Most families who drive out to see this community are not looking for a bigger house. They already have enough house. What they want is room around it, and in the Tulsa metro that turns out to be the harder thing to find.
That is exactly why we built The Woodlands at Elm Creek the way we did. Every home in the community sits on at least half an acre, in a neighborhood we shaped around the creek running through the middle of it. If you have been driving past new subdivisions thinking the homes look great but the lots feel tight, this is the one we would tell you to come walk.
What Half an Acre Gives You
Half an acre works out to roughly 21,780 square feet, and what that really means is that your backyard stops being the thing that limits your plans.
On a standard new-construction homesite, adding a pool becomes a conversation about setbacks and easements long before it becomes a conversation about tile. Here, the question is simply where you want the afternoon sun to land, and whether the outdoor kitchen belongs on the north side or the south. Our homeowners have put in pools and workshops, raised garden beds, extended patios, and the occasional backyard structure that started life as a shed and developed ambitions.
The space works on you in quieter ways, too. A three-car garage can enter from the side, so the front of your home reads as a home rather than a garage door with rooms attached. You can stretch a covered patio without surrendering the lawn. And because the lots are genuinely wide, there is real distance between your windows and your neighbor’s, which happens to be the one feature no upgrade budget can add for you later.
A Setting That Came With the Land
Elm Creek runs right through the heart of the community, and we planned the neighborhood around it instead of over it. Many of the homesites back to the greenbelt, so the view behind your house stays a view, and we left mature trees standing wherever the grading allowed us to.
Beyond the lots themselves, there is a stocked pond that is genuinely worth fishing, a walking trail that follows the creek, and a playground for the younger crowd. If your kids are the sort who come home muddy and pleased with themselves, they will do well here. None of this is the kind of thing a builder can add to a neighborhood after the fact, which is a good part of why this land was worth taking our time with.
The Floor Plans Available at Elm Creek
Eight floor plans are currently available at The Woodlands at Elm Creek, ranging from 2,075 to 2,937 square feet with three to five bedrooms. Community pricing starts at $474,909.
- The Birch, 2,075 sq. ft.
- The Maddox, 2,118 to 2,559 sq. ft.
- The Hazel, 2,212 to 2,325 sq. ft.
- The Hartford, 2,340 to 2,937 sq. ft.
- The Augusta, 2,363 sq. ft.
- The Willow, 2,392 sq. ft.
- The Jasmine, 2,541 to 2,792 sq. ft.
- The Olympia, 2,868 sq. ft.
They share a design language suited to the homesites they sit on: deep front porches, side-entry three-car garages, craftsman detailing, and interiors organized around one generous living space rather than several small formal ones.
When flexibility is the priority, we usually start people with The Maddox floor plan.
A wide front porch opens into a formal dining room and an open kitchen and living area, and the primary suite sits at the back of the home with views into the backyard and the laundry room only a few steps away. The two secondary bedrooms are placed on the opposite side of the house, and that separation tends to matter far more than buyers expect, whether the people down the hall are teenagers keeping their own hours or guests who stay a while.
The decision most Maddox buyers think hardest about happens upstairs, where you can add a bonus room or a fourth bedroom with its own full bath. A bonus room gives you a second living space, which is where the media room or the office with a door that actually closes tends to end up. A fourth bedroom with a private bath gives your family somewhere comfortable to stay a full week. Both are structural choices, so you will make the call before framing begins, and it is worth talking through with your New Home Specialist early rather than under a deadline.
It also helps to see one finished rather than imagine it. There is a completed Maddox standing in the community right now at 10200 N 162nd East Ave, with four bedrooms and three and a half baths across 2,559 square feet, and you are welcome to walk it along with our other move-in ready homes.
Elsewhere in the lineup, The Willow is the newest plan we have brought to the community, and The Hartford offers the largest footprint at up to 2,937 square feet.
Whichever plan you land on, the details come together at our Design Studio, where a consultant sits down with you and works through flooring, cabinetry, lighting, and paint in one place, rather than spreading those choices across six months of scattered decisions.
Owasso Convenience Without the Density
The community sits on 161st East Avenue between 96th and 106th Street North, about five minutes from the shopping and restaurants along the Owasso corridor and from Highway 169. Downtown Tulsa is a 20 to 25 minute drive.
Homes here are served by Owasso Public Schools, including Northeast Elementary, the Owasso 8th Grade Center, and Owasso High School. It is a district families move across town for, and it is one of the reasons buyers at Elm Creek tend to be people planning to stay a long while.
Come Walk the Lots
Half-acre homesites inside a planned community are rare in this market, and Elm Creek holds a finite number of them. Four move-in-ready homes are available now, built on The Birch, The Hazel, The Maddox, and The Jasmine plans, with homesites still open for anyone who would rather build from the ground up.
Our model home at 16293 E 101st St North is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11am to 6pm and Sunday from 1pm to 5pm. Come walk a few of the lots and see which backyard matches the one you have been picturing.
Schedule a tour at capitalhomes.com, or call or text Cynthia directly at (918) 630-9633.
