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re: Where would you live in BR if you could afford a 300K house?
Posted on 1/24/18 at 8:41 am to TH03
Posted on 1/24/18 at 8:41 am to TH03
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Is this expensive?
Not that expensive for a decent area unless you are buying a really old house. The median price is much lower but you'll be near some crime if you pay those prices.
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 8:48 am to Golfer
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Families that want to live in BR but can’t afford Old Goodwood, Webb Park, College Town are flocking to the Tara, Kenilworth, Oak Hills type neighborhoods and gutting/renovating.
Count me in this group. I’m going to give up a new custom built house to move into an older home to be closer to my work and my kids school. Tired of the commute.
Posted on 1/24/18 at 8:49 am to MikeBRLA
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Count me in this group. I’m going to give up a new custom built house to move into an older home to be closer to my work and my kids school. Tired of the commute.
We did the exact same thing about 5 years ago. Live 4 miles from work and 1 mile from the kids school.
This post was edited on 1/24/18 at 8:51 am
Posted on 1/24/18 at 8:50 am to PeteRose
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Where would you live in BR if you could afford a 300K house?
$300k is the equivalent of a trailer park to OT ballers.
Posted on 1/24/18 at 8:52 am to PeteRose
quote:If?
if you could afford a 300K house?
Posted on 1/24/18 at 8:53 am to jdeval1
$300k sends you out to the burbs here if you want a decent sized house.
Posted on 1/24/18 at 9:00 am to Cool Brigade
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This post was edited on 2/12/25 at 11:39 am
Posted on 1/24/18 at 9:06 am to jdeval1
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We did the exact same thing about 5 years ago. Live 4 miles from work and 1 mile from the kids school.
Looking back was it a good decision??
Posted on 1/24/18 at 9:08 am to lnomm34
Riverbend down brightside is nice but very remote
There's a lot of great homes coming on the market that were previously flooded. We looked into a few but decided against it.
Seven Oaks has some nicely remodeled homes
I found redfin.com to be a better place to look at homes than realtor.com FWIW
Much more info about the home
There's a lot of great homes coming on the market that were previously flooded. We looked into a few but decided against it.
Seven Oaks has some nicely remodeled homes
I found redfin.com to be a better place to look at homes than realtor.com FWIW
Much more info about the home
Posted on 1/24/18 at 9:08 am to PeteRose
You can buy a decent house in Southdowns for 300k. You just have to be prepared to offer the same day a house goes on the market. The good deals go quick.
Posted on 1/24/18 at 9:11 am to MikeBRLA
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Looking back was it a good decision??
We don't regret it. My kids were already in private school so it was really nice to get all of that time back. My wife has a 5 minute commute and mine is about 15.
Posted on 1/24/18 at 9:12 am to lnomm34
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I dont like Oak hills that much, stuck up people
I know three people in that neighborhood
1. Great family
2. Awkward engineer that smokes waaaay too much weed
3. friend from HS who never grew up and became an opiod addict
Yeah, talk about a stuck up neighborhood
Posted on 1/24/18 at 9:17 am to anewguy
Lot of updates going on in Pollard right now, wouldn't be surprised if Kenilworth is next. I'm interested to see what happens in those neighborhoods along Staring in between Perkins and Highland, decent sized lots in a good location just need some gentrification.
Posted on 1/24/18 at 9:20 am to PeteRose
I'd buy a house in one of those new neighborhoods off of burbank.
Posted on 1/24/18 at 9:23 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
Cedarcrest
Posted on 1/24/18 at 9:27 am to AA77
Kenilworth is primed for a resurgence, but it will take many years for it to flip. The neighborhood is so massive. Same for Magnolia Woods and surrounding area.
Fairhill is a nice neighborhood in that 300 range, but the location is everything. If you have to go west every day it's hell. Nicholson, Burbank, Perkins- too much traffic.
As far as Southdowns, you're looking at an average of $175ish/sq ft, but a flipped and fully renovated home will bring closer to $200/sqft. Perfect if you don't mind a smaller, older home (and all of the headaches that come with it), but at least your resale outlook will always be strong.
Fairhill is a nice neighborhood in that 300 range, but the location is everything. If you have to go west every day it's hell. Nicholson, Burbank, Perkins- too much traffic.
As far as Southdowns, you're looking at an average of $175ish/sq ft, but a flipped and fully renovated home will bring closer to $200/sqft. Perfect if you don't mind a smaller, older home (and all of the headaches that come with it), but at least your resale outlook will always be strong.
This post was edited on 1/24/18 at 9:30 am
Posted on 1/24/18 at 9:32 am to PeteRose
I went from brightside to prairieville to the diversion canal. Love the waterfront.
Posted on 1/24/18 at 9:33 am to Joose8919
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I went from brightside to prairieville to the diversion canal. Love the waterfront.
livingston side or ascension?
Posted on 1/24/18 at 9:35 am to PeteRose
Newer construction for that you have a few options but they will be 1700-1900 sq. ft. and built by Alvarez. Lexington Park (Bluebonnet/Nicholson) and Jamestown (Perkins/Pecue) are both just under $300k.
Posted on 1/24/18 at 9:36 am to Tigeralum2008
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livingston side or ascension?
Livingston, Waterfront West. Don’t have kids so the schools didn’t bother me.
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