oaksinger

Depending on which part of town you work, have you tried looking at Pearland and Sugarland as well? The Shadowcreek development in Pearland is on par with those in Katy and commute to downtown usually takes 30 - 45 minutes depending on location and time. Sugarland has a dozen or so developemnt that fit your price range and the commute is about the same as Shadowcreek to get to downtown. Less if you work in the Galleria area. Both these area are still relative close to the city and without traffic would usally take about 15 minutes. All the area mentioned including Katy have master planned communites that are growing and seem to have rising property value.

From the looks of the new revised Phase II plan. There will no longer be lightrail on the Southeast end initially. It looks like they're replacing it with buses. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/m...politan/3229392

Does this plan deal with the issue of digging under the bayous? That to me would seem like a major challenge.

Maybe you're just familiar with Texas schools. You obviously have never visited some of the best schools out east and west. All the Ivey League schools are pretty much in very affluent areas. and that is the tip of the iceberg. On the west coast I've visited UCLA, UCSD and Stanford and the area they are in are beautiful. I think you'll find school location falling into all sort of areas across the spectrum.

I had a different impression on the areas. The Juliet an InTown homes are in an area where their is alot more room for development. If you talk to the InTown sales rep, he can tell you all the different lots that are being bought out by developers. I never got that impression or info on the Kim Son area. Plus, there is the Buffalo Bayou master plan which at least is a vision for future growth. The Kim Son area seems to have more business that do not appear to be going away anytim soon. It just seemed alot dirtier somehow. So in the short term, I would think there would be alot more developments in the Juliet/InTown area. I also drove around alot in both areas at different time of day and do actually see alot more homeless people walking around by the Kim Son area. And I don't necessarily see the sheriff's station as a negative as I never hear sirens going off whenever I visit the area and it would be a good crime deterrent. As for being closer to downtown, If you work in the North end of the CBD, its actually faster to take the 10 to the 45 and exit at Dallas. But I don't see 5 minutes compared to 8 minutes being that big a deal. Just my opinion.

I actually considered the phase 1 development last year. The views would be great. The issue I had with it, which may not be issue for you, is that its a three story and I prefer two stories. Also the area has alot of older properties as well as run down buildings and companies. There also appears to be a number of homeless people walking around as well. I prefer the area north of this being developed by InTown and Juliet as it is a lot quieter and appears to be a better area for redevelopment as they have less existing businesses and a lot of abandoned warehouse and properties which are better candidates for being redevloped. You should drive around the two area and you'll know what I'm talking about. If you do choose the St. Emanuel property and money isn't an issue, I would suggest going for the free standing property. Its got better resale value and apperas to have better views as well.

It seems all the Juliet homes have sold out in the Ball Park landing subdivision which I was looking at. Too bad. Anyone here seen the plans for their newer subdivision?

Anyone have any experience with Juliet homes? Are they good? Have you had any issue with them? I'm looking into the East End area as well and certainly like the floor plan of the Juliet homes alot more than the InTown homes.