Lakehouses Gone Wild

[Dbeasy 15066]

I'm hearing lakehouse purchases and waterfront lot purchases are going up fast.  Of course. We are nearly in a depression so the natural reaction is to buy a lakehouse. I understand the Lake Travis flood zone changed as a result of floods the last few years. I'm a bit confused by that. It's my understanding you can only build above the 100 year flood plain, but when I look on the Lake Travis maps, it seems like many/most lots are within that flood plain now. What am I missing?

[texastough 1129]

Structures existing when the floodplain map was drawn are grandfathered?

[crash_davis 23113]

http://delacruzclarendon.blogspot.com/2008/10/building-in-lake-travis-floodplain.html#:~:text=The full level of Lake,floodplain is at 722 feet.

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With the floodplain at 722 feet, the requirement for building is that the first occupied floor of a house needs to be at 723 feet or higher. 

 

[Paper_jam 831]

First level--parking & support columns, 2nd level of the structure "not occupied"**, 3rd story & up go hog wild.

** until after you move in and put in electric and HVAC without permits

 

 

 

[52-80 19162]

where, sir, are the lakehouse tits i came in here for?

[Jerry Callo 8704]

There are probably some steals to be had on Lake Dunlap.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21907]

because that lake dunlapped over its dam

[Hate 20109]

Here is one for sale on Horseshoe Bay.  My aunt and uncle have a place just down the road from this house.  I can say that it is even more impressive in person. 

https://www.lakehouses4sale.net/listing-hlmlsabor/152126-419-lighthouse-drive-horseshoe-bay-tx-78657/

 

[UTexasFight 9463]

Thanks.
But I’m looking for something with only 7.5 baths

[orange dream 1254]

That place is a bit of a fixer upper.  I'm looking for something more move in ready.

For real though, that is incredible.  Always amazes me when I see a place like that and then remember it is their 2nd or 3rd house.

[Hate 20109]

That place is a bit of a fixer upper.  I'm looking for something more move in ready.
For real though, that is incredible.  Always amazes me when I see a place like that and then remember it is their 2nd or 3rd house.

The story is that a couple built it and then he decided to trade in the wife for a newer model. She got the house as part of the settlement. I guess she needs the cash now. I’d bet she’s ready to make a deal.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21907]

Maybe she just wants someone to move in with her

[ztejas 43467]

On 6/4/2020 at 12:58 PM, Dbeasy said:

We are nearly in a depression so the natural reaction is to buy a lakehouse.

Depressions and recessions are buyers markets. People buying lakehouses right now are not the people struggling through this economic downturn. This is how the wealth gap continues to widen.

[Hate 20109]

Depressions and recessions are buyers markets. People buying lakehouses right now are not the people struggling through this economic downturn. This is how the wealth gap continues to widen.

Exactly. The rich get richer during these times.

[orange dream 1254]

1 hour ago, Hate said:

The story is that a couple built it and then he decided to trade in the wife for a newer model. She got the house as part of the settlement. I guess she needs the cash now. I’d bet she’s ready to make a deal.

I saw there was a crib in one of those pics.  Was the incumbent wife still young enough that they still had little kids or was that probably for grandkids?

[Quagmire 2147]

The story is that a couple built it and then he decided to trade in the wife for a newer model. She got the house as part of the settlement. I guess she needs the cash now. I’d bet she’s ready to make a deal.

You talking about sex?

[El Diablo 4232]

Girl with a house like that has already had the sex.

[Hate 20109]

I saw there was a crib in one of those pics.  Was the incumbent wife still young enough that they still had little kids or was that probably for grandkids?

No idea as I don’t know who owns it. My aunt and uncle have a house a few doors down and the got the scoop from the contractors while it was being built. I would assume it’s for the grandkids based on the husband trading the old wife in.