One of the highly regarded features of living in a master-planned community, like Cinco Ranch, is the promise of predictability. Winter flowers are replaced with spring bedding plants. The landscaping is always tasteful but spectacular. In Cinco Ranch, the crepe myrtles bloom in mass. The water features are pristine and a delight to visit.
Property values are maintained by strict guidelines, enforced when necessary. The Architectural Control Committee is to administer decisions fairly and equitably always deciding in favor of sustaining property values.
So, what’s up now? Why aren’t more Cinco Ranch residents aware of the ongoing dispute? Read the rest of this entry »
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I like to joke that Katy development will grow all the way to San Antonio! Well…we are on our way. Trendmaker Development’s Cross Creek Ranch will be a huge master-planned community in Fulshear and Ryland Homes has just announced a new development, Willow Creek Farms, in Brookshire, five miles west of Katy Mills Mall.
Cross Creek Ranch will be one of the most phenomenal developments in the Katy area and will have a huge impact on area real estate. Cross Creek Ranch is unlike anything that has come to far-west Katy, technically Fulshear. I remember when Fulshear was a real country town and the only high-end development was Weston Lakes, a guard-gated development built around a natural waterway and a golf course/club house. There was a tiny grocery store and a famous bar-barbecue café that attracted Houstonians.
Cross Creek Ranch will incorporate 3,200 acres. There will be a southeastern Texas ranch architectural Read the rest of this entry »
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West Houston’s Lakes of Bella Terra will host a Designer’s Showcase for three weekends, October 11th through October 26th, 11 a.m to 4 p.m. You can discover the art of resort living through the eyes of several of West Houston’s most creative interior designers and decorators. Participants include Tista’s Fine Furniture, Paver Connection, Decor and More, Dunn’s Designs & Antiques, Decor To Your Door, and Decor & You.
The Designers’ Showcase will take place within both gated sections of Lakes of Bella Terra. Ronny Carroll’s Custom Homes, located in the waterfront enclave of Lago Verde Estates, and Westport’s featured home, located in the Monte Leone section. The designers will transform both interior and exterior spaces based on a variety of room themes. Read the rest of this entry »
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To many gardeners, a Firethorne is a hybridized plant in the pyracantha family. Not so for Katy residents, our Firethorne is a rapidly developing 1,400 acre master-planned community located on FM 1463 in the Katy/Fulshear area. When Firethorne is built out, there will be 3,600 more homes in the area. I don’t have to tell you that Katy is exploding west of Katy Mills Mall.
Like the just announced Cross Creek Ranch master-planned development, Firethorne includes a large amount of open areas, green space, lakes and parks. Firethorne has designated 150 acres for parks and recreation; a 12-acre lake with surrounding Read the rest of this entry »
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Driving south to my office on Westheimer Pkwy, I exit the Grand Pkwy turning left into Cinco Ranch. As soon as I exit the Grand Pkwy traveling east there is the most spectacular flower bed full of purple petunias and golden marigolds! I adore this flowerbed; it’s my college colors purple and gold. Yes, it appears to honor my glorious LSU Tigers, National Champs once again. Yep, National Champs twice in five years!
Other purple and gold flowerbeds occur throughout Cinco Ranch; pictured above is the one across from the Katy YMCA. Do you think that the landscaper Read the rest of this entry »
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