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Selling and Buying at the Same Time in Oak Forest & Barrington Oaks
Selling one home and buying the next, with the order, the money and the move worked out before you commit to either.
Selling and Buying at the Same Time in Oak Forest & Barrington Oaks: what's different here
Selling one home and buying the next starts with one question: sell first or buy first? Moving up from Barrington Oaks often means Oak Forest or Great Hills next door. Moving on often means something single-story and smaller.
The answer depends on how much of your next down payment is in your current home and what carrying two homes for a while would cost.
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Why Oak Forest & Barrington Oaks buyers work with me
I grew up a few minutes away, and my wife and I bought our first house in Oak Forest. When I run both sides of a move, the dates line up because one person is planning them. Buyers here notice the difference between Oak Forest's more varied homes and Barrington Oaks' repeated Milburn floor plans, so pricing starts with which side of the area a home is on.
How I handle it in Oak Forest & Barrington Oaks
- Sell first to free up equity, with a possible short stay after closing negotiated with the buyer.
- Buy first to move once, with a bridge loan or line of credit your lender can price.
- A sale contingency, written well, when the market allows it.
- One plan for both homes. How I sell and how I help you buy.
More about Oak Forest & Barrington Oaks
For the full picture of the neighborhood, see living in Oak Forest & Barrington Oaks. Questions about selling and buying at the same time here? Call me at (512) 698-3525.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I sell before buying in Oak Forest & Barrington Oaks?
It depends on your equity and what carrying two homes would cost. I'll walk through both with your lender's numbers.
Can I stay in my home after it sells?
Sometimes. A short stay after closing can be negotiated with the buyer.
Oak Forest & Barrington Oaks
What sell and buy at once looks like in Oak Forest & Barrington Oaks
Two neighboring 1970s neighborhoods off Jollyville Road and Spicewood Springs Road, flat at the front and hillier toward Great Hills.
- The homes
- Two neighborhoods side by side. Oak Forest runs mostly along Oak Knoll Drive: flat at the front, then dropping into hills toward the back, where it borders Great Hills. Its homes are more substantial, with more interesting floor plans and more variety, mostly around 1,700 to 2,500 square feet and some larger. Barrington Oaks, built out between 1973 and 1983, is a smaller corner of the area and mostly flat. Milburn Homes built much of it as starter homes, so many floor plans repeat and the build quality is a step below Oak Forest's.
- Schools people ask about
- Split by address. Many homes on the south side of Oak Knoll Drive are Austin ISD. Farther back, the area is Round Rock ISD and most of it feeds Caraway Elementary (formerly North Oaks Elementary), then Canyon Vista Middle School and Westwood High School; few homes here feed Laurel Mountain. Confirm by address.
- Getting around
- Barrington Oaks is entered off Barrington Way, just south of Spicewood Springs Road. The Oak Forest side is entered off Jollyville Road.
- Nearby
- The Northwest Balcones and Oak View neighborhood park trails, and a City of Austin pool off Spicewood Springs Road that city residents can use. No neighborhood pool of its own.
- The trade-off
- No golf course, preserve or club: a practical neighborhood rather than a scenic one. Barrington Oaks is flatter and more uniform; the back of Oak Forest picks up Great Hills-style topography.
The method
How we do it in Oak Forest & Barrington Oaks
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