League City, TX

Westover Park in League City is a premier master-planned community developed by Cypressbrook Company. The quality of lifestyle and reasonable home prices has its residents raving. Its location to dining, recreation, entertainment and shopping make for convenient drives.

The recreation center features a swimming pool, a multi-purpose sports field, playground, lake and a beautiful park. The outdoor activities will have the family always entertained.

Westover Park features some of Houston’s most well known builders including:

Perry Homes. Each Perry Homes homeowner is unique, so each home is designed with versatility in mind. Plus, Perry Homes is dedicated to providing extraordinary customer service before, during and after the time homeowner move in. The builders’ customer commitment extends through every phase of home buying, including offering an industry-leading two-year Workmanship Warranty. Built on a foundation of uncompromising commitment to quality and homeowner satisfaction, Perry Homes has become one of the largest and most respected builders in Texas.

Highlands Homes was built on a solid foundation of core values, and was founded in 1985 by a brother and sister team and remains a family owned company today.

Meritage Homes is the 9th largest homebuilder in the U.S. based on homes closed. Meritage offers a variety of homes across the Southern and Western states designed to appeal to a wide range of home buyers, including first-time, move-up, luxury and active adult buyers, with base prices starting from $170,000.

Homes located in Westover Park range in price from $150,000 to $350,000. There are approximately 1,400 homes located around numerous parks and lakes.

Students living in Westover Park attend Clear Creek ISD. Clear Creek ISD, with in League City, was formed in 1948 and as of 2010 Clear Creek ISD was ranked as an “exemplary” school district. As of 2008 the graduation rate for Clear Creek ISD is 97%.

There are 22 K-12 schools in League City, TX, including 18 public schools and 4 private schools. League City public schools belong to two districts, Bay Area Charter Inc District and Clear Creek ISD District.

There are 10 League City elementary schools, 8 League City middle schools, 5 League City high schools and 26 League City preschool schools. All Schools are within Clear Creek ISD.

Clear Creek ISD is second-largest in the state to achieve exemplary status from the Texas Education Agency.

Clear Creek ISD has received three times a rating of Superior Achievement under Texas' new Schools FIRST (Financial Accountability Rating System of Texas) program. Clear Creek ISD students scored well above the state averages on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) tests.

Children in the community attend exemplary rated Walter Hall Elementary, recognized Creekside Intermediate, and the brand new, state of the art Clear Springs High School, recognized, all part of the highly acclaimed Clear Creek Independent School District.

Welcome to this lovely Taylor Woodrow built home located in Westover Park. With 4 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms you will have plenty of room for family and guests. The formal dining room is the perfect spot for dinner parties. The study is tucked away giving you extra quiet space. The formal living room is perfect to relax in. The spacious family room has a wall of windows, a fireplace and is wired for surround sound. The island kitchen features stilestone countertops, an undermount sink, a breakfast bar and a large walk-in pantry. Tile floors in entry, family room, kitchen, breakfast area and baths. Retreat to the master bedroom featuring trey ceilings and a sitting area. Relax in the master bath whirlpool tub. The master also has dual vanities and a separate shower. Upstairs you will find the secondary bedrooms and the game room. The game room is the perfect spot for gatherings. Two of the secondary bedrooms share a Jack and Jill bathroom. There is also another bathroom located upstairs for guests. Outside you will find a paved patio great for outdoor parties. The extra long driveway makes for easy parking. Call for an appointment today!

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Ah, there are so many surprises you might find when you buy a resale home. I was at a friends house in League City for the Superbowl and they told me about a couple of surprises...

Here are a couple of entertaining surprises:

1. The toilet tank lids are glued shut. It took nearly a year to figure this one out... some of the tank innards are needing to be replace. The water is running on one -- but the lid is glued shut. Luckily it looks like the previous owner used silicone, so it should be easy enough to cut it loos and pry off the lid!

2. A vase of flowers is bolted to the art niche... and in over a year, she hadn't even cared to move it anyway. But if she wanted that moved, it would require tools. It really looks like the wooden vase of flowers could be simply lifted and moved.

These are pretty harmless things to discover, and just make you wonder, "What were the previous owners thinking?"

What are some fun things you've discovered in your home(s)?

I took this League City listing Saturday night and it was under contract on Thursday – just six days on the market! Normally it takes a little longer to sell a house, but this time the right buyer looked at the house the day after it went active on the MLS.

If you are looking for a Realtor to assist you with selling or purchasing a home in the suburbs south of Houston, you can count on Rose King for awesome service!

GALVESTON PIER: SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW | GALVESTON ISLAND, TX

GALVESTON (Houston Chronicle) – Landry's founder Tilman Fertitta is restoring a little of Galveston Island's history.

The Houston Chronicle reports that construction has begun on Fertitta's $60 million Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier, an amusement attraction much like the one that opened in 1943 at 25th St. It was destroyed by Hurricane Carla in 1961.

The new attraction will be built at the same location, jutting out 1,000 feet over the Gulf. The site was most recently home to the Flagship Hotel.

Plans call for 16 rides (including a roller coaster and Ferris wheel), carnival games, souvenir shops, food vendors and the state's first Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. restaurant.

Pleasure Pier is slated to open in May.

League City is celebrating it's 50th anniversary with a birthday party on March 3rd! If you live in the area come on out and enjoy the festivities. There will be a chili cookoff, local musicians, an art show, face painting, food, and more. For more information go to the League City website.