Royal Oaks Country Club is a country club and subdivision in Houston, Texas, United States in the Alief community. The country club is located at 2910 Royal Oaks Club Drive,[1] 8 miles (13 km) west of The Galleria.[2] Sunrise Colony Company developed Royal Oaks out of the former Andrau Airpark property.
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Andrau Airpark closed in 1998. Sunrise Colony Co. developed Royal Oaks Country Club. The company selected the site to develop a community because of the location in proximity to several business districts (it is immediately west of the Westchase business district), The Galleria, entertainment centers, George Bush Intercontinental Airport, and William P. Hobby Airport (via the Sam Houston Tollway (Beltway 8) which runs about a mile east). Builders that agreed to develop houses in the complex include Abercrombie Custom Homes, Charles R. Martin and Associates, Jonathon Custom Estate Homes, King Residential Group, Masterpiece Homes, and McVaugh Custom Homes. As of September 8, 2000 the community developers sold 204 houses, including 34 of the 43 estate houses.[3]
The community developers planned to establish 900 single family and estate houses; of the houses 43 were to be estate houses. As of 2000 the prices were to be set between $300,000 and over $3 million. The community offered 26 house designs. The elevations range up to 15 feet (0.0046 km).[3]
Access to and from the community is controlled by a video-monitored gatehouse, which is manned 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. A masonry wall surrounds the community.
Members of the community have a subdivision-wide intranet and a fiber-optic network. The community offers executive, gold, sports club and spa, and social club and swim memberships.[3]
The Houston Fire Department operates Fire Station 83 Royal Oaks, a part of Fire District 83.[4] Station 83, a three bay station, has an ambulance, an engine, and a squad; the station houses about nine firefighters per each four hour shift. The area around what is now Station 83 experienced a wave of construction of high density housing, which stressed the existing emergency infrastructure services. The city responded, holding a groundbreaking for Station 83 on October 8, 2002. The fire department assumed ownership of the station on February 14, 2005. On March 2, 2005 firefighters moved into the station. On June 1, 2005 ribbon-cutting ceremony was held.[5]
Houston City Council District F covers Royal Oaks Country Club.[6]
Families are zoned to schools in the Alief Independent School District.
Residents are zoned to:
All Alief ISD residents are assigned high schools through a lottery. Outcomes include Elsik, Hastings, and Taylor.
Many residents choose to send their children to private schools.
The community hosts a 7,033-yard (1.589-acre), par-72 Fred Couples signature golf course. In addition it houses a 45,000 square feet (4,200 m2) clubhouse, a sports club and spa complex, a tennis complex, an aquatic center, and a restaurant. The club and spa complex includes another 11,000 square feet (1,000 m2) clubhouse.[3]