Relocating to Houston Texas area (Katy, Liberty: low crime, how much, houses)

[cocochic]

Hi everyone,

Our 5 families are thinking of relocating to TX 2021- tired of the cold. We are looking around Houston area for several reasons.
1. We are looking for to buy 6-10 acres of land. We are planning to build 4 homes on the property next year.
2. Great school system (kids with disabilities),
3. Low flooding risk
4. Low taxes, low crime rate,
5. close to the airport and
6. fairly close to amenities- willing to drive 20-30 minutes

Our price range is around $100-150 K max for the land

What areas do you suggest I should consider? Someone suggested Katy TX.

If it will be cheaper to build residential homes, we are willing to do so as well.

Any thoughts?

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by cocochic

Hi everyone,

Our 5 families are thinking of relocating to TX 2021- tired of the cold. We are looking around Houston area for several reasons.
1. We are looking for to buy 6-10 acres of land. We are planning to build 4 homes on the property next year.
2. Great school system (kids with disabilities),
3. Low flooding risk
4. Low taxes, low crime rate,
5. close to the airport and
6. fairly close to amenities- willing to drive 20-30 minutes

Our price range is around $100-150 K max for the land

What areas do you suggest I should consider? Someone suggested Katy TX.

If it will be cheaper to build residential homes, we are willing to do so as well.

Any thoughts?

150K wont touch 10 acres of land near Katy.

If that is your budget and thats how much land you want Id look Northeast of Houston. You should be able to get that somewhere between Cleveland and New Waverly.

[cocochic]

Thank you, we have been looking around Northeast area. Any place in particular you suggest? We are willing to pay more for a good area

[astrohip]

Originally Posted by cocochic

1. We are looking for to buy 6-10 acres of land. We are planning to build 4 homes on the property next year.
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If it will be cheaper to build residential homes, we are willing to do so as well.

Welcome to Houston (well, soon). Help me understand this, maybe my coffee just hasn't kicked in. You state in #1 you are planning to build 4 homes. Then at the end you say if it's cheaper to build residential homes, you will.

I'm confused. What were the homes in #1 if not residential homes?

[LocalPlanner]

I would recommend focusing your search to the northeast also, in eastern Montgomery County or Liberty County. Be very careful about flood zones.

[cocochic]

@ astrohip

Sorry for the confusion. We want to buy land and build on the land. We were also thinking of adding a small residential home next to our homes. We are a total of 5 families relocating, we need to build total of 4 homes.

We have 2 handicapped family members and a small residential home next to us will be perfect. If the residential home is not possible on same land, we won’t build.

We need a space that will hold 4 homes=) 4 bedroom and 2.5 baths each for each home.

Thanks

[mojo101]

You know there is a lumber shortage !
it may be cheaper to buy an existing home than build one now,but then they wont be close to each other

[Ghost Town]

Originally Posted by cocochic

@ astrohip

Sorry for the confusion. We want to buy land and build on the land. We were also thinking of adding a small residential home next to our homes. We are a total of 5 families relocating, we need to build total of 4 homes.

We have 2 handicapped family members and a small residential home next to us will be perfect. If the residential home is not possible on same land, we won’t build.

We need a space that will hold 4 homes=) 4 bedroom and 2.5 baths each for each home.

Thanks

Oh what you mean by 'residential home' is more of a guest house I guess.
I see guest houses even on much smaller lots in suburban areas. Since you are going rural, there will be higher chance of adding guest house next to the main structure.

[cocochic]

Thanks everyone

We thought about the prices to build too, we are not in the hurry to build. We are thinking next summer or fall even, not sure if the market will be reasonable by then.

We want to purchase land first and build later

We are looking for a suburban area, not necessarily rural. Close to memorial Herman for my sick families members and near Houston for other family members who have jobs in Houston

[Ghost Town]

Originally Posted by cocochic

Thanks everyone

We thought about the prices to build too, we are not in the hurry to build. We are thinking next summer or fall even, not sure if the market will be reasonable by then.

We want to purchase land first and build later

We are looking for a suburban area, not necessarily rural. Close to memorial Herman for my sick families members and near Houston for other family members who have jobs in Houston

Well I see you want to build whole empire on a budget, but that doesn't seem realistic in suburban area. In your budget it's going to be rural or semi-rural with relative proximity to suburbs. Good luck finding even 6 acres in suburbs for 150K. And the land is only getting more expensive. Clock is ticking. Don't expect the land to get cheaper.