Lakeway/Beecave Area vs Dripping Springs (Bee Cave: school district, taxes, living in)

[NationwideTraveler]

Originally Posted by m1a1mg

Fine. Then find you a small plot of land and build. But you have no leg to stand on complaining about Belterra or any other HOA in the area. You don't have a dog in the fight.



Then move there. But I can tell you are badly misinformed. Most Belterra kids go to Rooster Elementary and the new middle school. They only consolidate at the high school.



Then why start the thread? Just to **** and moan about things you can't control? There is too much available land around Texas to get yourself knotted up about this.

But given your posts, I don't think you'll be happy anywhere you go.

As an informed buyer, I do have a dog in the fight. I have seen what they offer and it doesn't add up. Funny you mention that, because I am building, and because of the hysteria surrounding DS, it will be worth two or three times what I'm paying as soon as construction is complete.

I never mentioned the high school apart from the elementary schools, so what part of me saying that Belterra goes to DSISD isnt' true? Go to https://www.dsisdtx.us/domain/102 and you will see that Rooster is DSISD also. Facts are a B***h, aren't they?

And, of course you obviously didn't read the entire thread. Just stopped in and saw my comments at some point, hence the half-cocked responses you have offered. I didn't start the thread and I'm not B***ting, but I'm not going to let people be misinformed about they hype surrounding DS. Someone asked about the area and I gave them the factual rundown. A couple people got butt-hurt because sometimes the truth hurts, and then got all spun-up.

Personally, I don't care what anyone thinks, but based on the vitriol and just angry opinions about what I have said, its pretty obvious that the truth hurts. Sorry you overpaid for your McMansion.

[NationwideTraveler]

Originally Posted by Trainwreck20

Those are 'estimated' taxes. The are often based on what the homeowner paid the previous year - including 65+ discounts, HS exemption 'caps', and based on the appraised value, not the 'asking' price. The calculation is much more accurate than a real estate 'estimate'. Those estimates almost seem to be intentionally misleading while still having an (albeit unknown) basis.

Actually, they are spot-on, but you've got the whole thing figured out, just like you did with Springlake.

Good job.

[Trainwreck20]

Originally Posted by NationwideTraveler

Actually, they are spot-on, but you've got the whole thing figured out, just like you did with Springlake.

Good job.

Yes, I was confused on something, so nothing else I ever say will be correct...

But I am curious, how do you know they are 'spot on'?

Edit:
The first Springlake house that pops up on the MLS is for sale for $750,000. It shows estimated taxes as $10,865. Going to the Hays County appraisal site and calculating based on their posted rates and the appraised value of $526,790 in 2017, that matches up almost perfectly ($10,924). If the house were to actually sell for $750,000 and gets appraised at that amount (which it may or may not do), the actual taxes then would be $15,550, or almost $5,000 more than estimated on the MLS.

[m1a1mg]

Originally Posted by NationwideTraveler

As an informed buyer, I do have a dog in the fight. I have seen what they offer and it doesn't add up. Funny you mention that, because I am building, and because of the hysteria surrounding DS, it will be worth two or three times what I'm paying as soon as construction is complete.

You don't actually. You're just beating a dead horse. People in Belterra know we pay higher taxes. Most of my neighbors are okay with it. We like what we get.

Originally Posted by NationwideTraveler

I never mentioned the high school apart from the elementary schools, so what part of me saying that Belterra goes to DSISD isnt' true? Go to https://www.dsisdtx.us/domain/102 and you will see that Rooster is DSISD also. Facts are a B***h, aren't they?

You can't seem to grasp, or differentiate the difference between schools and school districts. Yes, all the kids go to the same school district. But Belterra kids, and our neighbors, are the primary populace at the newer Rooster and the even newer SSMS. They all come together at the high school. Which if you check, is what I said. And when you pay taxes in DSISD, you'll be helping pay for our shiny new schools. Thanks so much.

Originally Posted by NationwideTraveler

And, of course you obviously didn't read the entire thread. Just stopped in and saw my comments at some point, hence the half-cocked responses you have offered. I didn't start the thread and I'm not B***ting, but I'm not going to let people be misinformed about they hype surrounding DS. Someone asked about the area and I gave them the factual rundown. A couple people got butt-hurt because sometimes the truth hurts, and then got all spun-up.

No one is misinformed. You seem to think everyone is required to understand what you are posting. But at no time did you identify that you were talking about the Springlake subdivision.

The thing that gets most people worked up in Belterra is the propane issue, not the taxes. We paid to bypass it and installed a heat pump. No problem.

New neighborhoods pay higher taxes. That simple. I actually live in Belterra and understand that. You don't live in Belterra and are whining about it incessantly.

Originally Posted by NationwideTraveler

Personally, I don't care what anyone thinks, but based on the vitriol and just angry opinions about what I have said, its pretty obvious that the truth hurts. Sorry you overpaid for your McMansion.

Now you're just being childish. Your attitude and know-it-all disposition are the reason people are reacting to you this way.

I don't think my 3000 sq ft house is a McMansion. It's a very nice house that is appreciating quite nicely. 3 houses on my street have sold within the last year. Given what I can read on the tax rolls and my quarterly report from my realtor, they all made a pretty tidy profit.

So, go build your house on your little piece of land and be happy. I'm done with this silliness.

[m1a1mg]

Originally Posted by Trainwreck20

Yes, I was confused on something, so nothing else I ever say will be correct...

But I am curious, how do you know they are 'spot on'?

Edit:
The first Springlake house that pops up on the MLS is for sale for $750,000. It shows estimated taxes as $10,865. Going to the Hays County appraisal site and calculating based on their posted rates and the appraised value of $526,790 in 2017, that matches up almost perfectly ($10,924). If the house were to actually sell for $750,000 and gets appraised at that amount (which it may or may not do), the actual taxes then would be $15,550, or almost $5,000 more than estimated on the MLS.

Springlake isn't exactly a comparable neighborhood. It's an old neighborhood that doesn't really qualify as a subdivision. It's just looks like a rural country road. No curb and gutter. No sewer. No amenities. Nada.

Take a Google stroll through it.

[Trainwreck20]

Originally Posted by m1a1mg

Springlake isn't exactly a comparable neighborhood. It's an old neighborhood that doesn't really qualify as a subdivision. It's just looks like a rural country road. No curb and gutter. No sewer. No amenities. Nada.

Take a Google stroll through it.

Oh, I realize it is a different market and properties will be valued differntly. I was trying (futilely, I suspect) to make two points:
- The 'estimated' taxes are misleading.
- On identically valued properties in the two areas, you will not see 200% higher taxes, as stated by NW back a page or so ago, but more like 30%:

In example, a house in Springlake worth $350k might pay $3k in taxes. In Belterra, a house worth $350k might pay $10,000 in taxes. These are very real numbers.

[m1a1mg]

Originally Posted by Trainwreck20

Oh, I realize it is a different market and properties will be valued differntly. I was trying (futilely, I suspect) to make two points:
- The 'estimated' taxes are misleading.
- On identically valued properties in the two areas, you will not see 200% higher taxes, as stated by NW back a page or so ago, but more like 30%:

Couldn't give you any more rep.

We have to pay for the nice things we have in Belterra. Doesn't seem so strange to me.

[m1a1mg]

And look, you get a robust HOA: https://www.ripoffreport.com/reports...en-har-1241982

[NationwideTraveler]

Originally Posted by m1a1mg

Springlake isn't exactly a comparable neighborhood. It's an old neighborhood that doesn't really qualify as a subdivision.

As I suspected, you are pious as well as ignorant. Anyone that didn't know I was talking about springlake the subdivision in a discussion about Dripping Springs subdivisions is ignorant.

Of course, I guess you have your own definition of subdivision too. Very grown up.

If you can't accept reality, just create your own, I guess.

[NationwideTraveler]

Originally Posted by m1a1mg

You can't seem to grasp, or differentiate the difference between schools and school districts.

Um, you were the one that gawked claiming that rooster elementary is somehow in a different district than DSISD, and I corrected you on it.

As for the rest of your ad-hominem statements. Sour grapes. You inserted yourself in a conversation that wasn't about you, and tried to hijack it for your own purposes, but thank you for giving the OP a good example of the type of people living in Belterra. I'm sure your neighbors are glad to have you as a neighborhood ambassador.