Van Alstyne building permits issued in December
Photo and story by Mary Jane Farmer, Scene In Town, Van Alstyne News
The city issued building permits in December for seven new single-family homes, for one home to be remodeled, and an assortment of such improvements as lawn irrigation systems, commercial signs, patio and storage shed improvements, and several other property step-ups.
Six of the new homes now in their formative stages are being built by K Hovanian Homes in the Sanford Park sub-division and HistoryMaker Homes is building the 7th one in the 1000 block of Waverly, in nearby Greywood Heights. The total estimated valuation on these seven homes total about $1,893,000. They range in size from 2,405 square feet to 3,100 square feet.
All are in areas where the builders have completed numerous homes and have others further along in the construction process. And several have, according
to signs placed in front of them, already been sold. Calls were left with K Hovanian Homes, intended to be able to add more information on these new homes, were not returned.
Tony Miller Construction is a remodeling home in the 1300 block of N. John Douglas Road. Here, he is renovating its electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and framing.
Several lawn sprinkler systems are being added to homes in Georgetown, with Soak n Grow being contractors on those projects. And it is Southern Solar of Texas that is installing roof-mounted solar system panels to a home in the 300 block of South Main Drive.
Several homes, scattered about town, are having new electrical service for landscape lights and to power irrigation controllers. The Van Alstyne ISD is having improvements made on its heating and air conditioning systems, with McDaniel A/C obtaining that contract. A commercial sign has been granted a permit to go up in the 800 block of South Henry Hynds Road (US 75 service road).
Van Alstyne City Manager Lane Jones said that interest rates are being offered at “historically low” rates and he expects building permits will “pick up the pace in February and March, as Risland (Mantua), Thompson Farms, and Oakbrook Developments begin constructing model homes.” He said that the Chapel Creek Farms developer, with new homes already built on Old Highway 6, has purchased land near the high school and is now in the early stages of planning a development on its new site.
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