The Move To Houston channel is about exploring all of the popular areas around Houston, TX so that you can better understand our great city and select the right area to live in.
I work with many clients relocating to Houston from out of Texas and even out of the country, so I decided to make videos to better help them understand Houston Real Estate. I hope these videos are helpful to you as well, so please join me on my journey as I create detailed videos for all of the popular areas around Houston, Texas.
Also, if you'd like help with buying a home in the right area, call or text me at 713-588-6001 to get started. (Email me through my my website sign up at paulholub.com/relocate-to-houston/)
Paul Holub Broker - Traditions Realty 713-588-6001
Yes, thanks for the comment. Hurricanes and flooding do happen in Houston from time to time. I made a video on some negatives for living in Houston but didn't dive into hurricanes too much. Mostly flooding. Check it out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VEl_ZHHj778.htmlsi=RaJBVJ_7W8SI_os1
Great question! I went into detail about the 3 school districts in and around the Energy Corridor in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RbcHey2Yt0Q.html
I love Cinco Ranch, elementary schools, junior high and high schools are the best schools!!. Great location, parks and amenities. I live in Cinco Ranch, my neighbors are very nice ❤.
Plz don’t move to Houston where the jobs are. Nobody lives here for the weather, u can get a flight@Bush 2 anywhere n the world. Many nice suburbs, best run big city n the USA, #2 port, largest diverse population n the country, largest cluster of medicine on the face of the Earth.
I swear that the red brick house you showed while highlighting New Territory @ the 14:00 minute mark is my old home or is exactly the same model. I lived in New Territory from 1994-2005 and really enjoyed it. Life is really "sweeter" in Sugar Land as those who live there like to say.
That’s awesome! I don’t remember exactly where I was in New Territory. It might have been in Clayton’s Bend but I do like New Territory. I have many friends and clients there and they love it 👍
I’m not to familiar with the concept of HOA’s. Are they really necessary? What do they really do? Can you take them to court?Why is there a fee when selling the house?
Good questions. An HOA (homeowners association) helps protect your property value by maintaining the rules and the bylaws for a community. For example, an HOA’s helps prevent someone from parking a busted old car in the yard or turning a house into a mechanics shop. They also maintain community areas like pools, tennis courts, common areas and more. They are very helpful in Houston as we don’t have any zoning laws, although you often get HOA board members with ego trips. :/ Most neighborhood fees in Houston range from $500-1200 annually but the larger master planned communities will often have additional fees when you buy or sell in the neighborhood (capitalization fees, community enhancement fees or foundation fees). The foundation fees can range from 1/4 of 1% to 1/2 of 1% of the sales price of your home. You can take them to court but the fees are already set by the neighborhood when you purchase and you agree to abide by the rules and bylaws when you buy a home there. There are other areas around Houston that are not in an HOA but it’s very common to be in one, especially in the suburbs.
That’s correct. I included other neighborhoods in Missouri City so not every neighborhood is technically the City of Sugar Land. Thanks for the comment 👍
LET ME REALLY TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT TEXAS (Sugarland area for the most part not bin anywhere else) STUPIDITY IS A NORMAL WHEN YOU GET THERE BE READY TO DEAL WITH SOOOOOO MUCH STUPIDITY,YOU WILL FIND YOUR SELF NOTICING HOW STUPIDITY IS PART OF TEXAS SO MANY THING ARE JUST SOOO STUPID(Texas slab wheels shows it bit who cares about that )IVE GONE TO GET FOOD THEY RUN OUT LOL wtf... IF YOU DRIVEING DOWN THE ROAD AND YOU NEED TO GO TO A BUSINESS ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU LITERALLY HAVE TO GO 1.5 /2.0 MILES DOWN THE ROAD AND MAKE A U TURN,TRAFFIC LIGHTS WORK IN A VERY DUMB WAYBAS WELL(That's the least of the texas stupidity) MINIMUM WAGE IS 7$😂 WHO THE FK CAN LIVE OFF THAT & NOTHING COST LESS DONT BELIVE IT!!! COST OF LIVING IS NOT LESS,ONLY HOUSES AND GAS BUT BY VERY LITTLE,ROADS 🤦♂️OMFG TERRIBLE THEY CANT BUILD A FLAT ROAD IF HUMANITY'S FUTURE DEPENDED ON IT,UP AND DOWN UP AND DOWN,A BOAT IN THE WATER DRIVES MORE FLAT.SOME STORES YOU CANT JUST GO LIKE EVERY OTHER STORE,HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT 1ST,EVERY THING IS MORE COMPLICATED IN TEXAS(well its not the state just complicates things)FOOD SUCKS,IM ACTUALLY REGRETTING MOVEING HERE AND I MOVED FROM A SHITTIER STATE IL..CHICAGO TO TOP IT OF COPLETE SHIT HOLE,I LEFT TO AVOID THE COLD BUT I THINK IS WAS BETTER THAN THE NORMAL STUPIDITY ITS JUST RIDICULOUS AND ANNOYING AF.REALLY CONSIDER WHAT IM SAYING PEOPLE DONT TALK ABOUT THAT
Elyson is great! I went over it extensively in my “New Homes in Katy” video so I thought I’d review some other great neighborhoods of various price points.
I know it isn't the most fancy neighborhood but I didn't want to just put in the most expensive neighborhoods in Katy. I wanted to have a few that were zoned to good schools and that first time home buyers can afford. I could have put in Tamarron or Sunterra or another affordable neighborhood but I'll be adding those to future videos. I do appreciate the feedback!@@luxyvip
Kelliwood edges out Nottingham Country to me. And I definitely would have mentioned Pin Oak Village and Firethorn are zoned to Woodcreek Junior High which is highly desired. Cinco Ranch did not start developing until the early to mid 1990s off Mason Rd, there were no homes built in the 80s.
Thanks for the feedback! Good point about Woodcreek JH and yes, my mistake on the homes in Cinco Ranch. They actually started selling homes in Cinco Ranch Greenway in 1990, I mistakenly thought it was 1988 or 1989.
Elyson is a great neighborhood! They have some great builders and I like many of the floorplans. I have clients in the neighborhood and they really like it there. The taxes are rather high, so just be sure to factor that into your monthly budget.
Pretty good summary. A couple of corrections. I’ve lived here close to 30 years. 1) It is the Headquarters for SYSCO (the food service company) , not CISCO (the computer company). 2) It is NOT a good commute to downtown, the Galleria and especially the Medical Center.
Ah, good catch on the Sysco Headquarters. Thank you for letting me know! And yes, commuting to downtown can still be rough, but it is not as bad as the suburbs.
Seven Meadows is a great neighborhood! It was another great neighborhood I could have put in the top 10 due to the great schools, location and style of homes but I just couldn't get every great neighborhood on the list.
All of the people that were born and raised here are slowly being priced out of their own city because of the people moving in (mostly from California). Traffic is also getting worse. I'm surprised you never mentioned the northern part of Sugar Land that's close to the border with Houston. I live in that area in one of the older neighborhoods just a five minute drive from the old Imperial Sugar factory.
Thanks for the comment. I definitely need to cover the northern neighborhoods in Sugar Land in a future video. Also, prices have increased dramatically in Sugar Land since the crash in 2008, and actually across the US. The average sales price for a single family home in Sugar Land in 2008 was $228,000. Here in February, 2024, it’s $488,000.
I like Sunterra. They have a ton of inventory currently so they are dropping prices and offering more incentives. The tax rate is high, around 3.5%, so just be aware of that when budgeting.
I just moved to silver ranch. When I tell people I live in silver ranch, they say “oh, you live in Cinco Ranch.” When I say no. They say everyone considers silver ranch as apart of cinco ranch area. That means aka, no one cares about y’all. I guess that isn’t a bad thing lol.
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