Need opinions on Roanoke...

[GuitarPlayr]

Old Roanoke will probably look great in 5-10 years but as an outsider looking in, that area looks terrible right now. I saw this in Cherry Creek in Denver. They built the upscale mall and all of the little shops opened up around it. Soon people were buying properties that were 70 years old and destroying them to build an upscale home. It looked so odd. You would see run down homes worth maybe 100k-130k at the time next to a $750k home. Eventually the existing residents had trouble paying for their mortgage as their property taxes continued to go up due to the new homes. The land became more valuable then the house.

I have been looking at selling our home and we are looking at Meritage in Briarwyck. When I spend 300k on a house, I want my neighbors to have the same value if not higher. This is the problem when they start to rebuild small areas. It takes years for the old homes to sell so they can build nicer homes or redo the existing to come up to par. Too bad you can't hang on to it. In time, any house down there is going to probably double.

Also that link you have for the plans coming up are kind of hilarious. That mall at Circle T has been postponed so many times now. I think it was originally supposed to be built in 1997. Then it was 2000 and the years just keep going by. Google that a few times and it has been excuse after excuse. I think I read where they have revised the design several times already but based on the economy, they are shot. The anchors are not expanding apparently. If it goes in by 2015 I would be surprised. What is funny is that every real estate sales person brings it up as a point to buy over here.

[amaner]

well walmart moved in so that country feeling is gone

[amaner]

I went to Northwest High School. while i was there i was in the Cicso networking class. when i moved into keller. do to budget troubles they cut that class along with webmastering and DG.. so in my book they are doing good. and as far at the new school (high school) The byran Nelson High School will have all Cicso Clasess that are offed and Northwest High School. so they are comming up

Originally Posted by loves2read

roanoke does not have lot of shopping/restaurants although there is new strip mall in Haslet off I35 with a Kohls and other stores and there are more building...
when the race track is busy, traffic is bad and I 35 is really the main drag which IS a drag--it is not a good commute...
you do not say where anyone is working--Roanoke is pretty far from FTW itself and further from Dallas/Arlington/or other areas...

Northwest ISD has gotten lot of play lately because that is where lots of housing was built--frankly I don't think it is that great a district--it started out as rural/agricultural one and still has a lot of that type of demographic--maybe that is what you feel comfortable with--but to me a good district is one with high numbers of National Merit scholars and lots of AP scholars and good SAT scores...
Northwest does not shine in any of those areas--it has mainly anglo students and frankly should have better TAKS results with a fairly cohesive student demographic than it has...
there are other districts that I would rank (and statistics would support) as better

[loves2read]

yes--I saw photo of the whirlpool tubs at the new high school and they looked just as good as anything in Cowboy Stadium--so that must mean the high school will be great...

and remember that Ross Peroit Jr is the power behind the Mall at Circle T and he is loosing money right and left lately--suing Mark Cuban for money he has loaned himself from Runion Arena complex--so don't think Ross is going to be building that Mall anytime soon...the Westlake city council has bent over backwards for years to placate him and get him to actually shovel some dirt without any luck...

[coair73x]

Yep the mall is a ways off! I think they will build that power center first. I refuse to shop a Walmart so I drive to NRH to shop at the Target. I wish they had built one when we moved there in 2005. I will come back from time to time to see the progress of Roanoke. I will be leaving mid August for DC. I cannot wait.

[midnightbirdgirl]

There are new homes in Roanoke. They are quite lovely.
Durring our relocation we lived in apartments there. No bad. The little town is very nice. I do believe it is a place that will continue to grow.
Bird

[joecustomer]

Take a look at the City website, it lists all the taxes individually and it is at 1.95. City of Roanoke Texas> The city makes money off it's sales tax and not off its property tax.

It is my opinion that there are not very many 4 lane roads that run east to west from 377 to Southlake or 121.

I am also bunching up Ft/Worth Keller with the apartment comment. Close to 35 & N. Tarrant there are 6 NEW apartment complexes being built in the last 6 months.

[joecustomer]

Trophy club is over priced, and has PID's compared to Roanoke. I remember reading an article that Trophy Club did not want Taco Bueno because it had a drive thru...? Crazy and dumb!!
Roanoke accepted the Taco Bueno and now gets 40k in sales taxes from it.

Roanoke does have a sewer plant off 377 that stinks up the place, especially when the wind blows...

I am happy that the buyer above loves Roanoke, it does have a nice feel to it and the location is nice.

[padcrasher]

There is no way I would live in a tract home subdivision in Roanoke if the commute was to DFW and Denton.

I'd be bored out of my wits and have a longer commute.

You really should look at Grapevine or Colleyville Southlake. Much more atmosphere and less driving time. ( And the schools are bettter)