Sugar Land's first large master-planned community, First Colony, holds about 9,500 houses within 98 neighborhoods. Many kitchens have been redone at least once, so newer appliances often sit beside original cabinets and plumbing.
What turns up in First Colony homes, and how that affects a Thermador repair in this area.
Between 1976 and 1997, Sugarland Properties, a partnership of Gerald D. Hines Interests and a Shell pension fund, developed 9,700 acres reaching across Sugar Land and Missouri City. Because production builders worked for three decades, a late-1970s two-story and a 1990s house can both be on one day's route.
On the Sugar Land side, houses get water from the municipal main system, a mix of well supply with treated Oyster Creek and Brazos River water. The city reports hardness anywhere from 35 to 280 ppm, a spread that often appears as spotting on glassware.
Levees maintained by Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 2 protect much of the community and keep its drainage working. After a long downpour, peek into the garage for water near a freezer or spare refrigerator, and lift anything stored on the floor.
Early sections tend to have gas ranges, double wall ovens and dishwashers set into original cabinets, while remodels add rangetops and column refrigeration. Those are the Thermador categories we service here, and the age of each hookup decides how we approach the work.
A house finished in 1982 and one finished in 1996 may stand a mile apart, and their utility spaces differ more than their fronts suggest. The earlier ones may offer a 30-amp three-prong outlet; later ones use four prongs. When an electric oven or range goes in, that decides which cord we bring, and we carry both types to those jobs.
Valves under sinks in the first sections have often gone decades without moving. If one sticks or drips as we shut it off for a dishwasher job, we pause and let you know, since swapping a valve is plumbing rather than appliance work. It also helps to know where your main water shut-off is, typically near the street, in case a supply line has to come off.
Usually, since builders used standard 24-inch bays. We confirm depth, floor height after tile work and the electrical hookup, then describe the job to you in writing.
No. Part of the community lies in Missouri City, but our routes handle both sides alike. We only need your address and ZIP code. Both sides get identical scheduling.
Usually within a day or two, since the area sits near our inner-suburb routes. Calling before noon improves the odds of today. We guarantee labor for 30 days.
Request a visit online in about a minute or phone our coordinators. Close-in neighborhoods often see a same-day slot; the outer counties usually get the next day across Houston.