Katy North (Houston, Cinco Ranch, Meadow: real estate, how much, new home)

[joyful66]

I am wanting to move to the Katy area. The areas south of I10 are too expensive. I have looked at Lennar homes in the Lake Crest area. Most of them are below $200.000. They may not have the frills but seem nice. This subdivision is off Grand Parkway and Franz Road. I am wanting some evaluation of the subdivision. We are retired and want a new home below $200,000.

I have read some of the other posts about the Katy area and do agree it is a nice area.
Can you suggest some other subdivision or builders in Katy that we might look at. Web sites would be a help too.
If information about specific areas or builders is not allowed, perhaps just some general comments.

Thank you.
joyful

[usc619]

Originally Posted by joyful66

I am wanting to move to the Katy area. The areas south of I10 are too expensive. I have looked at Lennar homes in the Lake Crest area. Most of them are below $200.000. They may not have the frills but seem nice. This subdivision is off Grand Parkway and Franz Road. I am wanting some evaluation of the subdivision. We are retired and want a new home below $200,000.

I have read some of the other posts about the Katy area and do agree it is a nice area.
Can you suggest some other subdivision or builders in Katy that we might look at. Web sites would be a help too.
If information about specific areas or builders is not allowed, perhaps just some general comments.

Thank you.
joyful

Lennar has some homes in cinco ranch(summer sage) below 200,000.00, I would suggest that you find a realtor first.

[charris911]

Pine Mill Ranch is a nice area, growing south of Katy. I was just down there, and its very quiet and the homes, look good. I like their entrance.

Pine Mill Ranch (http://www.trophyhomes-tx.com/tousa/ShowCommunityDrivingDirections.do;jsessionid=DC697 ED34CB651F67134EE684A91D9D9.node1?communityId=474 - broken link)

[Master Shake]

Bridgeland is in that "grey" area of where Cypress ends and Katy begins. It is supposed to be a very nice community, with a lot of the land devoted to lakes or fields/parks, etc. They have a few homes that start under $200K, and some that go up to $1M.

Bridgeland

[carolineb]

Have you checked Heritage Grand in Cinco Ranch - it's a 55+ community. There are a few homes under $175K in Cinco Ranch that are in the Heritage Grand subdivision. I know because these were always included in my Cinco Ranch home search. There is also an Alzheimers/assisted living community that just opened in Cinco Ranch for when we need it - LOL.

[Mr. Football]

Bridgeland is in Cypress. Part of it will grow into an area of KISD in the later stages of development but that is several years away, even so, it'll still be considered "Cypress" with all of it being on the North side of FM 529. Surprising that KISD goes almost all the way to 290 in some places. Everything on that Fry Rd. Corridor near 290 is nice, mostly $250K on up, but some below $200K. The schools they're zoned to are solid. Can't go wrong in this area, IMO.

If you decide to buy in Katy, you can buy in Cinco Ranch or any of the other popular communities there for under $200K.

[ayannaaaliyah]

I see that they're building new homes in a community just North of I-10 (off of Franz) called Lakecrest. If you go to Houston Real Estate - Houston Homes, Houston Home Value and Houston Relocation and type in Lakecrest the homes range in price from $235,000 for the newly built homes. The zip is 77493. The community looks very nice, not a lot of mature landscaping since it's new.

[Katygirl]

Have you looked in Old Katy? Inside the Katy city limits you will not have a MUD tax. You would have a city water bill, that includes water, sewer, and trash pick up (about $25 a month depending on how much water you use). We have 2 newer subdivisions that have homes in your price range. Fawnlakes and Pine Lakes.

In the subdivisions outside the city limits you have to watch out for MUD taxes , which also include a water bill everymonth (which could run $50 or more per month) on top of the MUD tax you pay every year.

[ayannaaaliyah]

Originally Posted by Katygirl

Have you looked in Old Katy? Inside the Katy city limits you will not have a MUD tax. You would have a city water bill, that includes water, sewer, and trash pick up (about $25 a month depending on how much water you use). We have 2 newer subdivisions that have homes in your price range. Fawnlakes and Pine Lakes.

In the subdivisions outside the city limits you have to watch out for MUD taxes , which also include a water bill everymonth (which could run $50 or more per month) on top of the MUD tax you pay every year.

Yes Old Katy is an option also, there are some great properties there. I find it odd that it was clearly posted NORTH KATY, yet nearly all the responses were steering the individual to SOUTH KATY (with the exception of a few who mentioned areas in Cypress) Wow unbelievable!

[carolineb]

I mentioned south Katy because I was in the housing market recently and found new construction 3BR 1 story ranch in Seven Meadows for $165K last month - employee pricing promotion. I did make a mistake suggesting Heritage Grand in my earlier post because I didn't see that OP wanted new construction. I looked at Summer Sage too in Cinco Ranch and there are quite a few models in the $170-180K range too.