John Houston Homes is an employee-owned company that was founded in Red Oak, TX. This means that when you purchase a home with us, you are supporting local. Local employees, local economy and local charities. Every employee has a vested interest in fulfilling a shared mission and vision while delivering quality homes to our families. Our top priority is our priority to bring life-giving relationships to the home building journey with the families who build with us.

John Houston Homes builds in various locations throughout Texas. We are a new construction home builder in Midlothian, Waxahachie, Mansfield, Burleson, Keene, Ferris, Grandview, Temple and Waco, TX areas.

Choosing between building a new home or buying a home already built offers various benefits depending on your preferences and timeframe. Quick move-in homes allow you to swiftly settle in and start relishing your new home, while building from the ground up gives you the freedom to choose your home site, plan and options according to your desires. You also get to visit our 6,000+SF design studio to choose your selections such as tile, flooring, lighting, paint color, cabinets and more!

We require a 2% deposit to build a home with us. This amount is 2% of the total contact price. This allows us to hold the lot and start construction on your new home. You won’t need to take out your own construction loan. We make it easy for you! 

Yes! We have several furnished model home sales centers across the Dallas, Fort Worth, and Waco/Temple areas. If you can’t visit us in person, feel free to take a look at the 3D Virtual Tours of our model homes!

Yes! Our goal is to make the home building and buying process as easy and smooth as possible. We have an amazing partnership with Trinity Oaks Mortgage. By partnering with this incredible company, we are able to work closely together to make sure you are able to close on your home on time, every time. They are a wealth of knowledge when it comes to understanding how to qualify to buy a home and what is needed to do so. They study market trends, track interest rates and work closely with lenders to ensure they can answer your questions and point you in the right direction for your financial goals. For questions or more information on financing options, contact our Online Sales Manager at 866-598-2964 or click to learn more about Trinity Oaks Mortgage.

Our partnership with Trinity Oaks Mortgage streamlines this process, but you're free to choose your own lender. Your lender will provide you with a list of required documents for your application, which usually includes, but is not limited to:

• Recent pay stubs(last 30 days)
• Bank Statements (last 2 full months)
• 401(k)/Retirement acct statements (last 60 days)
• W2s (last 2 years)
• Current valid ID

You need to send a loan approval letter from the lender to us within 15-30 days of the purchase agreement date. If you choose Trinity Oaks Mortgage, your approval will be automatically sent to John Houston Homes.

Click the link below to view the mortgage process. 

Once you contract on your new home, you will be invited for a one-hour tour to see our beautiful design center before your initial appointment. At that time, you will be able to mix and match, touch-and-feel as you explore endless opportunities to customize your dream home.

Your next appointment will allow you to work alongside one our professional design consultants one-on-one for an entire day! They will help you discover the perfect combination of designer features to personalize your one-of-a-kind John Houston home. 

Customize everything from:

• Paint colors
• Flooring
• Countertops
• Lighting elements
• Cabinet hardware
• Fireplace mantels
• Exterior stone & brick
• Stair railing
• And more!

420 Century Way Suite 200, Red Oak, TX

The Design Studio is located across the street from the John Houston Homes Corporate Office and is next door to Trinity Oaks Mortgage. On the south side of Century Way.

The construction process is an exciting time for anyone building a new home! Seeing your dreams come to reality in front of your very eyes is an amazing thing! You will have the opportunity to meet with your construction manager for a pre-construction meeting before construction starts. At this meeting, you will go over your plans and make sure everyone is aligned on what the process will be and what will be build with the plan you selected. The building of your home happens in stages: for example, foundation, plumbing, framing, HVAC systems, electrical, insulations, sheetrock, cabinets, etc. Each stage has its own timeline and inspection schedule. At time of purchase, you will receive a construction timeline that outlines these stages. Your community sales manager will also guide you through the process each week with an update on what is happening with your home.

Yes! There are several more things required as your home nears completion. These include:

• Lock in your interest rate. About 30-45 days prior to your closing, your lender should contact you to lock in your loan rate.

• Satisfy final loan conditions to prepare for closing. Your lender will provide you with a final list of conditions that should be satisfied before closing. Proof of homeowners insurance should be submitted to your lender.

• Review and understand your loan. Federal regulation requires buyers to receive the closing disclosure of their loan at least three business days before closing. The title company will contact you to set the date and time of your closing meeting.

• Meet at your new home for a final walkthrough with the construction manager. You will have an opportunity to look at the home, learn about the systems and how to use them and ask any final questions for the construction manager

• A week before closing, you will meet at your new home one last time to sign off agreeing that everything in the home is satisfactorily complete.

• Set up utilities, change of address forms, and other moving-related items