What are the good deals on Richland Chambers?

What are the good deals on Richland Chambers Lake?....

Ah, the magic question.  Every buyer wants to get a good deal. Depending on what you're looking for, buyers at Richland Chambers Lake generally find them.  Waterfront homes, waterfront lots, acreage tracts and off water lots are for sale around our lake.

We are in the throws of an historic drought and the lake has been down for two years now.  (Richland Chambers lake level will come back but that is the subject of another blog installment)
So, do sellers get more motivated when the water is down?

Let me first say that seller's motivations are always on a case to case basis and each person has their own goals they are driven towards which ultimately contribute to the pricing of their home.
Any category of waterfront home listings has its standouts. To be the next one to sell in a tight market you must be the best in your category with regards to location, condition and pricing.  So as time goes by sellers may make adjustments to position themselves to be the next one to sell.

So, as a buyer what are the good deals?  How do you know?
Ask yourself two questions:
First: Do you like it?
Second:How does it compare to similar listings (in regards to location, condition and pricing)?

Here is an example of a good deal on Richland Chambers Lake:
153 Stockton Point  Sweetwater Ranch
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Location:
It is located on the Chambers arm of the lake out on a point with a south-south-westerly orientation. The home is in Sweetwater Ranch on RC Lake. Sweetwater Ranch is a very quiet neighborhood with several beautiful homes and lots of nature.
Condition: 
Inside and out, his home is move in ready.  All it needs is you to make it your own.
Pricing: 
At $363,000 this is a lot for the money. Compared to what is out there no matter what lake you're considering this is a good deal!

Follow up on the lots in Azure Bay

Happy New Year!  The lots in Azure Bay sold late in 2014, they were the deal of the year for waterfront property in 2014.  Today finds the lake at a little over 10 ft down, but we are hopeful and it has been raining off and on and there is more in the forecast.  Happy 2015!! It's gonna be good..

The History of THE FOG

THE FOG Halloween 2014

THE FOG is more fun than grown men should have!

Last Friday night, Halloween night, THE FOG rocked the house at The Harbor Inn on Richland Chambers Lake.  The band was in fine form reuniting with a truly great player, Gary Poe on bass, playing and singing like only Gary can.  Cast Iron Songs and Torch Ballads entertained the loud crowd all night!

THE FOG summer 2012

  I have had the gift of music in my life as long as I can remember.  I grew up listening to LP's on the console stereo. Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, Bing Crosby, Marty Robbins, Herb Alpert, Elvis and countless others played through that big cabinet in the living room.  As soon as I could I joined the band in school, eventually playing trumpet in a school sponsored jazz band complete with full horn section, piano, guitar, bass guitar and a heck of a drummer.   My friends and I always had a garage band which came in different forms, some more talented than others, each with it's own set of memories. I went from trumpet to piano, to bass guitar in those days.  Within a few years real life caught up with me in the form of marriage, kids, houses and building businesses so the music took a back seat, never abandoned, always alive in some measure.  

When we opened LakeSide Dreams I started playing with friends, old and new around the lake.  I had taken up 6 string and harmonica a few years before. Soon I began learning and relearning classic rock greats, The Beatles, Dylan, Fogerty, Clapton, my Texas rock roots: ZZ Top, Stevie Ray, Doug Sahm and many others.

  We started playing regularly at The Harbor Inn on Richland Chambers with Vernon Bryder on drums, Gary Poe on bass and vocals and me on rythym guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals and harmonica and usually someone on lead guitar. 

  I came across one of my first bandmates a few years ago and he said if the old band ever got together again we should call ourselves THE FOG, for The F'n Old Guys, (Four Old Guys, The Fabulous Old Guys...) So THE FOG was born.

Gary on bass, Vern on drums, John on guitar fall 2010

   Now we are about 4 years or so down the road and we have played most every 4th Friday night on the Harbor Inn stage.  We have had a lot of fun shows with lots of great players and singers sitting in. We've had lights, lasers, fog machines, a lot of dancing and some really good music. The band has gone through some changes over the last few years but it has never ceased to be fun, entertaining and sometimes surprising.  We have stuck to our roots of playing 60's and 70' rock and roll, songs every body knows the words to.

  

I hope THE FOG never grows old.  We always try to bring new songs and create some magical, musical moments for our friends, new and old, enjoying the the music we all know and love.

Now life is settling down some after building & opening RE/MAX LakeSide Dreams, enduring the Northshore Harbor experience, the kids all launched and re-launched and now most recently building a new house, moving and selling the old house...  Whew!!!  

 I appreciate my band mates, our fans and everyone at The Harbor Inn over the years for giving me a wonderful opportunity to share and enjoy the gift of music.

"Werewolves of London" THE FOG Halloween 2014

THE FOG with Debbie Carter December 2012 

John, Vern, Bobby Perry and Gary THE FOG 2013

Kevin, Vernon, John and Gary THE FOG Jun 2011

BTW,  for an explanation of "Cast Iron Songs and Torch Ballads"  Check out Bob Dylan and The Band 'Planet Waves' album.

THE FOG December 2012

The FOG at Lakeside Methodist Church Music Festival 2013

Todd Jones with THE FOG sometime in 2011

THE FOG with Curly Joe 2010

THE FOG with Lucy, "The Goose" and Kenny Carter 2012

Yours Truly Having fun...

Richland Chambers Lake Azure Bay

 

Azure Bay on Richland Chambers is one of those places that combines the beauty of a Texas Oak Forest with the grandeur and majesty of miles of open water.  Azure Bay is located on the south side of Richland Chambers and is restricted to site built homes 1500+ sf.   The subdivision dates back to the early 1990's when the lake was new and now the waterfront is mostly built on.  There are a lot of very nice homes in the neighborhood and plenty of fine folks.  Azure Bay is right off of FM 416, the drive in is easy and the neighborhood has good roads. There are some deals to be had on a precious few waterfront lots and some cool homes for sale

Check it out:  BuyRCLake.com/Azure-Bay

 

Richland Chambers Lake Level Oct 2014

Richland Chambers Lake Level

The last 5 years at Richland Chambers Lake have seen 3 of the 5 lowest water levels in lake history.  The lowest water level Richland Chambers has seen was in 2006 when the lake reached 11.5 ft below pool level on Dec 3rd.  The second lowest level before these last five years was in 1996 when the lake reached 7ft below pool. Through 2008 the Richland Chambers Lake level averaged about 2.9 ft below the pool level of 315. So the normal fluctuation for most of the life of the lake has been +/- 3ft.  We have been getting more frequent rain this fall only hopefully the drought that a lot of the nation has experienced will finally break for us.

Graph taken from US Lakes online

The was designed a s a rainfall lake.  The watershed is 1957 square miles and touches 6 counties. The lake has filled very rapidly in the past from record lows.  The record low in Dec of 2006 (11.5ft)  saw the lake full by the end of the following February and from 2011's low of 8.75 ft the lake filled by the second week of March 2012.  Man that was a fun summer on the water!!!

Richland Chambers will fill again and hopefully this fall and winter...

Follow up on lot 15 Sweetwater Ranch

We did get lot 15 sold.  This was a heck of a deal.  Premium open water property in a great community with a double slip, double decker boat house with all the frills... Sold for 135,000.  The cost for boathouse and all the utilities installed are knockin' on half of the sales price.  Wow, great deal on Richland Chambers Lake

Do prices follow lake level?...Best Deal on the Lake...10-16-14

Best Deal on the Lake Alert!!!   Low lake level at Richland Chambers Lake does have  upside.... 

What can possibly be the upside to the current lake level at Richland Chambers Lake?  Well for frequent boaters you do get to get to know where the hazards are located, but besides that:

 1. When the lake comes back (and it will) there will be lots of new underwater cover for spring spawning and bait fish. So an already great fishing lake will be that much better.. and...

   2. With lots of property for sale and only a few properties selling,  some prices have fallen with the lake level.  If you are looking for a good deal on prime water front property, this is it,  lots 32 And 33 Azure Bay.

Both lots have northerly facing wide open water front with a steel retaining wall in  place and in the neighborhood of 100' of waterfront each.  They are priced at $95,000 each, which in was unheard of in years past for premium water font property.  Azure Bay is a very nice community with only site built homes and lots of wildlife.

Check it out:

Lot 33 Details Lot 32 Details