First time home buying - Coppell, Flower Mound, Grapevine & West Plano (Farmers Branch: homes, neighborhood)

[ChristieP]

Originally Posted by ritholtz

Between 3400 sq ft vs 3000 sq ft home, does it cost a lot to maintain larger one. Thanks for the help.

The bigger the house, the more expensive it will be to keep it air conditioned in our super hot Texas summers!

[ritholtz]

Originally Posted by adixyz

Wellington is a master planned community in Flower Mound with numerous sub divisions. Most houses in Wellington are built from between 2000 through 2006, the initial sub-divisions starting in 1995. If you are looking for new houses, Khovnanian is building them in Wellington Manor - a new subdivision near wellington athletics club . You can find lot of information on the Wellington HOA website including all the amenities they offer.
Wellington of Flower Mound - New to the Neighborhood?

Houses in Wellington goes fast sometimes with multiple offers specially in a strong housing market this year. You have to act swiftly if you like something. If you haven't, engage a good real estate agent. They can give you most of the detail information you are looking for house maintenance, mineral rights, mortgage.etc.

Thanks for the information. I am checking it out the link to understand different projects / facilities.

[ritholtz]

Originally Posted by ChristieP

The bigger the house, the more expensive it will be to keep it air conditioned in our super hot Texas summers!

Thanks Christie. We are trying to keep it around 3000 sq ft. But we are not finding any homes with media room with that size.

[Rakin]

Originally Posted by ritholtz

Thanks Christie. We are trying to keep it around 3000 sq ft. But we are not finding any homes with media room with that size.

That's because the 300-400 sq ft media room is almost impossible to squeeze in a 2800-3000 sf home. Almost any decent media room house will be 3300-3800 sf.

[ritholtz]

Originally Posted by Rakin

That's because the 300-400 sq ft media room is almost impossible to squeeze in a 2800-3000 sf home. Almost any decent media room house will be 3300-3800 sf.

Thanks Rakin. Is Media room preferred by lot of buyers like MB room on ground.

[mSooner]

Your budget is going to limit you to Wellington Estates and "Plain Old" Wellington within the Wellington Master Planned Community. Wellington Estates is a few years newer.

[Falafelosophy]

Media room was in big demand few years ago but not any more. I was reading some articles about home trends and it seems that now people would rather have a covered patio or sun room. I guess with green wave and iPad craze things are changing.

[Rakin]

Originally Posted by Falafelosophy

Media room was in big demand few years ago but not any more.

Not true. True media rooms did not really exist in homes until about 6 years ago and by many men it's still very desirable. It's hard to find a true media room on homes older than about 2004/05.

They are man caves and high on a guys list of "wants".

[ritholtz]

Originally Posted by mSooner

Your budget is going to limit you to Wellington Estates and "Plain Old" Wellington within the Wellington Master Planned Community. Wellington Estates is a few years newer.

Thanks mSooner. According to the maps, Wellington estates seems to be the last one on FM road. We will keep checking homes in this area. With our budget constraint, we might be restricted to 0.15 to 0.18 lot sizes. Are these homes in these lot sizes difficult to sell later considering people prefer FM for bigger lots. We are thinking of preferring relatively later built homes vs lot size.

[Falafelosophy]

My neighborhood is from early 90's and almost all have a media room. Probably trend started late in mass built units. If you browse architectural websites and forums than it seems that media rooms/man caves are loosing popularity but guess it can be a market based thing.