re: Large new community in Gonzales already having some street flooding issues...

Looks like Denham south of the interstate about 15 years ago.
Horton tacky homes with a lot of infrastructure and construction problems.

This is what approval meetings for these developments look like in my head:

"We're voting to appro.."

"Yes!"

"What did we just vote on?"

"I don't know. These dudes are taking us to lunch, though"

If you use your imagination, you can see Chargers and Altimas in the driveways.

Some of those homes are listed for 500k in that neighborhood.

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Not sure where they got this photo, that does not look like Conway and I've been there. I really think The Advocate is using a photo of the wrong neighborhood for this.

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The photo they shared is Conway Reserve. Your pictures are Conway Village. They're right next to each other. Village is made up of several different home builders, Reserve is DSLD.

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Is there anybody else who hates garages in the front of the house???

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My wife does and refused to look at any when we were last house shopping. It seems like that's just about everything being built these days too. At least in my price range

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It seems like that's just about everything being built these days too

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I don't care for that look either but there isn't a lot of choice these days unless it's a custom build

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I did a rear garage and love it.

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Our garage is behind the house too although the door is on the side. You can't see it from the road though.

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What a horrible looking neighborhood. Why would anyone want to buy there.

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I haven't seen it up close. Only drove by it on the way to Pelican Pointe. Seems nice from the main street. I think the Advocate picture is of the cheaper part of the development. I imagine those are around $300K. They look pretty depressing and typical suburbia. And I imagine its popular because there aren't many options in that price range that are "new" anymore.

The main part that's closer to 44 is similar to the Americana in Zachary or the Magnolia Square thing in Central - which have smaller lots but nicer homes. Those are probably closer to $400K-$500K. Seems like there is a lot of retail in the works up there next to that Library restaurant, and it's walking distance to the nicer part of the Conway thing. If you are going to have smaller lots, you should at least be able to walk to a few amenities. This is an example what they are building there, and they seem well finished even if the lots are small:



It's about as close as you can get to equi-distant between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, so it's selling quickly to families where both spouses work in different cities. I understand the appeal of the location even if I'm not a huge fan of the very generic looking part of the development. I imagine that part of Gonzales is going to get much busier in the near future.

It honestly felt like at least three new subdivisions popped up right there within a few years. There's one right across from Conway that looks big too.

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It's about as close as you can get to equi-distant between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, so it's selling quickly to families where both spouses work in different cities.

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Ding ding ding