At a ~$699K average resale The Legends is roughly $140K above its Flower Mound neighbor Orchard Flower. This page runs that gap through the full cost assembly and prices what the premium actually buys — which turns out to be mostly lot size, the Lennar build standard, and a 4,500 sq ft clubhouse rather than Orchard Flower’s community center. Whether those three things are worth $140K is the honest question.
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Talk to a Specialist →| Item | Figure | The Note That Matters |
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| HOA | Covers lawn maintenance — confirm full scope | Fee-simple on real lots (0.2–0.3 acres): the HOA mows, but verify exactly what it owns vs. the homeowner — fences, roof, siding. This varies on Lennar 55+ product. Get it in writing. |
| Property tax (rep. $699K, over-65 filed) | ~$8,800–$10,000/yr after exemptions | Lewisville ISD in Denton County: school line dominates (~55% of bill), $200K shield covers ~29% of value at this price point, then freezes. The floating remainder — Denton county/college — is among the lightest in the metro (no hospital district). |
| Insurance | ~$3,200–$4,000/yr | Fee-simple ownership: full homeowners policy including roof. Higher than condo-format peers at similar prices. |
| The Orchard Flower comparison | $140K less purchase · ~$1,400/yr less carry | Same Flower Mound address, same Lewisville ISD, same Denton County, no gate vs gate, smaller clubhouse vs 4,500 sq ft, smaller lots. The gap is real and compounds over a decade. |
Stack the representative over-65 couple: HOA (confirm, call it $200–250/mo for planning), tax ~$800/mo, insurance ~$300/mo — roughly $1,300–$1,400 monthly. Across ten years, with the freeze working and the no-hospital-district Denton floating remainder staying modest: $155,000–$170,000 of carry. That is meaningfully above Orchard Flower’s ~$130,000–$145,000 decade carry — the $140K purchase premium plus the heavier carry reflects the bigger lot, the bigger clubhouse, and the Lennar brand. The question is yours to answer: the community guide · Denton County taxes
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