Waterfront Living outside of Dallas??? (Fort Worth, Lewisville: mortgage, houses, buying)

[jus4us]

We're thinking about a Waterfront home for early retirement,We like water sports ect. Where are the best places to look?

[FarNorthDallas]

You can be water front on Richland Chambers Lake south of Dallas. Takes about an hour to get there.

We have a place on Lake Texoma but it's a Corps of Engineers lake which means no waterfront.

[Spree]

What about Lake Whitney?

[ChristieP]

Lake Whitney is nice, but the area is very rural. If you're looking for a retirement place, you may want to be closer to town (doctors, grocery stores, etc.).

Lake Tawakoni is east of Dallas and very popular with retirees. Lots of lakefront property there. Look in the "Duck Cove" area for the nicest houses!

[blueskies49]

Mabank or Gun Barrel City down by Cedar Creek Reservoir. Those are very small towns, though. I had an uncle once who owned a small lot on the lake but that was years ago.

[MaryS80]

How far outside Dallas do you want?

Lake Ray Hubbard is huge, there are several cities and towns that border its shoreline. Most of it is very suburban, but there are areas along it that are not as developed. It's a popular lake for all kinds of boating and other water sports. There are homes in Rowlett and Rockwall that are lakefront properties.



Ray Roberts, which is north even of the northern 'burbs is another option. It's a nice scenic area. I haven't been out there in a few years, but i suspect it's not too developed.

Lake Fork is big with the fishermen.

[kt2le]

We have several friends with houses on Cedar Creek Lake and Possum Kingdom Lake. Cedar Creek is pretty with all the trees and is about an hour from Dallas. Possum Kingdom is more convenient to the Fort Worth side of DFW and is known for its clear water. I understand it's popular with divers. It's very rocky and hilly around Possum Kingdom.

[loves2read]

Possum K is also very rural--part of land is owned/leased by some River Assoc--state agaency--people who have homes on that land don't own land, jut homes--now agency wants to raise rents (maybe A LOT0 or have the people buy their land for top-dollar--they are squeeking about that...so be careful if Possum Kingdom interests you that you know what you are buying...

Cedar Creek has lots of little developments--some mobil homes some site built--many are original to lake development back in the 70s -- that area is growing pretty good--some people are living there and driving into dallas working full time--lake is pretty--has three bridges going across--right now difficult to take a boat of any size under all 3 bridges to actually use the entire reservoir---plan is to start raising the bridges which will take years and happen successively---when that happens all kinds of big ski boats will jump out there--right now there are ski boats but they can't build up any real speed like on Lake Lewisville because they don't have long runs to make---to me, when they do that the lake will become much more dangerous and less attractive...

Might consider going a little farther south to the Hill country lakes--many are constant level because they power the electric dams for central TX== lakeside homes are expensive but you might find a deal due to economy/mortgage market now...there is pretty good infrastructure but not a lot of glamourous places...

[Lakewooder]

Possum Kingdom is a really beautiful lake -- con -- on the other side of Fort Worth a bit of a hike

Texoma - convenient to northern areas, gigantic lake with islands, hills and cliffs, a lot of development potential and appreciation (not something those of us who have been there forever relish). One side is Oklahoma which I suppose is novel.

Cedar Creek -- you can get more 'on the water' and is closer to Downtown/East Dallas

[case44]

If you'd like to stay close to the city, then Lake Ray Hubbard would be a good choice, and it's huge. If not, there's a lot of new development at Richland Chambers, and there are ads about that place all the time. It seems a lot of folks are checking that place out.