Quote:
Originally Posted by STLRAY
Thank you all again for answering all my questions. Per the advice I have received on this forum I have done the lifestyle visit and have arranged to rent a house for the winter while I decide where to buy. One thing that has me scratching my head is the older homes in the Spanish Springs area seem to sell for as much or more than newer homes near Brownwood. Many of the older homes seem so dated, there appear to be fewer pools and such but the prices paid do not seem to reflect these deficiencies. This leads me to wonder if I am missing something that makes the older areas more attractive. I drove around a LOT while I was on my lifestyle visit and could not answer this question for myself, so I am asking the source of all Villages knowledge.
What is the attraction of the historic section?
|
You're definitely confusing terms. The "Historic" section, as it's known, is comprised of the three Villages on the east side of SR 441. The three Villages are:
Village of Silver Lake
Village of Orange Blossom
Village of Country Club Hills
There is a Country Club (Orange Blossom Country Club) with a full service restaurant and a pool with a waterfall and jacuzzi plus golf.
They enjoy the Paradise Recreation Center, which is home to a family pool.
There's also the pool at Silver Lake, and another one off St. Andrews called Hilltop.
The Historic section is
mostly manufactured homes that were rolled in around 1985. There are still a few original "mobile homes" that predate the terminology switch from the 1970's, and there are several site-built houses, some of which are rather luxurious. Mostly though the properties are less expensive than you'll find anywhere else in the Villages, because the houses came into the place in pieces and are not set on foundations, but are raised off the ground and set on several raised platforms beneath them. There's a crawlspace between the floor of the home and the dirt underneath, mostly for utilities and water pipes leading in and out of the home.
The Spanish Springs area closest to the town square has a few luxury townhouses and the Village of DelMar which has a mix of some manufactured homes with mostly site-built homes. The townhouses range from the upper $300ks to over $500k. The prices for DelMar are on the low end of "moderate" but on average, higher than the Historic Section. On the other side is the Hacienda rec center and corresponding villages, which can be pretty pricey, because they're high-end in quality, size, and property-specific amenities (such as pools and built-in wood cabinetry, whole-house stereo and security systems, etc. etc.) on larger lots of land.