$542,361Average Value$528Average Price per Sq Ft3Homes For Sale
Master-planned suburb offers club amenities and regulated building
Graywood is among Lake Charles' most esteemed master-planned suburbs. 7 miles from downtown Lake Charles, this country club community offers all the accouterments that attract buyers south of Interstate 210. "South Lake Charles is usually the high-demand area," says Realtor Steve Rackley of R Home Real Estate. "There's more high-end homes and larger lots." In Graywood, regulated home designs combine with manicured greenery and a top-tier racquet club and golf course to form a peaceful setting à la the French countryside – a comparison the Francophile community takes great pride in. Strict HOA guidelines ensure daily upkeep and preparedness against the Gulf Coast's unpredictable weather patterns. "It's a nice, quiet neighborhood,” Rackley says. “I thought about moving out there at one point, but when they handed me Volumes 1, 2 and 3 of the restrictions, I thought, 'I'm not sure I want to follow all of these.'"
Graywood offers security and privacy, with a wide variety of budgets in mind.
Graywood is a wonderful, quiet place to live in southwestern Louisiana.
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Award-winning golf club includes pools and community gardens
The Graywood Golf and Racquet Club forms the heart of the community, offering a host of recreational, leisure and social activities. "They've built a workout facility, swimming pools, tennis courts and other facilities like playgrounds for kids," Feist says. "Their golf course won awards when it first opened and was ranked in the top 100 in the nation at one time." Membership is required to use most facilities, and applicants can choose between a variety of membership levels depending on their preferences and budget. Beyond the club, plenty of homeowners have private backyard pools of their own, and a community garden offers a place to mingle with likeminded green thumbs, even to those without club membership.
A man tends to a plant at the Graywood Community Garden.
A golfer practices iron shots at the driving range at Graywood.
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Snackbars and adults-only dinners at Grill 19
Graywood Golf and Racquet Club offers three choices in members-only restaurants. The upscale lounge of Grill 19 only seats diners aged 18 or older, making it popular with golfers who come in after a day on the links to sip craft cocktails in leather armchairs. Meanwhile, across the street at the Sports Club, kids and tennis players line up for snack bar items like burgers and fries from The Pavilion. Meanwhile, parents sit inside at The Edge, a more casual cafe-style restaurant. If a resident wishes to make their own meal, grocery stores require a drive out of the neighborhood, usually to a Brookshire Brothers Express 2 miles north or a Rouses Market 5 miles east.
Grill 19 is an upscale restaurant located in the heart of Graywood.
Residents can stop by Rouses Market, near Graywood, for fresh produce and meats.
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Strict building guidelines maintains a consistent design
Consistency is key to Graywood, which comprises 18 neighborhoods, each named after a native plant species – like Sawgrass or Palmetto – and imposing its own set of building guidelines for home styles, sizes, building materials and many more considerations. "It's one neighborhood where I've not heard any complaints about any type of construction issue," Feist says. In general, homes are sold as single-family detached properties or attached multifamily options, and they must be built in an Acadian or French Colonial style. Townhouses priced between $300,000 and $350,000 usually cluster together to form front facing communal green spaces and rear facing alleyways for garage parking. Larger single-family options include snout houses with side entry garages sitting on smaller lots and manor homes on large lots with lake views. Smaller-to-modest sized single-family homes tend to sell for $360,000 up to $750,000, while manor houses usually sell for between $1 and $2 million. Graywood also includes an assisted living and retirement facility, The Verandah Retirement Community, but it is fully public and not a part of the Graywood community.
Large, well kept homes dot the landscape of Graywood.
Many homes in Graywood boast clean, well kept front lawns.
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Far removed but closing gaps
Paratransit bus routes only extend as far south as Country Club Road, making Graywood fully car-dependent. Though a bit distant from the core of Lake Charles, the 7-mile drive to reach I-210 for commutes or the Prien Lake Mall for shopping takes less than 20 minutes on a good day. An ongoing project to connect Ham Reid Road with Big Lake Road is expected to make trips eastward even faster. Within the community, residents enjoy a fairly walkable neighborhood full of semi-shaded sidewalks. Although lakes and golf courses cause some footpaths to be indirect.
Interstate 210 leads towards Lake Charles proper, which many residents of Graywood take daily.
Exercising is popular in Graywood, with many residents walking the neighborhood sidewalks.
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Holiday parties and summer camps
Part of the appeal of Graywood is its social offerings, most of which require a specific level of club membership to attend. The main clubhouse often plays home to annual parties around major holidays like Christmas, New Years and Thanksgiving. Live acoustic music sets are also a frequent occurrence at some of the club restaurants. Not to mention the golf and racquet club offers lessons and clinics with professional instructors throughout the year and summer camps for junior players.
At Graywood, golf is a lifestyle and can be played all year long, no matter the season.
Graywood is situated just south of Lake Charles, LA.
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Small class sizes at St. John Elementary
Students in Graywood begin school at St. John Elementary, which offers class sizes well below the national average of 17 students per classroom. For middle school, 6th through 8th graders attend S.J. Welsh Middle School, which ranks in the top-50 most diverse public middle schools in Louisiana. For high school, students attend grades 9 through 12 at Alfred M. Barbe High School, which is ranked the best public high school in Calcasieu Parish. All three schools have B-plus Niche scores.
S.J. Welsh Middle has a student body of 1,107 students.
St. John Elementary is a place where students thrive.
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Things to consider
Despite its proximity to water, most of Graywood skirts flood zone designation. However, the Sassafras, Dogwood and Palmetto neighborhoods are all in Flood Zone AE, which poses the most risk, compared to neighborhoods in Flood Zone X, which poses minimal risk. But Graywood's drainage systems and terrain grading has helped it dodge the worst of almost every hurricane or tropical storm that has hit Lake Charles in modern history. "Typically, something that far south is in a flood zone. But I've never heard of any major flooding out there," Feist says. "Even in Hurricane Rita, and the other hurricanes that we've had since, such as Ike and Gustav, or Hurricanes Laura and Delta, I didn't hear of a lot of damage to homes out there, and I definitely did not hear of any flooding out there. They built those houses right."
A kayaker fishes along the Calcasieu River in Graywood.
Graywood is prone to flooding, due to its proximity to the water.
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Average Home Value
Source: Public Records
Property Mix - Square Feet
This Neighborhood Has More Owners
Demographics
Total Population
1,850
Median Age
42
Population Density
3 ppl/acre
Population under 18
27.1%
On par with the national average
23.8%
Population over 65
20.8%
On par with the national average
19.1%
Finances
Median Household Income
$208,056
Significantly above the national average
$71,702
Average Household Income
$209,170
Education and Workforce
High School Graduates
99.4%
Above the national average
89.1%
College Graduates
46.7%
Above the national average
34.1%
Advanced Degrees
18.9%
% Population in Labor Force
74.4%
Weather
Annual Precipitation
60''
Average Winter Low Temperature
44°F
Average Summer High Temperature
92°F
Annual Snowfall
0''
Area Factors
Somewhat Bikeable
Bike Score®
25/ 100
Car-Dependent
Walk Score®
8/ 100
Source: Walk Score
Source: Walk Score
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