re: Best Fort Worth neighborhoods

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We could possibly be moving to Ft. Worth. After preliminary research, I couldn't find any homes from the $225-325k range with any character. Should I just resign myself to the fact that I will be buying a builder quality, cookie-cutter home, or are there some good family neighborhoods with some character?

2 adults, 2 kids (9 and 4) looking for 1800-3000(ish) sqft with at least three bedrooms and a decent yard for three small dogs.

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I'd consider 5he surrounding communities within 30 or so minutes from FW.

And if you find something you really like, make a strong offer immediately, likely over the asking price. That's what it takes these days in most areas around DFW.

The Roanoke area still has some decent prices. I suggest looking there. It's near Texas Motor Speedway and Cabela's.

Or go the other direction from Lewisville and look into Trophy Club. Northwest ISD has some great schools and facilities.

You almost can't go wrong with the northern suburbs stretching from Ft Worth to Dallas. I mean people who know the area wouldn't have issues living in...Keller, trophy club, southlake, flower mound, colleyville, grapevine, lewisville, the colony, frisco, McKinney, Plano, Allen...lots of options.

My house is worth almost $40k more than we paid for it not quite 3 years ago. And that's a cookie cutter subdivision type house just outside the loop in Fort Worth. We are selling soon and expect to have the house on the market for a week at the most. One of my colleagues sold his house last year and was under contract the day before the listing was put on the market. Move quick if you see something you like around here.

Frisco and McKinney are about the furthest things from Ft Worth than any suburb. If you want to be close to FTW, this isn't the answer.