Champion Forest Villas (Houston, Austin: for sale, real estate, houses)

[Weatherguy]

Anyone live in Champion Forest Villas or nearby? There are some gorgeous patio homes for sale that I've found online. What I'm seeing in the photos would sell for twice the amount in Austin, and in marginal neighborhoods.


Any problems in the Champions area? Using Streetview, it looks like a lot of very nice neighborhoods, some fairly old but some new, with plenty of trees.



I'd like to locate in that general area, or between there and Cypress.



Thanks for your help.

[AcresHomes44]

The Champions area is an affluent area in NW Houston, it's next to Willowbrook. Matter of fact, the area between there and Cypress is all affluent NW Houston, so you would be able to choose among the many neighborhoods in that area . Best thing is that you're close to 249 and FM 1960.

[crone]

Check for flooding. They are close to the creek. Much of Champion Forest south of Cypress Creek was under water for days during Harvey.

I lived over 20 years in a subdivision between Strack Road and the Creek. The house we sold was 1 house away from being flooded. The water was in the low spots from the Creek to North side of Norborne. That Kroger shopping center on Champion Forest was flooded as was the one on the north side of Cypresswood drive @ 249

[Ghost Town]

Yes I know someone from my company who got flooded pretty bad two years ago. He had about 5 ft of water in his house and lost two cars in addition to the home damage.

[curbur]

Middle to upper middle class is hardly all ‘affluent’, but I suppose it’s all perspective depending on where you’re from. If you grow up in Acres Homes, then the average middle to upper middle class suburban area may seem affluent to you.

This is a nice, albeit aging area (as long as you live far enough north of fm 1960). The main problem is the risk of worsening flooding. All the development further up along Cypress Creek out in Cypress or Walker/Hockley is at a fever pitch as homes are selling left and right and newer neighborhoods even further out along the creek keep getting announced every few years or so. It doesn’t take a genius to realize that there’s a very high probability the flooding gets worse than it already has gotten today.

There’s currently a huge patch of marshland along the creek just before it crosses 290 that regularly fills up and retains huge pools of collecting water which probably drastically alleviates flooding just downstream. The only problem is the Towne Lake community owns this patch of land, and although they plan to make a small portion of it dedicated to extending and connecting to Black Horse Ranch’s existing golf course along the creek and making another stretch of land a big park which will be made to flood, most of this land will be slated to be turned into a sea of concrete as there are plans for it to become a copy of Vintage Park for Cypress (sw corner of greenhouse rd @ mound rd) as well as a couple of small office buildings along the freeway (nw & ne corners of greenhouse rd @ mound rd). The large park in question should be along the se corner of the intersection mentioned above. Now this is undoubtedly great news for Cypress residents’ quality of life and could even mean that home values in the immediate vicinity could actually rise if it does well enough, but it also bode very poorly for those downstream during the next major flooding event. Once this patch of land has been dredged and filled with dirt & concrete, there will be no undeveloped patches left along the creek east of 99. Of course, this still isn’t the end of the story as development will continue for Bridgeland and several other neighborhoods to come west of 99 along Cypress Creek.

[Weatherguy]

Thanks to all for the info.


Anyone know of a map or database that indicates which properties flooded? I've noticed that real estate sites often don't mention whether a property flooded. I don't even want to look at such a property. And I definitely don't want to be near as creek or bayou (if that's possible in the Houston region).

[crone]

A new map is on the way. November IIRC.

I know much of Champion Forest subdivision south of the creek flooded. The houses closer to Strack did not. Norborne did not.

The houses at the end of the streets, down by the cul de sacs in Woods 2 up to Rothchilde. If you can see where the streets drop off 2 feet within a block, think flood. I'd stay south of Strack for damn sure.

curbur is right. Who knows what they are gonna build upstream. Even if detention, retention ponds are required, it won't be enough. None of that residential area ever flooded before, but the county does not protect those who have been there 25 years.

The rule when we sold and bought was to get the county watershed maps and get on the perimeter. We hoped that indicated the highest ground.

[Weatherguy]

Thank you Crone. I'll check things out carefully. Your information is very helpful.

[allday33]

You can use this map to see the flood zones (if you don't already know about it):


https://www.harriscountyfemt.org/