Moving to Texas

[Baymule]

I found this in Mineola, Wood County. It is higher than you specified, but I think you had a place on your list that was close to this in price.

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2963-Fm-1801_Mineola_TX_75773_M87995-48430#photo27

This is a nice place in Quitman. Lots of outbuildings!

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/793-County-Road-1350_Quitman_TX_75783_M70285-95455

 

[Latestarter]

Wow, that Mustang Rd one in Gilmer is nice! good pasture, nice ponds, good sized home in good shape... The one above in Quitman I had as a number 4 to look at when I was down there but when I realized how distant it was from the others, and being on short time with limited sleep, I ruled out looking at it, but it's a nice property. to see what she finds on her trip

 

[greybeard]

I don't know much about schools, because our kids are off with spouses & kids of their own.

I looked up the property, in Sumner, that Latestarter mentioned. Google maps shows it to be about a half hour from Paris, but not too far from Telephone.

We had high hopes & looked at properties near Telephone & Bonham. We were very disappointed.

Telephone seemed to be a dying widespot in the Road and Bonham was an older town, that has seen better days. Both were rather depressing. Bonham did have a large cattle sale barn across from the air strip, if you are into buying & selling cattle.

I can't speak for Sumner though.

Telephone Tx's claim to fame is a hot sauce called (hades) on the red.

Sumner is pretty nice, but pay attention to flood zones--I have seen highway 79 closed due to high water on a little creek that runs thru there. If I'm not mistaken, the almost new post office is no longer open either. Other waterways that I know to flood are Bois d' Arc Creek when the Red River backs up into it as well as most of the Texas tributaries of the Red River.
You should also be aware that there is a proposed 16,000 acre lake over just NW of Bonham to be formed by damming the north end of Bois d' Arc Creek (Lower Bois D' Arc Creek Reservoir) Last I heard they were about 1/2 way thru with land acquisitions. This is in Fannin County, just West of Lamar county. I heard last time I was up there, that they had sealed the deal for the 10,000acre Riverby Ranch already.

 

[Baymule]

How awesome that Tressa can get all this information before she makes her move! BTW, Tressa, also avoid anything with a Grand Saline address or school district.

 

[tressa27884]

Hey y'all. I have an update. We close on a house in Cooper on 11/30. I'll be a Texan by the end of the year! Who will live close to me?

 

[Alexz7272]

Wohoo!!! Congrats!
We are actually considering moving to Texas too, it seems to be the place Cannot wait to hear about your adventure and good luck moving

 

[tressa27884]

Wohoo!!! Congrats!
We are actually considering moving to Texas too, it seems to be the place Cannot wait to hear about your adventure and good luck moving

Thanks! Took me forever to find a place! Where are you looking? Texas is huge.

 

[Alexz7272]

Unfortunately I am not sure yet. The boy is an Electrical & Mechanical Engineer, so he'll need to be relatively close to a big city. I'd like to be around Austin personally, but You are so right, Texas is HUGE and I am so clueless right now! Cooper looks so quaint and friendly, I am jealous he would never let us live in a 'small' town as he would put it
Are the kids excited about the move?

 

[tressa27884]

Unfortunately I am not sure yet. The boy is an Electrical & Mechanical Engineer, so he'll need to be relatively close to a big city. I'd like to be around Austin personally, but You are so right, Texas is HUGE and I am so clueless right now! Cooper looks so quaint and friendly, I am jealous he would never let us live in a 'small' town as he would put it
Are the kids excited about the move?

The kids are really excited. Look at the outskirts of Paris. Lot's of people don't like Paris, but Cooper is 20 minutes from there and I like it a lot. Paris is big enough that finding a job will be easier than in some of the smaller towns. When are you looking to move?

 

[Alexz7272]

@tressa27884 We have no timeline but I would think springtime if we did. Still got a lot of convincing to do for the boy though, haha! I'll have to look into Paris, thank you so much!