French Brothers in Lubbock

French Brothers is a second-generation New Mexico builder — Alamogordo is home, Las Cruces is its biggest market — and Lubbock is its newest. Online it still reads as a Las Cruces company; on the ground in west Lubbock it has four communities, a flagship model, and one of the clearer agent policies in this market.

Where I stand, so you can weigh what you read here. I work closely with Ventura Homes — they are the builder I know best and the one I walk clients through most often. I am saying that up front because a builder guide written as though the author has no point of view is not being straight with you. It does not change a word of what follows: everything on this page comes from the builder’s own published pages, with the date I read them, and I will represent you on a purchase from this builder properly and without hesitation.

What French Brothers lists in Lubbock

The builder’s Lubbock market page summarized it on 2026-10-22 as “4 Communities / 10 Homes / 6 Floor Plans / From $369,900”: Escondido Ranch (79407, the Texas Classic Series, 2,101–2,540 sq ft, with the flagship Abilene model at 7604 52nd Street), Frenship Estates (79407, 2,099–2,540 sq ft), Hidden Oaks (146th and Frankford, marked “Coming Soon”, “Starting in the $600s”), and The Vineyards at Escondido Ranch (a Reserve Collection home of roughly 4,400 sq ft). The six Texas Classic plans — El Paso, Houston, Abilene, Dallas, Midland, Galveston — were published from $369,900 to $465,900, and the same plan carried different “from” prices on different community pages, so confirm the figure on the home itself. Several Lubbock listings showed a struck original price next to a lower current one.

The builder describes what it sells here as “a different kind of production home”: fixed plans, a design studio for finishes, and a published process of “8 preplanned meetings plus weekly calls.” That is a production builder with a custom-feeling front end, and it is worth knowing which half you are buying.

Working with an agent — the builder’s own policy

French Brothers publishes a dedicated Realtors page: “When you register your client with French Brothers, your commission is protected according to our Realtor Registration Policy,” and “Register before your client’s first visit to a model home or community, and we’ll confirm receipt by email.” It adds, in its own words, “your client is your client.” No commission percentage is published and the policy document itself is referenced but not linked. So the rule here is explicit: your agent registers you before your first visit. A Lubbock event page adds “Realtors are welcome, too.”

Warranty and incentives

The warranty page publishes a one-year workmanship-and-materials warranty serviced by an in-house team, two years on the delivery portion of electrical, mechanical and plumbing systems, and a 10-year StrucSure Home Warranty® on all homes, with a note that work you contract yourself without the builder’s authorization will likely not be covered. No affiliated lender is named on the site. Published incentives on 2026-10-22: a Hometown Hero discount of $1,500 for eligible military, first-responder, medical and education buyers (one per home, not combinable), a $500 homeowner referral program, and listing-page payment estimates that assume a 2-1 temporary buydown — read that fine print before you treat the monthly figure as yours.

Before you decide: the builder I work with most closely

If you are far enough along to be reading a page like this one, spend an afternoon with more than one builder — and I would want Ventura Homes to be one of them. I know their communities and their plan library, I know who to call when a question needs a real answer instead of a brochure answer, and I can usually get that answer the same day. You can walk their full floor-plan library here before you ever visit a model home. If this builder turns out to be the better fit for you, that is a fine outcome and I will get you through it. Do not decide before you have looked at both.

Compensation disclosure. If you buy a home from this builder — or from Ventura, or any other builder — with me representing you, the builder may pay a commission to my brokerage, Realty Refined. That is the normal arrangement in new construction. Your buyer representation agreement, which we sign before we tour, states exactly what you owe and how any builder-paid amount is credited; a builder-paid commission does not by itself make representation “free” to you.

Working with a REALTOR® on a French Brothers purchase

I am not here to talk you into or out of any builder. What I do is represent your side: reading the builder’s contract (it is the builder’s own paperwork, not the standard Texas resale form), keeping the schedule honest, standing on your end of the walkthrough and the inspection — yes, you still want an independent inspection on a brand-new home — and, if you own a home already, running the sale and the purchase as one plan instead of two crises.

The one thing with a clock on it: name your agent at your first contact with the builder, before you tour. Where this builder publishes its own rule, it is quoted above; where it does not, ask them directly what they need from you and your agent before the first visit, and keep the answer.

Sources and verification

Every factual statement about this builder on this page comes from the builder’s own published pages, read on 2026-10-22: Lubbock market page · Escondido Ranch · Frenship Estates · Hidden Oaks · Realtors · Warranty · Contact. Builder prices, incentives and availability change without notice — the builder’s live page governs. This page is reviewed by Bre Brossman and re-verified against those sources on a regular cadence; if anything here no longer matches what the builder publishes, email Bre@realty-refined.com and it will be corrected the same day.

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