult choice.

Looking at the county dirt road policy we're not sure what residents can do, other than somehow Un-incorporate themselves from Kinsey. or the town of Kinsey could step in, but there is certainly a lot of work to be done.