Eagle Ridge Builders Review — Temple & Belton, TX

Should you consider an Eagle Ridge home?

Builder website observed September 25, 2026 CT. MLS source windows and definitions appear below. Eagle Ridge’s About page · builder’s available-homes page

What does Eagle Ridge offer, and what remains unverified?

Eagle Ridge’s About page identifies Chris Hodges as its founder and describes experience in framing, building and development. It says the company accepts buyer plans, builds on its own or the buyer’s lot, and offers progress inspections. Its process page describes a framing walkthrough and weekly updates. These are the builder’s published descriptions, not independent confirmation of performance on your project.

The public pages checked September 25 did not supply a complete standard-feature matrix, current price schedule, full warranty manual or blank contract. Request the selected home’s specifications, allowances, change-order process, inspection access and estimated completion in writing.

Recorded Fryers Bend documents name Hodges Eagle Ridge Builders, Inc. The BBB profile uses Eagle Ridge Builders, LP. Check the exact legal seller and warranty obligor in your paperwork rather than assuming those names are interchangeable.

Fryers Bend declaration, document 2024024918, page 30 · Builder’s process page · BBB profile; captured September 25, 2026 CT.

What should the lot and construction documents establish?

There is no verified universal Eagle Ridge foundation or finish package in the public sources. Request the engineered foundation plan, soil report, grading and drainage plan, and a written specification for the selected home. A floor-plan brochure is not an engineered foundation design.

The saved USDA soil-map overlay shows why a county-wide “clay soil” description is too broad: Houston Black clay covers about 35.6% of the mapped residential lot area in Fryers Bend, while Eddy–Stephen covers 73.1% in Hartrick Crossing. These are map-unit areas, not tests of an individual building pad. The engineer’s site investigation should determine the design.

Put these items on the written specification

USDA Web Soil Survey and saved Bell CAD parcel/USDA overlays captured September 25, 2026 CT; area shares calculated over residential lots, excluding common tracts.

How do taxes and HOA costs differ by address?

Start with the tax parcel, not the mailing city or ZIP code. The following 2025 historical examples use the taxing units on named Bell CAD parcels. They do not establish every lot’s bill, 2026 rates or a campus assignment.

Illustration: $500,000 ÷ 100 × combined rate per $100. It assumes the same $500,000 taxable value for every unit and no exemptions; it is not an estimate of the sample owner’s bill or your lender escrow. General homestead and other exemptions can change each unit’s taxable value. Source: Bell CAD property records, 2025 entries captured September 25, 2026 CT; 2025 tax-rate and exemption chart.

The Fryers Bend declaration sets an initial annual assessment of $1,500; the Hartrick Crossing declaration sets $600. “Initial” is important: these documents allow changes. Obtain the current budget, resale certificate, transfer or membership charges, special assessments and architectural rules for the exact lot before budgeting.

Fryers Bend declaration, page 20 · Hartrick Crossing declaration. Document amounts are not a statement of today’s dues. Bella Charca and Deer Grove require their own current documents.

Ask the lender which completed-home value and tax rates it used. A higher future bill can raise the monthly escrow deposit and create a separate shortage repayment; there is no universal “year two” increase. Review Bell County homestead rules and obtain a property-specific insurance quote.

Is there a current Eagle Ridge incentive?

No current incentive terms were found in the builder pages captured September 25, 2026. That does not establish that no private or address-specific offer exists. Ask for a dated written offer covering the eligible address, credit, expiration, required lender or title provider, closing deadline and any change to the negotiated price.

Compare same-day Loan Estimates using the same loan amount, term and lock period. Check rate, points, lender fees and cash to close together. A larger builder credit can come with a different rate or price; the credit alone cannot establish which financing package costs less.

Eagle Ridge’s About page · CFPB Loan Estimate guide. Offer status requires rechecking before an offer or contract.

What does Eagle Ridge’s 10-year warranty statement cover?

The builder’s About page says each home comes with a 10-year warranty. The captured site does not provide the complete warranty manual or identify the structural underwriter. A duration by itself does not establish ten years of coverage for every component.

Before signing, obtain the warranty and contract versions for that home. Identify the responsible legal entity, coverage periods, exclusions, claim deadlines, inspection or maintenance obligations, fees, transfer rules and dispute process. Put independent inspection access and notice requirements in writing.

Ask who handles unfinished items at closing, what happens after a delay, and how repair requests are documented. For legal interpretation of default, dispute or remedy clauses, have a Texas real-estate attorney review the documents. Taylor can help organize the comparison; the builder’s marketing is not the contract.

Eagle Ridge’s About page; captured September 25, 2026 CT. This is the builder’s warranty statement, not a verified coverage summary.

What do advertised homes and closed sales actually show?

The builder’s available-homes page displayed 49 cards: 36 marked Sold and 13 without that badge on September 25, 2026 CT. Those 13 were distributed across Fryers Bend (5), Hartrick Crossing (6) and Bella Charca (2); Deer Grove had no unbadged card in that capture. Absence of a Sold badge does not establish availability.

Matching those 13 cards against the saved September 24 CTXMLS files found two Active, one Pending, two Closed and eight not found in those files. The website and MLS observations are a day apart, and MLS coverage is incomplete. “Not found” does not mean available, sold or unlisted by every brokerage.

CTXMLS Bell County Residential raw records, no deduplication: closings October 3, 2025–October 2, 2026, from exports observed September 2 and October 3, 2026. The September 2 export supplies closings through April 30, 2026; the October 3 export supplies closings from May 1. Groups below 10 sales are count-only. BuilderName matches Eagle Ridge or Hodges; YearBuilt is 2024 or later. This age-based group can include resales; it does not establish first-sale status. Only aggregate results are shown. Missing or inconsistent builder names can exclude homes.

Within the 18-sale group, 16 closed below the original asking price and 11 below the final asking price; median recorded days on market was 150.5. These are historical negotiations across different homes, not a discount promise. Small community groups should guide address-specific comparable selection, not set a price by themselves.

The Active snapshot observed October 3, 2026 is separate: three Eagle Ridge/Hodges-matched homes built in 2024 or later, asking $519,900–$630,000, plus one Pending. Verify current status before touring. An asking price is not a closing price, and recent construction is not proof of a never-occupied home.

What should you check about the exact Eagle Ridge lot?

Schools: the sample parcel records place Fryers Bend and Hartrick Crossing in Academy ISD, the Bella Charca sample in Killeen ISD, and the Deer Grove sample in Belton ISD. Tax-district membership is not a campus assignment. Use the district’s current address lookup or enrollment office before relying on a school name.

Flood and drainage: the saved FEMA/Bell CAD overlay intersects Zone AE with 5 of 52 mapped residential lots in Fryers Bend. That is a parcel-area intersection, not a conclusion about a house footprint. No residential lot intersection was found in the 50 mapped Hartrick Crossing lots, but a common tract intersects the mapped zone. Neither finding establishes a flood-free property or resolves drainage outside mapped zones.

FEMA panel 48027C0345E, effective September 26, 2008; NFHL and Bell CAD parcel captures September 25, 2026 CT. Start with the exact address at FEMA’s Map Service Center and verify survey, any map amendment and lender/insurer determination. Boundary overlays are screening evidence, not an elevation certificate.

Route and timing: compare your own destinations from the actual address, drive at the time you expect to travel, and confirm whether construction affects access. A community name cannot establish a commute time.

HOA and design: read the recorded restrictions, current fees and architectural approval procedure. A large lot or a builder’s custom-plan option does not remove recorded limits.

How should you compare Eagle Ridge with other builders?

Compare homes at the same level of completion and with a written total price. Separate base plan, lot premium, upgrades, site preparation, financing credit, annual taxes and HOA costs. A builder-wide rating or headline “from” price cannot make that comparison for you.

Use the Carothers review, Flintrock review and builder comparison guide for additional questions. Their documents and community prices require their own date and address checks; they are not evidence of Eagle Ridge’s specifications.

Review the home, documents and evidence together

Taylor Dasch

EG Realty

Taylor Dasch is the contact for an address-specific conversation. Send the address and the questions that affect your decision: written price, completion date, lot constraints, specification, warranty or financing terms. The next step is a manual conversation, not an automated listing feed or a promised report.

Use the dated sale evidence to choose relevant comparables, the recorded documents to check the lot, and the written construction package to decide what you are buying. An independent inspection and a review of the exact contract remain separate steps.

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