Newer Neighborhoods in Rosenberg? Thoughts?

[fashiongal]

Originally Posted by NTexas2010

You could also look at Greatwood. I don't know if $300k will quite get you want you want, but if you can stretch that budget a bit, it will meet a number of the criteria you mentioned.

We have also looked at Greatwood, but like you said - would have to stretch the budget some.

[fashiongal]

Originally Posted by LocalPlanner

Have you looked in Pearland / Manvel? That's not a crazy commute at all by Houston standards, and the area is known for being the most diverse of any Houston suburb, which is saying a lot.

Not really. We did look around Pearland when we were considering our current home, but it just didn't feel like home to us living most of the years since 1984 in the Sugar Land/Missouri City area.

Manvel - not so sure. I'm sure there are some nice areas, but some of the new neighborhoods being built down 521 didn't look all that great. But I haven't seen them all.

[fashiongal]

Originally Posted by mojo101

I live in Richmond,right by 1093 and 1464,George Bush high school right outside our subdivision and an elementary school right behind my backyard,
houses are built in early 2000 and in pretty good shape,I dont think you can avoid Hispanic neighbors unless you want to move to River Oaks.
We may be in Richmond but we go into Houston to do our shopping and dining as 1093 becomes Westheimer Rd and you can find everything there.
During the winter storm,I am glad I have so many hispanic neighbors,one is a painter and he shut off the main water valve for me in the street,another owns his own construction business and advice me what to do when the water pipes in the attic burst,across the street is a family of father and sons long distance movers,they recommend me a plumber to fix my water pipes,then it was almost impossible to find a plumber and I am grateful.
Not to mention his wife held a garage sale and sold me some generators costing me $8 which I resold on Ebay for $35-55!
Now if I live in a neighorhood where all my neighbors are office workers sitting behind a desk,??what could have happened to me and my house?
Our houses are under 20 years old,still in good shape,the neighborhood is safe,we have a huge receiving pond behind us and after rainfall,you can see ducks and egrets feeding and we have Kroger,Walgreen and Subway,Mcdonald,Starbuck ,Autozone.
Subdivision fee is now 550 annual,includes use of swimming pool and park,also covers any damage of our fence facing the street
But Fort Bend County houses may be cheaper but tax is higher as the other poster points out
come join us.

What is the name of your subdivision? Is your area not considered Ft. Bend County? Sounds like a really friendly, tight knit community that you live in!

[LocalPlanner]

Originally Posted by fashiongal

Not really. We did look around Pearland when we were considering our current home, but it just didn't feel like home to us living most of the years since 1984 in the Sugar Land/Missouri City area.

Manvel - not so sure. I'm sure there are some nice areas, but some of the new neighborhoods being built down 521 didn't look all that great. But I haven't seen them all.

For Manvel, I was speaking more the neighborhoods along SH 288.

[Htown2013]

Originally Posted by fashiongal

We are looking for a smaller home (preferably new construction) in the suburbs. Recently sold our larger home in a master planned community and want to buy our “retirement” home (but not looking for anything like Del Webb, we don’t mind a variety of ages with our neighbors and don’t want all the extra fees associated with a 55 plus community). Rosenberg (some of the newer subdivisions) seem to offer the most for your dollar. We want a home under 300k because we don’t want to be burdened with high taxes, but in a safe area, low tax rate, low HOA. Proximity to the freeway is important, as well as stores, dining, parks. Any opinions on the area? We did have a bad experience in our younger days of moving into a brand new subdivision where we were the only Caucasians in the neighborhood. Not prejudice at all, but like more diversity than being a complete outcast! What about safety? Some of the neighborhoods look fairly nice, but some of the outlying areas do not. I’ve heard the school district is not that highly rated. We don’t have kids or grandkids, but should we want to sell someday, will that be a big issue for us? Seems the area is growing now that Sugar Land and much of Missouri City is not building much new construction... people have to go somewhere. Katy, Clear Lake, Alvin, The Woodlands are all out of the question as hubby has to work about 2 more years in Southwest Houston/Stafford area.

What did you end up doing? There seems to be A LOT of development in that area. I'm surprised how expensive these areas have gotten, at least for new builds.

[mojo101]

My subdivision is called TWIN oAKS,the builder planted many oak trees .
We have Walgreen,Kroger,Autozone,McDonald,Subway,Starbuck, Chase left

[rbheeler]

I've lived on the west side of New Territory for 30+ years. The neighborhoods are stable and well-kept. There are more rentals than there used to be, but that hasn't been a big problem so far. Ethnically it is quite diverse and at this point I think anyone could feel comfortable here. You could get into a smaller one-story house for less than $350K We still enjoy our neighborhood and don't plan to move. You didn't mention New Territory--check it out.

Oops! Just saw that this is an old thread. But if you're in the same position as the OP, my suggestion still applies!