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DR Horton is trying again to get their 900+ lot development approved in Zachary
Posted on 12/10/21 at 11:33 am
Posted on 12/10/21 at 11:33 am
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The Trivento subdivision, a proposed 900-plus-home Zachary development by D.R. Horton, will now go before the Planning Commission in January.
The development was deferred from the Dec. 13 meeting, which wasn’t the first setback for the project. Commissioners deferred the item in July and denied it in August due to a number of concerns.
The first of those concerns involves the Zachary school district, which may not have the student capacity to support such a large development, says Council member Brandon Noel of District 1.
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Full article at the link. They go into more details about the back and forth between the developers, the parish, and the city of Zachary. There are issues being raised about traffic, drainage, sewer tie ins, housing density, road widths, fire protection, and school capacity. Zachary may not be able to provide services to the community, so it might have to tie into Baker....but the developer wants to be in the Zachary school district because it's better.
This development was going to be east of highway 964, north of Groom road. The parish planning commission rejected the development, then they tried to submit again, but it was deferred. Now it's going forward in January again.
There are already around 3,000 home sites approved but not yet developed in Zachary that will come online in the next 5 years.
Horton also has a reputation of developing everything very quickly, with poor attention to detail. They've done a lot of the new subdivisions south of I-12 in Livingston Parish. Horton has also partnered with major investment firms to build out rental single family developments in a wide variety of housing markets in the US.
This post was edited on 12/10/21 at 11:39 am
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Posted on 12/10/21 at 11:35 am to goofball
I don’t understand how there is a need for a 900 lot development in Zachary
This post was edited on 12/10/21 at 11:36 am
Posted on 12/10/21 at 11:36 am to goofball
DR Horton is learning the lesson of Louisiana Politics the hard way. 
Costing them some extra bucks along they way because apparently they paid the wrong people the first two times.
Costing them some extra bucks along they way because apparently they paid the wrong people the first two times.
Posted on 12/10/21 at 11:36 am to goofball
As if the OTHER big goddamn subdivision going up near the prison wasn’t bad enough.
Posted on 12/10/21 at 11:37 am to Ed Osteen
Considering how many new houses are going up right now, there really isn’t a need.
Posted on 12/10/21 at 11:37 am to teke184
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As if the OTHER big goddamn subdivision going up near the prison wasn’t bad enough.
The one on the other side of 964 is MUCH smaller. And despite being production housing, it's going to be miles ahead of most of the houses DR Horton throws together.
Posted on 12/10/21 at 11:41 am to goofball
I’ve heard bad thing about DR Horton. I have a DSLD house and haven’t had any problems. Did awesome during the hurricane.
Crazy though that the price to build my same exact house went up $40k in a year. No chance I would have bought it at the price they are asking now.
Crazy though that the price to build my same exact house went up $40k in a year. No chance I would have bought it at the price they are asking now.
Posted on 12/10/21 at 11:43 am to SulphursFinest
Wood costs spiked in the past year IIRC, meaning costs get passed on for any house not already under contract.
Posted on 12/10/21 at 11:47 am to goofball
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Horton has also partnered with major investment firms to build out rental single family developments in a wide variety of housing markets in the US.
They know that federally subsidized rent homes are coming
Mostly white neighborhoods filled with single family homes are the devil
Posted on 12/10/21 at 11:47 am to SulphursFinest
I was looking at houses in the Houston suburbs and saw a house on realtor site. 1500 sqft DR house in stafford for 300k. It had vinyl flooring, laminate countertop, and electric towers running along behind the backyard fence. That’s when you know house prices are insane.
Posted on 12/10/21 at 11:49 am to SulphursFinest
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I’ve heard bad thing about DR Horton.
Our first home was a DR Horton special. It was cheap but there wasn't a 90 degree angle in that thing I don't believe.
Posted on 12/10/21 at 11:51 am to Ed Osteen
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I don’t understand how there is a need for a 900 lot development in Zachary
There isn't.
Posted on 12/10/21 at 11:54 am to Mahootney
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Costing them some extra bucks along they way because apparently they paid the wrong people the first two times.
They must not have paid into the right Council Members campaigns when they ran for mayor this last time around.
Posted on 12/10/21 at 11:56 am to SulphursFinest
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I have a DSLD house and haven’t had any problems
A lot of production housing is just fine. Most of the American suburban landscape is covered in some way by bungalows, foursquares, or craftsman homes that were largely copy/past designs between the 1920s and 1970s.
Horton's reputation is not very good though.
Posted on 12/10/21 at 11:56 am to goofball
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There are already around 3,000 home sites approved but not yet developed in Zachary that will come online in the next 5 years.
So basically any traffic or drainage study done is worthless because who knows what all this impact will be.
Posted on 12/10/21 at 11:57 am to goofball
Real estate developers are scum. They come in and buy off anyone in their way. I wish that neighborhood they built off Tiger Bend, The Sanctuary, never happened. I have it on very good authority there were species of animals and Indian mounds that should never have been messed with. They bring in big time lobbyist and buy off anyone with votes. They take you to court with no intention of winning, then legally they are able to settle outside of court for money to basically pay you off.
Posted on 12/10/21 at 12:01 pm to goofball
It has been a great first home for me. Plan to sell in a few years if the prices are reasonable. If not, I’ll be satisfied staying put for a little longer
Posted on 12/10/21 at 12:03 pm to SulphursFinest
DSLD builds good houses. My first house was DSLD and lived there for 4 years and know 6 or 7 relatives and friends who've bought from DSLD and were happy. Only knock I have against them is that they don't offer enough models to choose from in a particular neighborhood. So every 3rd house looks the exact same.
Posted on 12/10/21 at 12:05 pm to fallguy_1978
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Our first home was a DR Horton special. It was cheap but there wasn't a 90 degree angle in that thing I don't believe.
My sister got a DRH home in NC a year ago. She seems to like it and I've been there and it seems ok so far.
Posted on 12/10/21 at 12:13 pm to East Coast Band
They build a pretty wide price range of houses. I bought that one in my 20s and it was pretty much on the lower end I'm sure. It did the job for 7-8 years although I'm not sure how well that thing will hold up over time.
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