Living in Lake Highlands and may want to upgrade (Plano: homes, neighborhood)

[jakester03]

We currently live in our first home over in 75238 (100-180k homes). We really like it, especially for a starter home, but we're thinking in the next couple of years we'd like to upgrade to something a little bigger. What areas of Lake Highlands should we look? I'd like a nice neighborhood and something with a walk-in closet, fireplace, nice sized kitchen and yard. Something in the 200-220k range (depending on what we get when we sell). I'm specifically looking for what zip codes and streets to look at. I've also heard Little Forest Hills is nice. I work downtown and my commute from LH rocks.

TIA!

[pepper131]

Little Forest Hills is nice, but for the majority, the homes are tiny and probably not what you want. Have you looked at the listings?...in 75218.

[jakester03]

Good to know, then I'll stick with LH. Now I just need to know which streets/zips to look for in LH

[lh_newbie]

75238 - is that the L-Streets?

We looked in 75243 (inside I-635) and 75231 - but most of the homes are really > $250K. With that said, I did a quick search and one popped up that looks pretty decent - MLS #10975553 on Club Meadows drive - it's a 4br, 2ba, 2100 sq ft home that looks from the outside to be well maintained and is listed at $220K.

In 75231, I think the street name is High Oaks Circle that has a small area with homes in your price range, it's at the South-East corner of Walnut Hill and Fair Oaks. I think it's a small zero-lot line area. We walked through one and it seemed to be well maintained.

Those are the only two ZIPs that I have personally researched...

[jakester03]

75238 is East of Plano Rd between Kingsley and NW Hwy. I'm close to Lowes