Building lots
Lots of choices — for you.
Whether you already own your land, like the look of one of our lots, or have yet to find the perfect piece of dirt, there is a way forward from here. Our team can help you find a buildable lot — or acreage — that works for you.
Three ways this goes
Wherever you are with land, we can pick it up from there.
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You already own a lot
Great.
Then the next question is what it costs to build on, and that is not something a plan price can tell you. Before a budget means anything, someone has to walk your ground and work out what it adds - or does not add - to the build. That walk is the builder consult, and it is where we start with you.
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You like one of our lots
Even better.
We hold land in the Canyon Lake and Fischer area from time to time. When one of ours suits you, the assessment work is already done and the unknowns are already priced, which takes a whole category of surprise out of the front of the project. Ask us what we currently have.
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You are still searching
That works, too.
Our team can help you find a buildable lot that works for you. Not just a lot that looks good on a Saturday drive - one that will still look good as a number in your budget. Tell us the area, the acreage and what the house needs to do, and we will help you sort the candidates.
Get help finding landBefore you buy
The cheap lot is not always the cheap lot.
Many factors come into play in how a building lot is priced. Often you can find beautiful, sloped lots at better prices than lots with an ideal flat spot to build on. But sloped lots can increase your building costs significantly.
That is not a reason to avoid them. Some of the best homes we have built sit on ground that took real work to prepare, and the view was worth every dollar. It is a reason to know the number before you own the land instead of after.
Ideally you will have an experienced real estate broker or builder help you assess a lot before you buy it. And if you already own one in the Canyon Lake or Fischer area, you will need a builder consult to determine the extra costs, if any, before a budget can be determined at all.
The lot consult
Four questions your lot has to answer.
We will not pretend to answer these from a listing photo. Every one of them depends on the specific piece of ground, which is exactly why somebody has to go and stand on it.
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How does the ground fall?
Where is the flattest usable building pad, how far is it from the road, and how much does the fall between them change the foundation, the retaining and the driveway?
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How do we get in?
Where does the drive come off the road, what does it have to cross, and can a concrete truck and a crane physically reach the pad without a fight?
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Where do services come from?
Water in, waste out, power to the meter. On acreage these are answered by the specific tract rather than the town, and they belong in the budget from day one - not month four.
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What is written on the deed?
Deed restrictions and property owners' association rules vary from one subdivision to the next around here. Better to read yours before you commit to an elevation than after.
Where we look
Lots in Fischer, Canyon Lake, Spring Branch, New Braunfels and Blanco.
Five communities we know lot by lot. Each one builds differently — shoreline slope at the lake, ranch acreage out at Fischer and Blanco, a mix of both along the Spring Branch corridor.
Why bring us in early
We have been doing this for three generations.
A lot consult is not a sales appointment with a clipboard. It is the single cheapest hour in your whole project, because it moves the expensive discoveries to the front — where you can still act on them.
Contact us to arrange one, or let us help you find a building lot that works for you. Maybe one of the lots we own will work. Either way, we will help reduce your stress and get you to the finish line.
Got a lot in mind?
Send us the address before you sign anything.
A builder's read on your ground, early, while the answer can still change your decision. Canyon Lake, Fischer, Spring Branch, New Braunfels and Blanco, Texas.