Everything You Need to
Know Before Moving to Floresville Tx
Floresville Tx has been a rural farming
community in Wilson County for most of its life. It is located southeast of San Antonio and is
an easy commute. One leaves San Antonio via IH 37 and takes the exit to
Hwy 181S past Loop 410. From there the drive is about 23 miles to the
Floresville city limits.
Floresville is the county seat of Wilson
county and has a small population of about 8,000 in the town but has a large
population in the outlying rural subdivisions. Because those rural
subdivisions have been developed outside the city limits, those subdivisions
have no city taxes. But no city taxes means there are no city services like
sewer and city water or city trash pickup. Each subdivision has their own
system for those items. They also have volunteer Fire Departments.
When you look for homes for sale in
Floresville, depending upon the type of living you desire there is something
for you from the city to the subdivisions to the rural areas to large
acreage. Each type has its own selling points. The homes for sale in
Floresville have a community feel and the systems to meet a homeowners’
needs. Space to grow and enjoy the country living with city
convenience. Most homes for sale in Floresville come with land.
We do have the San Antonio River flowing
through Wilson County on the west side and the Cibolo Creek on the east
side. Both of these originate in the hill country north of San
Antonio so when the rain is heavy throughout this area, the drainage plus the
rain can overflow the banks. Between the rivers and streams in this area,
there are some flood zones in Wilson County. So anyone buying in this
area needs an experienced person to guide them. We had very bad floods in
1998 and 2002. Wilson County fire and rescue was well prepared with
specialized boats called Zodiacs for rescuing people in 2002. They later
took their Zodiac to help on the border when those towns flooded.
The people who have chosen to live here will
tell you that it is a good place to live. When people start shopping the
local homes for sale Floresville becomes a natural choice. Many retire here.
That choice is emphasized by the type of
people who live here. Several months ago, I realized how the people return
their shopping carts to the cart corral. It is rare to see loose carts in the
parking lots here. This is indicative of the quality of people who
live here. When visiting a neighboring town closer to the coast, it was
shocking to see how many carts were loose in the parking lot. My remark
to the friend I was with as it was an unpleasant thing to realize that some
people just leave their shopping carts where they unload them. We get
spoiled to courtesy without even realizing it.
Everything You Need
to Know about Floresville Subdivisions Before Moving to
Floresville Tx
Floresville, La Vernia, Poth, Stockdale and
Sutherland Springs are small towns with a small town vibe but have grown
greatly with the outlying rural subdivisions so the overall population is
large. While we feel it is large the whole county only has about 43,000
people. Living in the cities overall there are no zoning requirements and
the towns have grown with homes from the late 1800s and early 1900s being
replaced throughout the years with new builds.
When you are shopping for homes for sale in
Floresville as you drive down the main streets you might see a variety of
building styles and ages such as a home from the 1920s by a home built in the
40s to a home built in the 60s or later years. On the outskirts of the
city limits of Floresville, there have been subdivisions built in the 70s to
current days. On one downtown corner there is a variety of homes.
Two of those original wood frame homes were torn down to build new custom homes
around 1962. Yet on the other corner is a 2 story Victorian home built in
the late 1890s and another corner has a simple tract home built in the late
60s. Across the street from the Victorian next door to a 1962 corner home
is a log home built in 2005. So the neighborhood is eclectic as is much of the
town.
The homes built in the rural subdivisions are
typically about the same ages. Not all the lots were sold at the same
time so you will see newer homes dotted throughout the subdivisions. Most
of the deed restrictions are not extremely strict so you will also see a
variety of build styles in the older subdivisions such as Bentwood and Eagle
Creek and Shannon Ridge. The newer subdivisions such as Abrego Lake and
Carrizo Ranch were started with stricter rules such as 4 sides rock, stone or
brick and a larger square footage requirement such as larger square
footage. Some newer subdivisions require garages and some must be side
entrance. So as you look at homes for sale, each subdivision requires some
research into the deed restrictions.
Any home outside of the city limits will be on
septic system The common septic system here is lateral lines although
there a few aerobic systems. Septic installs are based upon county
guidelines and rules and have to be permitted for the size of your home.
Those same homes will be on a rural water
system or a water well. Most are serviced by one of the rural water
systems available. You can find their ratings on the Texas water districts. If no rural water company services the area where your
home is located then the choice is a water well. Water wells are not
common unless someone is living on large acreage.
Everything You Need to
Know About Driving Before Moving to Floresville Tx
From Floresville, the straight drive up Hwy
181N to San Antonio Brooks City Base takes about 20 minutes and from there it
is another 7 minutes to the Alamodome in the center of downtown.
Until about 10 years ago once you left
Floresville, there were not any stop lights until you exited IH37.
Now there are five lights on Hwy 181 with most of the speed limit being 65 MPH.
The closest shopping is Brooks City Base so
named because when Brooks AFB was disbanded the land went commercial and the
businesses flocked to the area. Brooks City Base has come alive in the last 15
years. It started when a mobile home park was relocated to make way for HEB,
Target, and a large shopping center. Then the base was closed and that land
became available on SE Military Dr. To everyone’s delight it was anchored with
Wal Mart and off the area went. There is Sam’s, Home Depot and Lowe’s as well
as lots of shopping from small outlets like Home Goods to major office stores
like Office Depot and Best Buy to nail salons to restaurants like Chili’s,
Texas Roadhouse, IHOP, Cracker Barrel plus the familiar favorites like
ChickFilA, Long John Silvers, Sonic Drive In and Burger King. The BEST
burger around is the Longhorn Cafe.
We don’t have Uber but I have seen taxis
coming into the town. There are services for the senior citizens needing
transportation to San Antonio doctors. Parking is free everywhere.
Gasoline stations: Valero, Exxon, Mobil,
HEB gas, Wal Mart gas, Circle K Corner Store. Gas prices can be
competitive and the companies follow each other’s lead. A visitor the
other day remarked that they were surprised to see our gas prices were lower
than where he worked in San Antonio.
Pickup trucks and lots of big ones are
common. Texans probably own more SUVs and trucks than almost any
other state. You will see more of those than cars.
Big rigs are a common sight. Eagleford
Shale lives here. So leave room at the stop lights for a rig to make a
turn toward you. And don’t mess with those 18 wheelers. They win
every time.