Retiring. Where to live?

[Dnice]

Sherman is up and coming. They are spending about $100 billion dollars between Durant and Van Alstyne. My house has doubled in value since 2020. Excellent neighborhoods with huge houses in the 5-600,000 range.

[Joe Fox]

Gun Barrel City Texas has it all. Nice lake to fish, reasonable priced housing low crime and only about 7k citizens to bother you. DFW is about 50 miles away.

[Bestman200600]

Get a large 2bedroom apartment in a high rise in Addison or Frisco Stonebriar areas. Close to the restaurants and malls.

[Thark]

Originally Posted by Doug4343

I'm retiring. I'm stuck in Texas for about 5 years because my kids started college and I want to be here. However, I'm in the burbs and I don't want to be the older retired guy living in the burbs around young couples with youngsters.

I've had friends move to Fort Worth. But here is my question. If I wanted to stay in the metroplex, probably want a house or condo in the 700k +\- 100k range, I don't want to be on a bad area of course, but where would you move? What part of the metroplex would you move to?

I wouldn't go for a condo unless you are okay with random neighbours and how that can affect your living situation. Same with townhouses. Also condos/townhouses have high HOA and their rules.

Single family homes with no HOA would be my go to.
Somewhere near las Colinas, Addison for the proximity to everything. Also, depends on what you like to do - if you like going to cowboys games - then arlington, if you like golfing - then maybe Frisco....lots of options!

[TexomaCowboy]

Originally Posted by Dnice

Sherman is up and coming. They are spending about $100 billion dollars between Durant and Van Alstyne. My house has doubled in value since 2020. Excellent neighborhoods with huge houses in the 5-600,000 range.

And with both HardRock and MargaritaVille developing lake resorts and communities, the upside will not end for awhile. But Locals (me) want out, cuz city folk bring city manners, rather than learn how to be country polite. I know where you're from by the way you drive our roads, or the way you light up your house at night like it was Disneyland, or Encino/Sherman Oaks/PalmSprings. Doubt I'll ever see mud on that Range Rover either.

[TexTushHog]

Originally Posted by adav8s28

If you have $700,000 to spend on a House or Condo I would think that Highland Park or Turtle Creek is where you want to be.

Most condos in HPSD are well above that. SFA places seem to go for $1.5M up to $2.3 or so.

[Silven]

700 K for Highland Park???
What Ever You Using please Share some,
There is No Property Under 1.5m

[adav8s28]

Originally Posted by Silven

700 K for Highland Park???
What Ever You Using please Share some,
There is No Property Under 1.5m

There is a listing on Zillow.com for a 3 bed, 3 bath condo for $730,000. Address: 4346 Macarthur Ave, Highland Park, Tx 75209

This is only one example, you wrote there were none under 1.5M.

[dcrock]

That's not in Highland Park ISD.

Originally Posted by adav8s28

There is a listing on Zillow.com for a 3 bed, 3 bath condo for $730,000. Address: 4346 Macarthur Ave, Highland Park, Tx 75209

This is only one example, you wrote there were none under 1.5M.

[adav8s28]

Originally Posted by dcrock

That's not in Highland Park ISD.

According to the Wiki there are three zip codes for Highland Park.

75205
75209
75219

That Zillow.com list had properties in all three zip codes and used Highland Park for the city name. On East Mockingbird somewhere between DNT and 75 there is a sign for Highland Park. If it's not Highland Park it's still a good area. That was one criteria the OP was looking for.

[TinMan]

HPISD may not conform to the city limits. I expect property values are a lot less if there are houses in HP that aren’t in HPISD’s boundaries.

But therein may lie an opportunity for the OP. He may be able to get a lot of the benefits of living in that city without paying the school district premium. Something I would consider if I was in his shoes.

[Silver Bullet]

I retired to Fort Worth about 10 yrs ago. On a golf course. Our particular HOA is 73 homes. Houses were built ~~ 1989-1995. There are many original owners still in the neighborhood. HOA has been very unobtrusive and annual cost is about $650. When we first moved in, I didn’t see any kids around. Maybe grandkids visiting here and there. I have noticed some younger couples in the last year or so with some strollers but still predominantly established later career folks and retired people. Homes are around 500k to 900k with some north of $1M.
We love it. We’re in the city but feels almost rural being on the course with the trees and lakes.
SB

[anandaman]

Rent an apartment for awhile in an area that interests you... interest rates are high, not a good time to buy...

My kids don't live close... and they're having kids... we FaceTime around every other day... the kids know very well who I am... I visit every few months...

Today's technologies offer new opportunities...

A'Man