Relocating to Lubbock's Farrar Estates

I'm Shelby Cotton, a REALTOR® with eXp Realty, LLC in Lubbock. Before Lubbock I lived about twenty years on the Texas Gulf Coast, so I know what it means to choose a home in a place you're still learning.

When you're buying from out of town, I'll tell you what the photos can't. On video walkthroughs I'll show you the systems, the attic where I can reach it, the ground around the foundation and the way the rooms connect. For a home you'd want to improve, I'll talk through what could change and roughly what it might involve. My background in architecture and civil design helps me judge those things on site.

I'll also explain the ground. High Plains soils behave differently from what many relocating buyers know, and foundations and drainage deserve a careful look on any older Lubbock home.

Buying a home to improve before you've moved is possible. It takes more planning than buying one that's ready. If the home you love needs work, think about the order of things before you commit.

Some buyers move into an original home and update it over time, living with the dated kitchen while they learn the city. Others want major work finished before they arrive, which means lining up contractors from afar and building in time between closing and move-in. Both can work. What matters is choosing the plan before you choose the house.

If you'd rather arrive to a home that's ready, the updated end of Farrar Estates is the place to look, and we'll focus the search there. Either way, I'll help you understand the condition of each home well enough to decide from where you are.

If you can make one trip to Lubbock, give part of it to walking Farrar Estates. Its appeal is in things photos don't carry well: the scale of the lots, the shade of the mature trees and the feel of the traditional streets. Walk to the parks and the duck pond, and drive the nearby shopping and dining corridors so you know what errands would be like.

Then tour the homes on your short list, which we'll have narrowed by video beforehand. Seeing an updated home and an original one on the same day is useful. It shows you in person what the difference in condition means and helps you decide which end of the range fits your plans.

With your pre-approval and our agreement in place before you travel, a good visit can end with an accepted offer, and I'll handle the option period and closing details while you return home to pack.