Long Meadow Farms vs Aliana (Houston, Sugar Land: 2013, house, theater)

[NTexas2010]

Originally Posted by Itsprettyhot

Long Meadow Farms has more mature trees, more established, a bit more secluded.

I second this.

[speed_R6]

Thank you all for your replies. Its definitely a tough choice but it seems Aliana is slightly better preferred for resale. I heard that after Riverstone, it is the second best selling MPC in the area. Any truth to that?

[Sross]

12 in the nation, 4 in the Houston area


Here is RLCO’s list of the top 20 communities by sales in the first half of 2014. The percent change is based on the pace so far in 2014 compared with the total number of sales in 2013 divided by two.

1 (1 rank in 2013): The Villages, Ocala, Fla. Ocala, 1,455 sales in first half of 2014, 3,419 sales in 2013, -15% compared with 2013
2 (2): Irvine Ranch, Orange County, Calif., 664, 1,444, -8%
3 (5): Nocatee Ponte Vedra, Fla., 505, 838, 21%
4 (6): Riverstone, Houston area, 384, 791, -3%
5 (4): Mountain’s Edge, Las Vegas, 341, 841, -19%
6 (10): Stapleton, Denver, 335, 570, 18%
7 (9): Lakewood Ranch, Sarasota, Fla., 289, 618, -6%
8 (7): Providence, Las Vegas, 282, 726, -22%
9 (3): Cinco Ranch, Houston area, 280, 854, -34%
9 (19): Valencia, Los Angeles area, 280, 372, -51%
11 (8): The Woodlands, Houston area, 275, 649, -15%
12 (14): Aliana, Houston area, 266, 468, 14%
13 (11): Summerlin, Las Vegas, 248, 566, -12%
14 (12): Cross Creek Ranch, Houston area, 242, 509, -5%
15 (17): Canyon Lakes West, Houston area, 239, 378, 26%
15 (13): Lake Nona, Orlando, 239, 475, 1%
17 (16): Sienna Plantation, Houston, 228, 445, 2%
18 (NR): Towne Lake, Houston area, 228, 263, 68%
19 (NR): Canyon Bay Plantation, 217, 341, 27%
20 (20): Firethorne, Houston area, 207, 361, 15%

[AK123]

Originally Posted by Itsprettyhot

Long Meadow Farms has more mature trees, more established, a bit more secluded. Aliana is bare land with newly planted trees

I wouldn't call it bare... yes, newly planted trees but there are a lot of them. A lot. And the new trees look larger than some of the ones I see in other new neighborhoods.

[brick citizen]

Can't go wrong with either. Aliana does have parts that border less than appealing businesses on West Bellfort. LMF has the apartments as well as the commercial infusion going on along 99. Both minor issues. Either MPC will be a great choice

[AK123]

Originally Posted by brick citizen

Can't go wrong with either. Aliana does have parts that border less than appealing businesses on West Bellfort.

What are those? All I remember seeing driving by there was a sand/gravel place. Most of the rest looked like someone's private property/ranchland.

Originally Posted by brick citizen

LMF has the apartments as well as the commercial infusion going on along 99.

I know apartments are usually unwelcome. But the commercial infusion is usually a good thing (for convenience).

Originally Posted by brick citizen

Both minor issues. Either MPC will be a great choice

Agreed.

[hbcu]

LMC has older homes with some floorplans I didn't care for...you may get a better deal in those cases

[speed_R6]

I noticed that there is a small section of long meadow with the mature trees, the rest looks like any other community. They do have some of the same builders as Aliana (Darling, J-Patrick, Highlands etc) so the houses are just as nice but the lots are bigger so feels more open. Tough choice between the two however Aliana feels newer and LMF is showing its age as I drove through Winston Ranch Parkway.

[Htown2013]

Originally Posted by speed_R6

I noticed that there is a small section of long meadow with the mature trees, the rest looks like any other community. They do have some of the same builders as Aliana (Darling, J-Patrick, Highlands etc) so the houses are just as nice but the lots are bigger so feels more open. Tough choice between the two however Aliana feels newer and LMF is showing its age as I drove through Winston Ranch Parkway.

Long Meadow Farms showing its age?? How old is it? Do you think these areas will decline and go downhill over time? IMO, most of First Colony and New Territory 'aged' nicely. I don't see any decline there.

[NTexas2010]

Originally Posted by Htown2013

Long Meadow Farms showing its age?? How old is it? Do you think these areas will decline and go downhill over time? IMO, most of First Colony and New Territory 'aged' nicely. I don't see any decline there.

"Age" is a relative term, so I don't agree with the other poster that LMF is "aging". Homes built in 2008 are old? Tell that to anyone who lives inside Hwy 6 / Beltway / 610.

It's far too early to make a prediction on how these neighborhoods will age. With MPCs and suburbs in general, people a lot of times will choose a newer one farther out from the city core as the existing one begins showing signs of "aging". To me, the real deciding factor of a suburb's fate is the 20-25 year mark; by this point, an entire generation has grown up in the neighborhood, and either the neighborhood will be occupied by empty-nesters for the next generational wave, or a new stock of home-buyers will begin to come in and maintain the status-quo.