Realtor and homeowner resources
The rules, fee schedules and maps that govern building west of Fort Worth — for realtors who need an answer while standing on a lot, and for homeowners doing their own diligence. Every entry links to the authority that publishes it and carries the date we last opened it.
Written for realtors advising a buyer and for homeowners planning a build. Nothing here is gated: no email, no form, no sign-in. Forward any of it, including a filtered view.
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The lot walk: what to look at in the hour you spend on the land
A field sheet for the hour you actually spend standing on a piece of land.
Download the PDF (4 pages, 173 KB): The lot walk: what to look at in the hour you spend on the land
Checked by Dale Proctor ·
The first thirty days after you close on land
Almost every delay at the start of a custom build traces back to something ordered late in the first month — a survey, a soil report, a septic test, a utility application.
Download the PDF (4 pages, 184 KB): The first thirty days after you close on land
Checked by Dale Proctor ·
Three builders, one page: a scorecard for the answers you get
Everyone hands you a list of questions to ask a builder. This is the other half — one page where three builders' answers sit side by side, with what a specific answer sounds like and what a vague one usually means.
Download the PDF (4 pages, 246 KB): Three builders, one page: a scorecard for the answers you get
Checked by Dale Proctor ·
What you pay while you build: the money before the house exists
The build price is the number everyone quotes. The one that surprises people is what leaves the account between closing on the land and moving in — deposits, soft costs, draws, interest on what has been drawn, and the months of paying for somewhere to live at the same time.
Download the PDF (6 pages, 265 KB): What you pay while you build: the money before the house exists
Checked by Dale Proctor ·
The order of decisions: what has to be chosen before what
Nobody tells you that choosing a bathtub is a framing decision, or that the fastest way to lose three weeks is to be undecided about one light switch.
Download the PDF (4 pages, 183 KB): The order of decisions: what has to be chosen before what
Checked by Dale Proctor ·
Showing 6 sources for Hudson Oaks under Water, wells and septic.
Water, wells and septic
- Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District — district rules
uppertrinitygcd.com · The full rules, including definitions, registration, permits and exemptions.
- Jurisdiction
- Parker County · Hood County
- Last checked
- Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District — FAQs on wells
uppertrinitygcd.com · Well registration and the district's minimum spacing from property lines and from other registered wells.
- Jurisdiction
- Parker County · Hood County
- Last checked
- Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District — maps
uppertrinitygcd.com · District tract size, observation wells and registered wells.
- Jurisdiction
- Parker County · Hood County
- Last checked
- 30 Texas Administrative Code §285.4 — OSSF planning and minimum lot sizes
texas-sos.appianportalsgov.com · The state rule behind the half-acre and one-acre minimums for lots served by on-site sewage.
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Last checked
- TCEQ — OSSF maintenance and reporting requirements
tceq.texas.gov · Sets who may maintain an aerobic unit, how often reports go to the permitting authority, and when an owner may take it on. 30 TAC §285.90(3).
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Last checked
- TCEQ — when an on-site sewage facility permit is required
tceq.texas.gov · "A permit is required to construct, install, alter, extend, or repair an OSSF." The words alter, extend and repair are the ones a remodel misses.
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Last checked
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