Before you buy
Which utility can actually serve this parcel
Poles on the road do not mean service. Certificated territory decides who can connect you.
Texas utilities hold certificated service areas. The holder for your parcel is the entity that can connect you, and no other provider may serve you instead. Lines crossing your land on an easement may be serving someone else entirely.
Verify by identifying the certificated holder for the specific parcel, then calling them with the legal description and asking two things: can you serve this parcel, and what would the extension cost from your nearest facilities. Get the second answer in writing.
Note that the certificated maps published online carry caveats about being unofficial. For a specific parcel, the utility itself is the authority.
Free to verify. Identifying the holder and calling them costs nothing. The extension estimate may take the utility some time to produce, so ask early.
The rest of the checklist
Whether water can reach it
A certificated water provider may still be unable or unwilling to add your tap.
Legal access
A road you can drive on is not the same as access you have a right to use.
Easements and rights-of-way
Lines crossing your land may not be able to serve it, and easements can limit where you build.
Deed restrictions
Restrictions recorded decades ago can prohibit manufactured homes outright.
Floodplain status
Floodplain changes the pad, the height, the steps and the paperwork.
Soil and septic feasibility
The soil decides the system, and the system may not fit.
Driveway and culvert
Access has to be built before almost anything else can happen.
Lot size and setbacks
The buildable area is smaller than the lot, sometimes much smaller.
Have us look before you close
We evaluate parcels for buyers — access, utilities, soil and what the site work will actually take. Cheaper than finding out afterward.