Lot 11 on Bradley Court in Richwoods has come back on the market! Living on a cul-de-sac is a big plus for families with small children and a big plus for resale.
For more on this lot and Landon’s bottom line on the lot premium, text or call Brad Holden today at (469) 733-2723.
Brad Holden – Holden New Homes – Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker
The wait is over for everyone that has been waiting for on the 10 lots at Richwoods at Frisco that Toll Brothers has in Richwoods Meadows.
Over the weekend they have taken 4 deposits so far. The process is to place a deposit on a lot of $5,000. Pick your plan and elevation. This will hold the lot for only 10 days while you get pre-qualified.
Toll Brothers in Richwoods also requires 5% at contract, 20% down on structural options and 20% down on design options.
For more info on Toll Brothers or the available lots in Richwoods text or call Brad Holden today at (469) 733-2723.
“And don’t forget to use Brad Holden as your realtor on your new Toll Brothers home and he will not only negotiate you their bottom line price but also rebate you 4% of his commission for you to use for closing costs, additional upgrades, cash at closing or to help buy down your interest rate!!!”
Brad Holden – Holden New Homes – Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker
Landon Homes at Richwoods has a North Facing Lot that just came back on the Market! It might be THE best lot in the community since it is directly across from the Amenity Center.
Text or Call Brad Holden today at (469) 733-2723 for more info in it and which plans can fit.
Brad Holden – Holden New Homes – Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker
I have worked hard the past two years and have just eclipsed 100 sales in Richwoods as of yesterday. That is a combined total of K Hovnanian Homes, Toll Brothers, Landon Homes, Newcastle Homes and John Landon Signature Series homes. This has allowed me to be a part of 100 families needs vs. wants when building a new home.
I thought it would be very beneficial to list out what my clients thought and decided on. Again, everyone is different in style and taste but here are 10 of the “Must Haves” when you build a new home in today’s market.
1. Wood Floors
It is almost 95% that in this price point ($380’s-$1mm) that there is somewhere in the house you will find hard wood flooring. Either glued down or hand scraped hardwood will do.
2. Media Room
Personally, I don’t understand the Fad, but a media room is a MUST HAVE for about 90% of my clients. Even if it is upstairs for some reason people just have to have one. This can also be your “Man Cave!”
3. Electrical Outlets for Flat Screens
The Flat Screen TV is taking over. But many builders do not change the outlet unless the buyers request it. Just think twice about it. Even if you don’t use it, you will have it for resell and it would be easy to hair behind a picture.
4. Laundry Room Location
Finally, people are realizing how much time they spend in the laundry room. Make sure in your plan that the location of the laundry room is around the majority of bedrooms.
5. First Floor Extra Bedroom
I can’t tell you how many clients walk into a house, look for the extra bedroom downstairs and can’t find one, then they walk out. It is very important to have an extra bedroom for parents, guests, hobbies etc.
6. Three Car Garages
At this price point, the majority of my clients purchase this as their next home. So many want a larger garage, no question about it.
7. Wider Hallways
Most hallways are 3 feet wide according to minimum standards for Frisco code. But if you can make them wider (4 Feet) it looks better and feels more roomy.
8. Large Drawers in the Kitchen instead of Cabinets
Old school is cabinets. New school, larger drawers. Large drawers make more sense and allow you to easily access the items towards the back.
9. Free Shower Caddies
This is something I learned first hand and if you address it with your builder at the time you are walking electricals, they are very likely to accommodate your request. It’s easy to build the box and they will either tile it or marble it and is ESSENTIAL when you are in the shower.
10. Oversized Kitchens with Large Island
On average, over 10 hours a day is spent in every kitchen in America! It’s the most used room of any room in the house. Make it large, make it nice and it will make you smile!
For more information on any of the builders in Richwoods or their available lots or incentives, call Brad Holden today at (469) 733-2723.
Brad Holden – Holden New Homes – Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker
McSpedden Elementary will be one of 4 new elementary schools in Frisco to open in the Fall of 2014.
By unanimous vote last Monday, the Frisco Board of trustees voted to name the school for Sonny and the late Joanne Thomas McSpedden.
Both have deep ties to the area. Sonny served on the School Board from 1970 to 1976 and Joanne was very active in supporting Frisco schools and the Heritage Association before her death in 2010. The McSpeddens played a big role in the Frisco Homecoming Parade (now Frisco Community Parade) in the 60’s and 70’s and helped embrace newcomers as the City grew, easing the transition of Frisco from a small town to a friendly city.
So residents of Richwoods, Lawler Park and most likely Liberty Crossing in Frisco will have their children attend McSpedden Elementary in the Fall of 2104!
Brad Holden – Holden New Homes – Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker
Here is the first Dallas Cowboy of many to buy a new home in Frisco. Brandon Carr, the Dallas Cowboys starting Cornerback, recently purchased a new home in the private Kingswood community in Frisco.
On the field, Brandon Carr made a 49 yard game-clenching interception return for a touchdown against the New York Giants last Sunday.
The 27 year old is in his 6th season and the Cowboys just signed Carr to a $50.1 million 5 year deal that included $26.5 million in guaranteed money that could change his family for generations. Now in Frisco, Texas!
I am sure after his multi-year contract was worked out that moving the practice facility to Frisco helped him make a decision.
The home is a new Grand Home that is mediterranean style with stucco and a tile roof. The community is called Kingswood which is a Gated neighborhood with clubhouse, trails, and a creek.
The home boasts a front courtyard, round entry, cast stone fireplace in family, lots of wood floors, mom space with built in desk, kids computer loft with a desk.
The gourmet kitchen has granite countertops, knotty alder cabinetry, GE stainless steel appliances, pot and pan drawers and a breakfast bar. Grantite vanities are also in the master bedroom.
The home is located at 3855 Vanderbilt Lane and has 4 Beds and 4 Baths. The square footage is around 4,226.
And on top of the new house, Carr welcomed a new baby boy into the world in August! (By FaceTime! Click here for the story!)
This is the first of many Cowboys to make Frisco their home!
If you are looking for the best private communities in Frisco also consider Starwood and Richwoods. These are some of Frisco’s most sought after locations by far right now.
Brad Holden – Holden New Homes – Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker
After the Dallas Cowboys deal came out, a lot of other figures and stats prove why Frisco is the place to live right now.
Back in mid-August, Frisco seemed to overpay for the Dallas Cowboys’ next-generation training facility by agreeing to $115 million-plus from Frisco taxpayers. That’s a lot of money for a city only a tenth of the size of Dallas right? Wrong.
I have recently uncovered that the City of Frisco has been blessed with money for new projects and incentives, thanks to good fortune, aggressive city planning and phenomenal growth.
Since the 1990s, Frisco has been collecting a 1 cent sales tax for economic and community development. (That was so smart!) And because of that, Frisco now has the largest amount of money for economic and community development of any city in the state of Texas!
According to the Texas comptroller records, Frisco collected $24.5 million for those purposes in 2012 alone. The closest city to Frisco was Corpus Christi which brought in $5 million LESS and has 2½ times the population of Frisco.
The total that the city of Frisco will be contributing to the Dallas Cowboys deal is around $150 million. Well, if you look at the Frisco economic and development 1 cent tax for 2012, that $150 would most likely only take 7 or 8 or 9 years! Already paid for is my guess!
But more interesting to me is the growth. This only helps Frisco Real Estates and new developments. Just look at these numbers from Frisco ISD through the years.
17 years ago in 1996, Frisco had five schools total and around 3,000 students. Today it has 56 schools and almost 46,000 students.
Sales tax in 1996 was $749,000 for schools. In 2012, it was more than $12 million!
The Frisco Independent School District has agreed to $30 million for the Dallas Cowboys practice stadium that also will be used for high school football and other events.
Other Frisco stats that make it the place to live are as follows:
•Frisco was the nation’s fastest-growing city from 2000 to 2009.
•Frisco is double the state median household income at $105,697
•Frisco home values average $248,000
• Frisco residents are smart too with 58 percent have at least a bachelor’s degree
And many have no idea about this one. Frisco has a special tax district that generates about $20 million in annual property tax. Known as TIRZ No. 1 (Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone), it was created initially for the the Stonebriar area when the vacant land was initially appraised at $16 million.
Land and improvements in Frisco are worth about $1 billion today, and the incremental tax will pay the debt for new schools, stadiums and the future Dallas Cowboys development.
The TIRZ 1 will continue in Frisco through 2038. TIRZ 1 paid $16 million for debt service last year alone.
If you are looking for a new home in Frisco or have questions about communities, schools, locations, builders, etc., text or call Brad Holden today at (469) 733-2723 for more information.
And check out some of the newest developments that have recently opened their lots like Lawler Park, Richwoods and Phillips Creek Ranch. Liberty Crossing is another that is planning to open end of 2013 as well.
Brad Holden – Holden New Homes – Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker
Richwoods Place within Richwoods in Frisco is currently being built by K Hovnanian Homes and Landon Homes. This section, by far, has not only the most homes closed in Richwoods but also has the most homes under construction in Richwoods as of today.
Richwoods Place standard lots are 64 foot wide by 115 foot deep. Both K Hovnanian Homes and Landon Homes do have oversized lots that vary throughout their current lots in Richwoods Place.
Today Landon Homes starts around 2,700 square feet at $398,990 and K Hovnanian starts around 3,700 square feet at around $494,000.
In Richwoods Place, from a construction standpoint of homes that are completed and closed and homes that are currently under construction are as follows as of today:
There is a total of 163 Homes are Currently Closed or Under Construction
K Hovnanian Homes has 55 of those homes and Landon Homes has the other 108
From a Closed Standpoint, K Hovnanian Homes has 33 Closed and Landon Homes has 74 Closed
Currently Under Construction stats are K Hovnanian with 20 and Landon Homes with 34
Note: K Hovnanian has 2 Construction Lots and Landon also has 2
K Hovnanian has 4 spec homes that are in different stages of completion available from this month to November. Also for K Hovnanian, the developer has sold 10 additional homes in the phase farthest West on the North side of Richwoods.
Demand for homes in Richwoods Place is still high and showing no signs of slowing down. Prices are rising monthly or with Landon every three homes sold.
The two most popular floor plans are the Chesterfield for Landon Homes and the Prestondale 2 for K Hovnanian Homes.
Land Prices as well as Labor and Materials are still creeping up due to the demand of homes versus the supply especially here in Frisco.
The two newest sections of Richwoods named Richwoods Heights and Richwoods Crossing have projected to have another $20,000 price increase for the land cost and rising labor and materials. Richwoods Crossing will be the continuation of Richwoods Place. While Richwoods Heights will be the continuation of Richwoods Glen and Richwoods Meadows.
“Overall, Richwoods Place is the Number one selling section of homes and closing of homes in any community in DFW for the past 1 year and a half!”
Now that’s a big deal.
For more info on Richwoods Place in Frisco or K Hovnanian Homes or Landon Homes, call or text Brad Holden today at (469) 733-2723.
Brad Holden – Holden New Homes – Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker
And there it is!
The new traffic signal at the main entry of Richwoods at Independence and Kelmscot will be operational this Friday the 23rd of August 2013.
Motorists are urged to use caution since it is new and Hunters Creek and Turnbridge Manor residents are very used to stop signs.
This is needed with the huge growth of families moving into Richwoods. It will also help the cross guard that is at Vandeventer starting school on Monday.
Brad Holden – Holden New Homes – Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker
7 classes at Curtsinger Elementary in Frisco is way too much!!!
This is the elementary zoned for Richwoods and Lawler Park in Frisco. But at the Frisco Convocation today FISD announced that the elementary school planned inside Lawler Park would begin much sooner and be ready for 2014!!!!
This is great news for anyone looking to move into Richwoods or Lawler Park!
The Frisco ISD Board of Trustees voted last Tuesday to move forward with construction on the new elementary school to open next year in the Lawler Park community.
The school, which has yet to be named, will be built near the intersection of Orchard Hill Lane and Countrybrook Drive in Frisco. It will relieve crowding at Curtsinger Elementary, which has been closed to additional students for the 2013-2014 school year.
A total of four FISD elementary schools are now closed to new student enrollment for the 2013-2014 school year, including Ashley, Curtsinger, Mooneyham and Robertson elementary schools. Frisco ISD will provide transportation for additional students to attend nearby schools. Read more here.
Two additional elementary schools, also opening in fall 2014, will relieve crowding in these areas.
Janice Stahly Scott Elementary will be built in the Reserve at Westridge subdivision at the northeast corner of Millbend and Eden Drive in McKinney. It will relieve Mooneyham, Sonntag and Ashley elementary schools.
James Reeder Newman Elementary will be built in the Newman Village subdivision at the southwest corner of Newman Boulevard and Briar Ridge Road. It will relieve Robertson, Phillips and Pink elementary schools and possibly Carroll Elementary.
Construction is also underway on Independence High School, which will open next year. It will relieve Heritage, Liberty and Centennial high schools.
The process to create new boundary lines for all four schools will take place later this fall.
Meanwhile, plans are also in the works for Reedy High School, which will be built at the southwest corner of Stonebrook Parkway and 4th Army Drive. It will open in fall 2015 to relieve Frisco and Wakeland high schools.
Also in 2015, the District anticipates opening one new middle school and at least one new elementary school
Great news as always for Frisco for our children that live in Richwoods and Lawler Park!
For more info on Richwoods or Lawler Park in Frisco, call or text Brad Holden at (469) 733-3723.
Brad Holden – Holden New Homes – Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker
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