I really don’t see the appeal in The Woodlands

[usc619]

Originally Posted by Caro42

I spent an entire day looking at houses in the $350-400 thousand dollar range just a week ago in the Woodlands and I can tell you that although the city center is handsome and very well done, the residential areas are nasty and ill kept. The place is so overgrown and covered in dead shrubbery and overgrown trees that no grass will grow. anywhere. Most yards are just mud or mud covered with green mold. Back yards are dark, dank wastelands of mud. Houses ill kept. The main roadways are not cleared - dead shrubbery and dead trees crowd the streets. I think the developers wasted a great opportunity in the Woodlands. They built a jazzy city center and then never cleared the land for the residential developments. I would agree that Katy, which I know well, is much nicer. There are handsome divided boulevards throughout, treed and landscaped and very pretty. Be careful of the housing however. There are plenty of cheap builder houses made cardboard and spit in the older sections. Even the newer ones. And there are nice houses too, but you will have to pay upwards of $500,000 for a nice house in Katy. Housing prices have doubled there in the last 6 or 7 years.

lol, I’m just going to assume you’re joking

[Jtxg]

Originally Posted by Caro42

I spent an entire day looking at houses in the $350-400 thousand dollar range just a week ago in the Woodlands and I can tell you that although the city center is handsome and very well done, the residential areas are nasty and ill kept. The place is so overgrown and covered in dead shrubbery and overgrown trees that no grass will grow. anywhere. Most yards are just mud or mud covered with green mold. Back yards are dark, dank wastelands of mud. Houses ill kept. The main roadways are not cleared - dead shrubbery and dead trees crowd the streets. I think the developers wasted a great opportunity in the Woodlands. They built a jazzy city center and then never cleared the land for the residential developments. I would agree that Katy, which I know well, is much nicer. There are handsome divided boulevards throughout, treed and landscaped and very pretty. Be careful of the housing however. There are plenty of cheap builder houses made cardboard and spit in the older sections. Even the newer ones. And there are nice houses too, but you will have to pay upwards of $500,000 for a nice house in Katy. Housing prices have doubled there in the last 6 or 7 years.

I actually find the large trees that were not removed to be one of the nicer things about the Woodlands. If your grass doesn't grown, switch to ground cover, problem solved. I think it's cool that the developer tried to preserve the existing natural feel.

[ParaguaneroSwag]

Originally Posted by ParaguaneroSwag

Gucci and Breitling are joining Chanel and Louis Vuitton in Woodlands Market St. this solidifies the woodlands as the #2 Houston area shopping district both for high end end and middle class shopping after Uptown/River Oaks.

Also in the Woodlands, Nike is opening the Houston area’s first stand alone store.

https://communityimpact.com/houston/...d-sixty-vines/

Correction: I was wrong about first Nike store in Houston area. Apparently they opened a store in CityCentre just a month ago. Good for them. I guess Nike isn’t as picky as it used to be in its locations

[KerrTown]

Originally Posted by Jtxg

I actually find the large trees that were not removed to be one of the nicer things about the Woodlands. If your grass doesn't grown, switch to ground cover, problem solved. I think it's cool that the developer tried to preserve the existing natural feel.

But the lack of grass growth contributes to soil erosion and pollutes/silts waterways. The neighborhood is also showing its age, much like the First Colony area.

I live in Katy too, but the only drawback is the ERCOT grid. If I was a homebuyer today, Entergy would be the tiebreaker to choose The Woodlands. Luckily the the 50-year old underground electric lines are being replaced with modern wires, so that reliable Eastern power can continue powering the neighborhood!