smudgemiller

I am looking at schools for my children and came across Cunae International School & their preschool Creekwood Village. It is locates in front of Creekside Village on Gosling right before you cross the bridge into The Woodlands. Does anyone have experience with the school or have any information pertaining to it? I would love to hear your input!

I'd go for Kingwood, period. Trees, older, established neighborhood, decent commute, good Park-n-Ride, excellent schools.

I love Kingwood. It is so pretty and the trees are great! Do you know what the commute is like in a car and also a park and ride commute?? Thanks!

where in the world are they moving from?

4br for that price range with a low commute AND good schools is asking for quite a bit.

i reiterate, rent first or they will regret it later, trust me on this.

Yes they are considering renting, but they have a child in school with special needs, who requires as little change as possible. They were hoping to get as close to a potential neighborhood as possible as to not make the child change schools again. If they can find a neighborhood that they are happy with they can eliminate more change by moving directly into a home instead of renting and then moving again. They are moving from San Antonio. Again, I agree with you that renting would be smart in most cases, but in this one avoiding it, if possible, would be preferable.

Also, 4bdrms , low commute, and their lower price range is the perfect scenario, but ofcourse we all know you can't get everything and work near downtown Houston. They are very realistic about this. The two things that are most important are 1. schools, and 2. their upper budget of $165,000 or maybe $170,000. Commute and size of home can vary as much as it needs to within reason. Thanks for your input.

what size home? with the price range you gave, this could be quite a challenge

i would also agree with renting before buying, to get a better feel for the city (and whether or not sitting in the car for 39 minutes a trip is actually what they want).

Yeah. It's a very specific house hunt as far as location, price, and school. They don't have very specific wishes as far as size goes. A 3 to 4 bedroom would be preferable, but square footage can be as low as 1500 to 1700 square feet and as high as they can afford. They are pretty sure of the commute time as they commute that much now. Ofcourse they would love for it to be less, but schools are much more important in their priority list as they can't afford private school. Thanks again for all your help.

Summerwood is your best bet in that price range. And the schools are decent and zone to the new high school.

Getting out of Summerwoodl is can be tricky. It may take you 20 mintues to get to the Eastex P&R.

So from there you are looking at an hour commute, but only have to drive 20 minutes of it.

What about driving the whole way? How would the commute be then? I have heard Fall Creek is 30 minutes. How much farther is Summerwood? I have heard that it is a bear to get out of Summerwood. I guess at least the trees will give you shade as you make the neighborhood exit! . I will pass this info onto them. I appreciate it!

How much are they looking to spend? Do they want an old house? Do they mind transitional areas? Would they like to be closer to town, and just send the kids to private school?

Most of the older neighborhoods don't have good schools...but then again, you can get a really nice house, close in, in a older area for not much money, and send the brats to private school.

They would like to spend $130,000 to $165,000. They would also like their child to go to public school. They don't mind an older house and in fact love the trees that come along with them. New is fine too. They would like to keep the commute under 40 minutes if possible. As I said earlier some have mentioned neighborhoods off Hardy Toll Road and also the Humble/Kingwood area. Any info on these areas? Thanks for any input you may have.

My friend just took a job with AIG (American General) on Allen Parkway near Studemont. He and his family are looking for a good commute time with good schools.

He has been told about Humble (Summerwood, Eagle Springs, Park Lakes, and Kingwood). Also Spring Trails off Hardy toll road. Anyone have info on commute times for these neighborhoods. Specifically Spring Trails (He was told commute from Hardy Toll Road would be 36 minutes at 7:30 a.m).

As a side note they have no good info on older neighborhoods that might be good to look in. Open for any and all information on any parts of town with good commute (40 min or lower) and good schools to American General on Allen Parkway and Studemont.