Relocating to Lubbock's Remington Park

I'm Shelby Cotton, a REALTOR® with eXp Realty, LLC in Lubbock. I lived about twenty years on the Texas Gulf Coast before Lubbock, and I remember what it takes to learn a new part of the state while making a big decision in it.

From a distance, Remington Park homes are hard to compare, because condition and updates vary from one to the next. On video tours I'll show you the parts that matter: the age of the heating and cooling, the water heater, the roof where I can see it and the ground around the foundation. I'll tell you how the floor plan feels with furniture in it and what's behind the back fence.

My background in architecture and civil design helps me read those things on sight. High Plains soils also behave differently from what many newcomers know, and I'll point out anything about drainage or foundations your inspector should look at closely.

When you move to a new city, your first months are full of trips: to work, to find a doctor, to a store you haven't found yet. Living close to a main route makes all of it less wearing. Remington Park's access to Loop 289 and other major roads is one of the reasons it suits newcomers.

Tell me your work address and the places you'll go most, and I'll describe the drive from Remington Park at the times you'd make it. If it helps, I'll drive it myself and report back. A commute you understand before you buy is one fewer surprise after you arrive.

The same access helps if your job changes later. A central, well-connected neighborhood keeps more of the city within reach wherever your work ends up.

If your scouting trip is short, Remington Park is a practical place to spend part of it, because its central location makes the rest of the city easier to reach. Start with a drive from the neighborhood to your new workplace at the time you'd normally make it. Then drive to the South Plains Mall area and the shopping nearby, so you know what errands would look like.

Walk the park and lake. It's the open space that surprises buyers here, and it will tell you whether you'd rather live close to it or a few streets away.

Then tour the homes on your short list. Because we'll have done the early looking by video, the tours can focus on the two or three homes that fit best. If one of them is right, your pre-approval and our agreement will already be in place, and you can write an offer before you leave town.