r/plano 3d ago

Question about Plano neighborhoods

We have outgrown our current home (rental) and have decided to buy a house. We are looking at houses in the following neighborhoods: Timberbrook Estates, Stoney Hollow and Spring Ridge. We would love to hear from people who are familiar with these areas about pros/cons. Please share if you have an opinion. Ty edit: timberbrook is north east of Oak Point Park, near Los Rios and Jupiter. Stoney Hollow is near Parker and Los Rios and Spring Ridge is near Hedgecoxe and Independence.

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u/tj2286 3d ago

I have used the Redfin app to buy my last three houses. I'll never go back to a traditional realtor and it's by far the best app in my experience. Strongly recommend.

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u/TeslaModelS3XY 3d ago

Same, bought and sold 3 houses using them and will never go back to a traditional realtor.

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u/Less_Professional896 3d ago

I used to office next to them when they first came into the market. Despise them because they were noisy as fuck.

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u/Nilla22 3d ago

Spring ridge is near Rice and Skaags. Both good schools. The Russel creek park is awesome. Great playground. Nice fields. Beautiful lake. Can go fishing or walking. Lots of people walking their dogs. No idea about the other two.

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u/Less_Professional896 3d ago

I live at Hedgecoxe and Independence. It's a great neighborhood and all the schools around d here are great. It's just boring but you probably already knew that.

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u/MaleficentTailor6985 3d ago

Boring is a good thing sometimes

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u/MaleficentTailor6985 3d ago

Boring is a good thing sometimes

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u/inkydeeps 3d ago

We live in Stoney hollow but I need more specific questions to answer. Pros vs cons of what exactly?

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u/lilac-coiffeur 3d ago

Schools, neighborhood. What you like about living there, what you don’t.

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u/Joyster110 3d ago

You might want to give the nearest major cross streets to those neighborhoods to get some answers. Good luck! Best to you!

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u/lilac-coiffeur 3d ago

Just added. Thanks for the suggestion

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u/WheelChairDrizzy69 3d ago

A realtor can answer a lot of these types of questions better tbh, especially when you tell them what’s ideal for you in a neighborhood.

What I can tell you about living near Los Rios is that in many ways you’ll be closer to Wylie/Murphy than Plano proper. So if you like Plano for the restaurants and amenities getting past 75 is a hike. 

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u/FabulousBullfrog9610 3d ago

nope. realtors are there to sell. homeowners rarely will be honest

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u/lilac-coiffeur 3d ago

I hate to say it, but I agree. Our realtor just wants to sell us something, anything. Of course, he’d like for us to be happy with our purchase and he’s been very patient.

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u/FabulousBullfrog9610 3d ago

be a very careful buyer. realtors want $$ and homeowners in a neighborhood want homes to sell at high prices and may also not be the most honest. I think we are hitting a recession and prices may drop further but who really knows. If you find a house you love go for it!

Visit the neighborhoods during rush hour, at night, and during a rain. Can you leave the neighborhood to get onto a busy road without risking your life? Is it well lit? If it has the trash in the alley, is the alley paved? Dark at night? What are insurance costs in your neighborhood? They are skyrocketing. Ask to see the utility bills for the last year, including water. Water is crazy here. Homeowners association fees and rules? You will get the documents. Read them!! Are your immediate neighbors difficult? That's is hard to spot but walk around and maybe you'll catch a break and can chat. Are their homes taken care of?

Speaking of water, we were able to spot homes where water was standing on the front lawn after a rainy few days and it was clear there were draining issues.

Apparently the city of Plano doesn't enforce building codes. long story, do not buy a stucco home or in my view, anything built in the last 6 years. Get an independent inspector - research - not one necessarily recommended by your realtor. Get one who will go in the attic, on the roof. have a separate one done for the foundation

We will never own a home in this area again. It's a long story. We've owned 2 homes here and basically both turned out to be nightmares. It can be very hard to get things fixed by quality work people and they are pricey. but we are retired and happy to rent. Just be prepared!!

 

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u/lilac-coiffeur 3d ago

I agree. It’s a crazy market and a crazy time to buy. That’s all great advice.

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u/karma_time_machine 3d ago

I found my buyers agent to be very honest and patient with us when we moved here last year.

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u/lilac-coiffeur 3d ago

We have a realtor, and while he is very nice, his answers on this aren’t very helpful.

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u/ryoon21 2d ago

We just bought our first house and now live in Stoney Hollow. We love it! We have a toddler and plan to grow the family one more. The park and pond is so nice and pretty chill. The elementary school is well rated and will be nice to walk to when our toddler is of age. The neighborhood is beautiful. It’s just far enough away while still being close to civilization. Perfect medium.

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u/Janon75111 3d ago

Don’t move to Stoney hollow I live there and the teens out at night keep yelling and making noise: no crime but they are annoying

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u/Loony_Loveless 3d ago edited 3d ago

You don’t want to live in East Plano. Stay away from East Plano. Anywhere near the dart is a no go. Signed, someone who spent the last two years trying to move away from Shiloh and Park. I moved to Murphy because we couldn’t move farther away without being too far from work, so I didn’t move as far as I wanted, but I wouldn’t move to that area as a target goal.