Residents say half-finished homes in the Rocking Wilco development have sat untouched for months as the builder remains silent.
GEORGETOWN, Texas — What was once billed as a speedy new housing project north of Austin has now turned into a neighborhood full of abandoned shells.
About 30 miles northwest of the city, a few dozen unfinished homes sit off Wild Nolina Way on Trumpet Drive in Georgetown. The builder had promised fully functional homes in just 60 days, but now the site looks more like a graveyard for new construction.
Elsewhere, Georgetown is buzzing with growth and construction, but on Trumpet Drive, the sound of hammers and saws has gone silent.
Richard McGee, who bought his house across the street in June, said construction was fully underway.
“They were building pretty quick,” McGee said. “They were putting the walls up and the roofs, and then suddenly it just stopped,” he added.
Other neighbors told KVUE that the homes have been in various stages of development for about half a year. McGee said the half-finished homes are now showing signs of neglect.
“You can see the roofs are falling off and kind of in disrepair at the moment,” he said.
The builder, Onx Homes, announced in January 2024 that it planned to bring almost 1,000 homes to “Rocking Wilco”, a new development on Trumpet Drive. The $33 million project was in its first phase, with the company stating on its website that it would start building in the summer and the first 40-50 homes would be ready to be put on the market by October.
The homes would’ve been competitively priced at around $350,000 to $450,000, and between 1,800 to 2,400 square-feet.
To ask why work has stopped, KVUE reached out to Onx Homes CEO Ravi Bhat.
He declined to comment and directed KVUE to the company’s marketing director, who has not yet responded at the time of publication.
As the structures sit idle and exposed to the elements, neighbors like McGee worry that the abandoned homes could become eyesores or even safety hazards.
“I’m a home inspector, so I inspect homes all the time, and after a while, if they’re not supported properly on the wall side, they will start, you know … we’ll see some decay,” McGee said. “The foundation should be fine, but obviously if you could go over there and look, you can see parts of the buildings are already falling down.”
KVUE also reached out to the company funding the project, The Aztec Group, who has not yet responded.