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Old 11-15-2017, 09:38 AM
 
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I lived in Greatwood for many years as well.......right next to the Tara subdivision, so I am not basing this on internet searches....but on actually having driven through there, and seeing the place over the years in the local news.
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Old 11-15-2017, 01:15 PM
 
Location: Foster, TX
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Well I just googlemapped that neighborhood and yes I definitely see it's not the place I would be excited to live in.
And especially if you are familiar with the area that's valuable input. But typically most replies here are not so informative as yours
Agreed. Normally I am right there with you regarding advice on the internet - usually ill-informed or fueled exclusively by negative reviews. This just happens to be one of those times where I can speak from experience.
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Old 11-16-2017, 07:35 AM
 
Location: Houston
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you get "close to" Sugar Land and good schools on the cheap..win-win
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Old 11-16-2017, 09:56 AM
 
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The fact is you aren't going to get a stellar home with amazing neighbors when the average home is 150K. That's just reality. At least Tara is close to 59, and has good schools. You could do worse.
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Old 11-19-2017, 10:00 PM
 
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Wow, is Tara that expensive now?? When I was looking at houses in 2012 they were going for around 80k in Tara. I drove around and saw why! I wonder why Greatwood didn't put up gates. I did find similar prices in "The Grove" attached to Pecan Grove. I wonder how that neighborhood is doing these days in value. It never seemed as hood as Tara.
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Old 11-20-2017, 10:01 AM
 
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Well, you would have doubled your money then.
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Old 11-20-2017, 10:37 AM
 
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Well, you would have doubled your money then.
Oh definitely! I should have bought one of the places I was looking at in Houston. I would have made at least 40-50k profit. My parents built a house that summer in Pearland (2012) and now the houses around them are up by 60k what they paid... and they didn't flood

Plus, when I moved to LA six years ago the prices were bargain basement and I could have gotten a condo for around 250k that would now be over 4 I just wasn't sure where I'd want to settle down. I'm sure another bust will come around.
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Old 11-20-2017, 01:08 PM
 
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Looks like the Tara subdivision is spared the worst of the new segment C of the Grand Parkway... I had always assumed that it would run right down Crabb River Road, but it kicks out west, providing a buffer near the Tara subdivision.

http://www.grandpky.com/downloads/ex...9_c_121204.pdf
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Old 11-20-2017, 01:34 PM
 
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Looks like the Tara subdivision is spared the worst of the new segment C of the Grand Parkway... I had always assumed that it would run right down Crabb River Road, but it kicks out west, providing a buffer near the Tara subdivision.

http://www.grandpky.com/downloads/ex...9_c_121204.pdf
They sure are determined to make the Grand Pkwy the weirdest loop on the map. This is going to be what people see when they google Houston, a drunk child with a green crayon. Who is going to drive this thing when it unnecessarily wobbles to and fro across the map?? They went for the cheapest possible land instead of building something that would create a link across the southern outskirts of Houston.
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Old 11-21-2017, 06:45 PM
 
Location: Foster, TX
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They sure are determined to make the Grand Pkwy the weirdest loop on the map. This is going to be what people see when they google Houston, a drunk child with a green crayon. Who is going to drive this thing when it unnecessarily wobbles to and fro across the map?? They went for the cheapest possible land instead of building something that would create a link across the southern outskirts of Houston.
In this particular stretch, that actually is by design. You will notice there are a few acreage parcels that sit off of Crabb River Road, right where the road makes the bend after the Greatwood/Canyon Gate entrances. In addition to having to buy out at least one homeowner, there is a cemetery with a handful of marked graves on one of those plots of land.

While there was a controversy regarding unmarked Native American remains up toward Katy and the tollway association's decision to move forward with construction on those sites, the fact that these are marked graves tells me the GP wasn't looking to exhume and move these remains.

The purpose for rest of that bend before/after FM 762 is fairly obvious - to avoid existing neighborhood developments.

As to the overall layout of the Grand Parkway as a whole, you have to remember that roads are built as deals between existing land owners and the DoT or Toll Road Authority. Land owners who are willing to come to the table and negotiate equates to quicker progress; eminent domain usage slows down the process.
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