“We are Todd and Laura Jackson, owners of Lot 89 at Ranches of Brushy Top. We have two boys who are the ages of 7 and 9. We also have a 14 month old German Shepherd Dog named Bella who loves running around on our lot at Brushy Top.

We purchased our lot in May of 2007 after looking for hill country property for several months before finally finding our dream property at Brushy Top. We had decided to spend our spring break last year driving around the hill country looking at various ranch properties. Most of the sites we visited had been pre-planned via the internet. However, while on the road, we saw several billboards that advertised Brushy Top so we decided we would go visit. This happened to be the last location that we visited during our search.

The first thing we saw when we entered the development was several species of exotic wildlife running across the road in front of our car. My kids were hooked immediately and begged my wife and I to buy property at Brushy Top at once. After driving through the development and taking in the breath-taking scenery, I quickly made an appointment to come back the next Saturday to walk some of the lots with a realtor. Randy Hodde came all the way in from Brenham to give me a personal tour of the
area. He took me throughout the property in his truck where he had his laptop connected to a GPS device with Google Earth so that we could see exactly where we were on the various lots. This was very instrumental in helping me visualize the potential that each lot provided. I didn’t receive any service like this from the other ranch properties that I visited. Randy spent the entire Saturday with me and I never felt pressured to buy. He told me “the land sells itself” and he was right.

We initially fell in love with six different lots and then narrowed it down to three or four before making our final decision. There really wasn’t a bad lot in the entire development and the decision to pick one wasn’t easy, as they each had something unique to offer. We finally decided on a lot that was high up on a hill with a view of two lakes. The lot has a good mixture of trees and open grassland with a ridge that overlooks one of the lakes. The entire process of choosing and purchasing our lot was extremely smooth and enjoyable.

Terry Ward and his team did an excellent job of getting me answers to all of my questions. We are currently in the process of building a home on our lot and the folks at Country Communities have been wonderful in helping us through this process. We are working with Kenny Therrien Custom Homes who is a custom builder from Wimberly who specializes in creating homes that blend in perfectly with the hill country environment.