Does anyone know anything about this area? I'm looking to move to the Cinco Ranch area, but my realtor threw me a curve ball and showed us a place in Cross Creek. Primarily wondering if it is a good area to move to and if it will do well with resale, but all info is welcome and appreciated. Also wondering about travel time to the energy corridor. Thanks!

Have you checked out Firethorne as well?

Quite a few threads on http://www.city-data.com/forum/houston/ about Cross Creek Ranch.

I have family that moved there a few years ago. Very nice neighborhood but far away from everything.

no sorry.. wife and i are building a house Cinco Ranch west... nice neighborhood also

My wife works for one of the builders out there.

It's a really nice community with great ameneties but Fulshear seems way the hell out there. I can't comment beyond the fact that it's a good development by a strong company with good builders in there.

So long as you have no interest in ITL Houston...

...then it seems nice.

Similar floor plans from the same builders are a lot less in other nearby communities, but the home values will likely remain higher. The roads out there are not setup to handle the amount of residents living there/imminent expansion, especially 1093. Cross Creek is constantly offering big BTSA's.

The information concerning new neighborhoods in Katy is not correct. I have lived in Firethorne for 4 years and my HOA dues have gone up $10 in those 4 years all the while builing walking trails, expanding the workout facility, and building another community center. In addition my MUD taxes have not gone up $1 in those four years as well. The one point that is correct you will not be able to sell your home as quickly and won't make any money at all, however if your desire is not to move for a while, who cares.

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people will move out and your property values will probably go down (see Cinco vs. Cinco west).

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I haven't really noticed that trend in Cinco.

Jayelbee you are pretty much wrong ion all your points except maybe the HOA fees. MUD taxes will go down after several years if the district is run correctly ie; responsible homeowners get on the BOD and run the district and pay down bonds that were sold to firm the development MUD district. Eventually there will be no debt to pat down only operation and maitanence tax which can be ad low as .10c/100. Home values will also stay up if the HOA does thier part in maintaining community. I live in a 12 year old house in New Territory and put 20% down when we bought it, I could sell my house for 70-90K more than I paid for it. The house next door to mine sold last June for 80K more than it was sold for brand new 11yrs ago. HOA dues are the only thing that have gone up in the 17 years I've lived in New Territory from $550 in 94 to $1050 in 2012.

Jayelbee, you sound as if you know what you are talking about on the MUD tax deal but only with a few districts however nothing you have said even closely resembles the districts in New Territory. If rates are supposed to go up according to you then how us it that the district that I have resided on for the last 10 tears gone from a tax rate of .87c to .37c? In fact all districts in New Territory have gone down and the youngest district in the development will be paid off in 2025. M&O is to be about .10c at that time. Yes I know upgrades will be needed but not nearly at the cost of what the plants cost to build when new. Ironically a lot of districts are also started and consumed by cities annexing new lucrative tax bases that are associated with developments Case in point, New Territory will be subject to annexation by the city of SL starting in 2017 but it is my feeling they will wait a few more years in order for the 5 MUDs to pay down the debt a little more before they acquire it.
Districts that increase rates and don't maintain facilities are the fault of the board that are elected to run it and should be voted off by the residents. And obviously a realtor did not tell me what my MUD rate would, I would guess most realtors that don't specfically live in a MUD district dont even know thier function much less the rates they charge. I'm not telling you that your statements couldnt happen but they are the exception more than the rule.

goodness gracious

hopefully I will be working out there soon

Cross Creek is nice and the area itself is blowing up with people. They are about to start building a Kroger, Academy, and other commerical retails rigth in front of that subdivision. West Park Toll Road is rigth there for access to Houston, but Katy and the Bella Terra area have most everything you need. I enjoy living a little away from town personally.

My wife and I are building a house there right now. The amenities are quite good, we loved the neighborhood (we really enjoyed the fact that they are trying to incorporate natural plants, trees and grasses in the area) and the fact that the houses are about $30,000 cheaper than Cinco was a huge plus.

Our house will be completed in July.

Ashton Woods is no longer going to be building any homes. Johnson Developers did not ask them to come back.

We spoke to our builder (Perry Homes) and they said that they don't expect Johnson to change the development of the neighborhood all that much from how Trendmaker set it up. They may change a few little things, but the major aspects of the neighborhood will stay the same. Trendmaker sold the development because they just wanted to build houses rather than start developing because that really isn't their specialty. They will still build houses there though.

Cross Creek is out there, but if you are working in the Energy Corridor, it's a great place to live that has easy access to everything over there.

Check what area you are looking at. Some of Cross Creek and Firethorne are in Katy ISD and some are in Lamar ISD.

Places like this make me wonder if there is ever an end to the sprawl. I'm guessing it is about an hour to the energy corridor from there. Thats crazy.

probably more like 30 minutes

I live out that direction now and office in the energy corridor most days. A fair estimate is 30 to 40 minutes depending on when you leave.

Very nice area. Im thinking of moving out there myself one of these days. It really isn't way too far from 99 and there is a lot of stuff right there. Best Buy, Walmart, Super Krogers, etc. That and it doesn't hurt that the toll road is right there if you work down town.

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probably more like 30 minutes

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Realtors are programmed to say this.

Not really my target market but I was curious so I looked it up.

http://traffic.houstontranstar.org/hist/traveltimes_web.aspx?id=37

CCR is nice. Johnson is the new developer, and will do a good job.

The project manager over CCR, who was with Trendmaker, is now with Johnson. I would not expect Johnson to significantly change the development plan.

It is 30-40 minutes to the energy corridor.

FM1093 will be widened, hopefully soon, so that will help. The Westpark Tollway will eventually go out there. It could go to CCR, then up to I-10. It could possibly go straight through Fulshear, all the way to Simonton (big money Asians have bought thousands of acres around Simonton).

The plan for the Westpark is to be expanded all the way to Fulshear, in fact I had heard that they will start soon.

How's that Westpark expansion coming? Any plans to widen 1463 South of the new Kroger?

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The plan for the Westpark is to be expanded all the way to Fulshear, in fact I had heard that they will start soon.

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LOL. Circa 2012. They did clear the METRO ROW during the summer, but no signs of construction.

IMO, any kind of expansion of 1093/WP Tollway will only provide temporary relief from congestion. With the 1,000s of acres under development (or soon to be) around Fulshear, 1093 will be over capacity again in very short time.