Pottsboro, Texas
Custom home builder in Pottsboro
Pottsboro is the gateway to Lake Texoma, and almost everyone building here is building because of the water. That changes what the house needs to be and it changes the site work considerably, because lake-adjacent lots are rarely flat and rarely simple.
- Population
- ~2,600
- Lake Texoma
- on the doorstep
- Typical site
- sloped, needs dirt work
- To Denison
- about 20 minutes
Building here specifically
Lake lots are not ordinary lots
Land approaching Texoma tends to have slope, and slope means dirt work, retaining and sometimes a different foundation approach than the flat sites further south in the county. It is the one part of Grayson County where the lot genuinely can cost more to prepare than people expect.
You are on county permitting out here, and on septic. Get the perc test done before you fall in love with a lot, because on this ground it decides what system you need and therefore what it costs.
Why people build here rather than buy
- Lake Texoma access is the reason people build here rather than in town
- Larger lots and more privacy than anywhere on the corridor
- Second homes and full-time homes both, which changes the brief
Randy will walk your lot before he prices anything, because on this ground the lot decides more than the plan does.
Nearest finished house
The Lugo House
Modern farmhouse on acreage with exposed beams, built-ins, and a porch built for evenings.
See the full galleryFrom his clients
Watch the interviewsWe never had to chase him. If we called, he answered — and if he said he’d be there Tuesday, he was there Tuesday.
Hamid & Lisa S.O’Brien homeowner
Also worth reading
- Foundations on Blackland clayWhy the soil here decides your foundation.
- Aerobic septic systemsThe line item that surprises people outside the city.
- Building on land you already ownMost of what Randy does.
- Building in DenisonRandy is based: Denison
- Building in Grayson CountyCounty population: ~154,000
