Living in Allen
Allen sits on US 75, between Plano and McKinney, in Collin County. From here you head down to Dallas on that same highway and across to Frisco on the Sam Rayburn, so a lot of people who work in two different parts of the metroplex end up looking here because it's halfway between both.
The first thing you notice driving through Allen is the parks. Allen Station Park has 125 acres right in the middle of town, with baseball fields, a concrete skate park, a BMX track and trails. Celebration Park has 97 acres of courts, play areas, splash pads and paths around a pond. Spirit Park adds another 75 acres.
The Allen, Texas neighborhoods aren't just one thing. There are the streets of the old town, the 1990s communities with their pool and clubhouse, and the newest construction toward the north and east of the city.
How I work Allen
I'm Veronica Yeary, REALTOR® with All City Real Estate DFW. I've worked the whole Dallas-Fort Worth area since 2010, alongside more than 450 families.
I cover all of Allen, from one end to the other, and every type of home. I don't limit myself to one area or one size. The right home is the one that works for you, and that conversation starts with you, not with a number.
If you're buying in Allen, the first step is getting your numbers ready, because the good ones don't wait here. Touring homes without a preapproval ends up being a Sunday drive. Once you're ready, we see fewer homes and better ones, and on each one you'll hear my honest opinion even when it's not the one you want to hear. It's all explained on buying a home.
If you're selling in Allen, your home gets professional photography, video or drone depending on the property, its own website with its own address, paid ads on Facebook and Instagram, emails to my buyer list, postcards to the homes around it and an open house. Every week you get a report on what the people who came to see it said.
I handle all of it, and I explain the process and the documents you're going to sign, clearly.
The parts of Allen
The old town sits on Main Street, and a few steps away is the Allen Historic Cemetery, from 1884, on almost three acres. It's the part of the city where you can still see where Allen came from before everything else arrived.
Watters Creek, next to US 75, is the open-air shopping and dining area, with a creek and a green in the middle instead of a parking lot. Right beside it is The Courses at Watters Creek, the city's golf course.
The neighborhood names you'll hear most come from their own parks: Twin Creeks, The Bluffs at Lost Creek, Stacy Ridge, Waterford, Cottonwood Bend and Glendover. Each one has a park with the same name, which is the fastest way to get your bearings when you're just getting to know the city.
Depending on what you need: buying a home in Allen, selling your home in Allen, moving up in Allen, moving to Allen, your first home in Allen or what your Allen home is worth.
What kind of home you'll find
A good part of Allen went up from the 1990s on, so the most common home is a two-story in a planned community, with a pool and a park nearby. Near the old town there are older streets, with wider lots and trees that actually give shade.
Allen is one of the cities where I most often work with someone who already owns a home and wants to move to something bigger without leaving the city, and also with someone coming from another state who wants to stay right by 75. The first is on moving up, the second on moving to Dallas-Fort Worth.
If what you want is your home's number, with real comparables from your own street instead of an online estimate: what your home is worth.
What's nearby
The city has trails linking one park to the next, so you can walk or bike a good part of Allen without stepping onto the street. Dayspring Nature Preserve is 10 acres the city left in its natural state, on purpose.
For hot or rainy days there's the Allen Community Ice Rink, the Don Rodenbaugh Aquatics Center, Ford Pool, the Joe Farmer Recreation Center, the Stephen G. Terrell Recreation Center and The Edge, the skate park.
The city's event center brings concerts, hockey and fairs all year, and the senior center has its own building and its own calendar.
Here are all the cities where I work. If you'd like to talk about Allen with no commitment, reach out: call or text 469-441-8890, or email veronica@veronicayeary.com.
Frequently asked questions
What part of Allen do you work in?
The whole city, north to south, and every type of home. There's no area or size I limit myself to. I start with what you need and from there we look at which part of Allen makes sense for you.
Is there a train to Dallas from Allen?
Allen isn't a DART city, so the train is in the cities next door and here you drive. US 75 runs straight down to Dallas and the Sam Rayburn crosses west toward Frisco. Which way you'll drive every day is worth thinking through before you choose the street, not after.
Are new homes still being built in Allen?
Allen is largely built out, so new construction here is scarcer than in the northern part of Collin County. There is some, and there are also well-kept homes from the 1990s that are sometimes a better deal than buying new. We look at it with numbers, not hunches.
Will you walk me through the whole process in Allen?
The whole process, start to finish. The conversations, a clear explanation of the process and the documents you're going to sign, and the negotiation. If someone in your family would rather have me explain it to them, I do that too.
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