By Tom Branch, on January 14th, 2014  With spring just around the corner and the spring sales season getting started, many people are looking for homes in McKinney Texas with pools.
As McKinney ages a little we find more and more homes have had pools installed. The vast majority of pools are in-ground gunite although you do see vinyl lined pools from time-to-time. Gunite pools are typically covered in a white plaster giving it the smooth finish but “pebble-tech” and similar surfaces are becoming more common. These alternative finishes hold up longer and require less maintenance.
Pools are either chlorinated or salt water. Either works well, but saline pools are easier on the equipment, clothing, and your skin than chlorine pools. The good news is that chlorine pools can easily be converted to saline.
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By Tom Branch, on January 12th, 2014 
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By Tom Branch, on January 9th, 2014 We often see signs and advertising from agents claiming to be neighborhood experts. While there are no published criteria for that designation, we will argue that having a solid track-record of sales in the neighborhood is what sellers and buyer want. Why? I may know lots about an area but once you start listing and selling homes in that neighborhood you become intimately familiar with it.
That got us to thinking about looking at several neighborhoods where we are the dominate real estate team. The first one we looked at was The Enclaves at Willow Crest in Plano, Texas.
The Enclaves at Willow Crest is a luxurious two-story townhome community offering buyers a convenient West Plano location, award-winning architectural designs and an exciting, low-maintenance contemporary lifestyle. This amazing new home community boasts beautiful Old-World-Style designs that offer charm and elegance, that range from 1,633 to 2,300-plus square feet of living space. The builder has completed their build out and now the resale market will take over.
Map of The Branch Team Sales in The Enclaves at Willow Crest
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By Tom Branch, on December 29th, 2013  Plano Texas is a fabulous place to live and work. With companies and people relocating to Plano, there are more and more inquiries about rental and lease homes. Some people prefer to lease upon their arrival to give them time to decide where they want to later purchase a home.
Many of our relocation clients are executives looking to lease a luxury or executive home while they get settled into new jobs and the area. The good news is Plano has plenty of housing with local lease prices ranging from $1500 to over $10,000 per month.
Luxury homes are usually bigger, custom or semi custom built, located on larger lots, and many have pools. These homes offer top of the line amenities including hardwood floors, upscale kitchens, soaring floor plans, studies, media rooms, and game rooms. Lease prices start around $3000 per month and can be over $10,000 per month depending on the size, quality, and location of the property.
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By Tom Branch, on December 28th, 2013 
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By Tom Branch, on December 27th, 2013 
Frisco Texas is alive with new construction on both the west and east sides of the city. One of the hot developments is Lawler Park, a new home development on the east side of the city.
Lawler Park is located on the north side of Rolater between Coit and Independence. The development consists of two sections, The Arbors at Lawler Park and The Crossing at Lawler Park. When completed, there will be about 344 homes.
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The two home builders are Darling Homes and Highland Homes. Homes range in size from 2400 to 3800 square feet with prices starting at $350k.
Lawler Park offers home buyers a beautiful, creek-lined sanctuary designed for a healthy, active lifestyle and growing families. With its walking trails, green spaces, pedestrian bridge, creeks and beautiful Rose Garden, residents will enjoy the lush landscape and beautiful stone amenity buildings that make up this natural retreat.
Lawler park is zoned to Frisco ISD and a new elementary school is currently under construction.
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By Tom Branch, on December 26th, 2013  We often field phone calls from people relocating to the North Dallas area looking for homes with basements. While some are relocating from areas with basements, many are concerned about tornados. While there are a few older homes with basements, there are also homes that have a storm cellar or shelter. These are primarily found in the rural areas, but we do see them in the suburban and urban areas as well.
According to CBS News the odds of a strong tornado hitting your home directly are extremely small. You can expect it to happen about once in every 8,000 years.
Storm shelters can be added to any home. Some are installed below ground and others are steel boxes that are engineered to withstand large tornados. We checked with a few local installers and found that prices start at about $7500 and go up depending upon the size of the shelter and how it will be installed on the property.
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