northies, can you help?

mlf625 · April 2010

Unless DH's job should change in the next few years (unlikely), we'll most likely move up north to be closer to his job. I love South Austin, but the drive is just ridiculous and I hate that it takes away from our family time. We won't do anything for at least another year since we want to be very sure he's not going to relocate again, but we were just talking today about how we should educate ourselves more on the north Austin/RR/CP areas so we can watch those markets a bit.

Neither of us are very familiar with north Austin, but I know lots of you are! What are some great neighborhoods up there? He works near 35 and 183, so we probably wouldn't go too far west. Our priorities are *great* schools, neighborhood with amenities (pool, park, etc.), and a little more established (big trees, not a ton of new construction, etc.) We'd love to be somewhere with places to walk to (grocery, restaurants, shops, etc.), but I'm not sure how common that is up there. To give you an idea - we LOVE Circle C and that would totally be our choice if we were to stay south ... what's comparable to that up north? No real price range at this point since we're just researching for now.

TIA, ladies!

ETA: if you don't want to share your neighborhood info here, feel free to PM me.

libbyann · April 2010

RR and Leander/Cedar Park are both fantastic school districts. I'm not as crazy about AISD, but there are great schools in ASID. You'd just really have to do your homework and figure out which ones they were.

Avery Ranch is a great community. I don't think there's a grocery store in there, but there are restaurants at the front of it that you could walk to fairly easily. I also love the Forest Creek, Sonoma, Beherens Ranch, and Wood Glen neighborhoods. out of those neighborhoods listed, Wood Glen is the only one that does not have an elementary school in the neighborhood. Sonoma and Behrens Ranch both have middle schools as well. Our next move will hopefully put us in one of the above neighborhoods!

We really love living in Round Rock.

L L CG · April 2010

mlf625:

To give you an idea - we LOVE Circle C and that would totally be our choice if we were to stay south ... what's comparable to that up north?

DISLIKE.

NOTHING is comparable. Just move over here and J can lifeguard at the pool.

ebat · April 2010

I'll pm you my fantastic north neighborhood, with almost everything you mentioned but the walk to shops part.

mlf625 · April 2010

L*L*CG:
mlf625:

To give you an idea - we LOVE Circle C and that would totally be our choice if we were to stay south ... what's comparable to that up north?
DISLIKE.
NOTHING is comparable. Just move over here and J can lifeguard at the pool.

OK, how much will you charge us to rent a shed in your backyard? Pretty sure that's all we'll get on a lifeguard salary. :::sob:::

Temp13436125005166 · April 2010

I don't know how to pm Sad

, can you email me michelle dot boss at gmail.com or help me pm?

L L CG · April 2010

Just figure something out. I cannot stand the idea of you being north. It makes me sick. Or is that my lingering m/s? Look what you did, you UPSET THE BABY!

mlf625 · April 2010

Michelle&Russ:
I don't know how to pm , can you email me michelle dot boss at gmail.com or help me pm?

ygm. Thanks!

ssinca · April 2010

no advice re: neighborhoods, but I wouldn't go much further north than the border of CP - it's a PITA just to get to 183 and traffic is basically bumper to bumper from lakeline to mopac.

JMO, of course!

Fa1ryG0dm0ther · April 2010

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mcurban · April 2010

ssinca:
no advice re: neighborhoods, but I wouldn't go much further north than the border of CP - it's a PITA just to get to 183 and traffic is basically bumper to bumper from lakeline to mopac.

JMO, of course!

This.

We live off of 183 between 620 and 1431 and traffic on 183 to 35 isn't the best, going or coming.

I like our neighborhood. Fave part is that we are steps (literally) away from Brushy Creek Trail. We can walk/ jog to the Y or to Brushy Creek Park. Yes, there are restaurants in the neighborhood, but not a comfortable walk from our house. Probably about 5 miles round trip and when I go to Z Tejas, I'm not going to want to walk home.

Umm...let's see. It's hit or miss as to whether or not you end up w/ cool neighbors. We have good ones on one side and on the other side, they completely stay to themselves.

The school on our side of the neighborhood is good, and there's a new school (opened last year, I believe) on the other side- oh, both elem.

carlinlp · April 2010

there is a great house for sale right across the street from us....but no one wants to live this far north. i wish someone did, we would love to have great neighbors!!

Fa1ryG0dm0ther · April 2010

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misjenn · April 2010

We are looking at the Plantation in RR, Steiner Ranch as well as Avery Ranch. The HEB in Avery is less than 5 miles and is a pretty nice HEB.

Emer · April 2010

I can't PM and I don't have your email addy with me, but shoot me a PM or I'll email you from home tonight.

katattack · April 2010

misjenn:
We are looking at the Plantation in RR, Steiner Ranch as well as Avery Ranch. The HEB in Avery is less than 5 miles and is a pretty nice HEB.

I live in Steiner (moving in a few weeks more central) and I do not recommend it based on traffic issues if that's a concern for you. Beautiful neighborhood, great schools, but for my DH to get from our house to his office in East Austin takes an hour each way. Traffic on 2222 and 620 can be horrific during rush hour. I work south, so I go through Lakeway and avoid all of it.

brideonjuly8 · April 2010

My in laws just moved to TeraVista in RR and love it. It's got great schools right in the neighborhood, gorgeous homes of every size, you can walk or ride bikes to some shopping (they just bought bikes, I think it's a little hike), awesome pools and awesome parks that are definitely in walking distance, no big trees on the house lots since it was all farm land (but there are some near the clubhouses and parks), but it's gorgeous over there and hilly. If we had 'mo money I would be building there. I love the area.

mcgee · April 2010

Have you looked into Pflugerville at all? That seems like it would be relatively close to the intersection of 183 and 35.

mlf625 · April 2010

THANKS, yall! I really appreciate the help.

Fa1ryG0dm0ther · April 2010

Just FYI, TeraVista and FP are both designed by Newland Communities. They have the same community activities for the most part since they share an HOA management, so most of what I mentioned in my PM in regards to the neighborhood will also apply to TV. FP is slightly less expensive. We seriously considered TV, but chose FP ultimately because of the schools, access to Austin, and the size of the towns.

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