mechanicalengineer

My parents live in the woodlands, and my partner's parents live at heights area. Both are pretty nice area with low crime rate. However I am looking for something newer with a modern look. With my budget around 250K, I found a lot of new places by downtown. i was in town last month and checked out a few places,but not sure about the quality of all the new townhomes. I will probably be in town again next week or two to check out more places. the one i really like was the delano cityview, and a few townhome by waterhill. I would perfer new townhome, but i realized i may have to get a older townhome with my price range. Is rice military area better than east downtown?

I am moving to Houston in the next 2 months. I have been checking out homes at HAR.com for downtown area. By looking at the map there are 3 areas: 1. I think its call the 3rd ward on the U of H side. 2. East Downtown area 3. Midtown area. Any advice on the pro and con of these areas? Which builder to watch out for? I really like some of the WATERHILL townhome, but i read some bad review about them, is it true? Should i really avoid the roof terrace for leaking problem? Are these area safe at night? Is the traffic bad around 7am in the morning? My budget is around 250K to 300K I am not sure if the price of the townhome has been going down in houston or not. I have been looking since earlier this year. It seems to me builder are building less expensive project but also cut down on the quality. I like the midtown area but its more expensive. Is east downtown area better, or 3rd ward area ( on the other side of 45) I remember the 3rd ward area use to be really bad, but i see a lot of new townhome really close to either 45 or 59. The other area i am also consider is Heights, and Rice military. Does anyone know any of these areas flood during allison? any respond with sugguestion would be great! Thank you guys