Where do you find single-story homes in Flower Mound, and what do they cost?

Single-story homes in Flower Mound sit in two places: established east-side subdivisions built from the 1970s through the 1990s, including Westchester, Tealwood Oaks, Wellington, and the older streets in 75028, and larger-lot properties on the west side in 75022 where the land carries most of the price. Asking prices currently run from roughly $279,000 for a 1,200-square-foot home to $1.2 million and up for a single-story house on acreage. New single-story construction exists at Furst Ranch and Canyon Falls, but many of those addresses are legally in Argyle or Northlake, not Flower Mound.

By Brian White | September 1, 2026

Here's the thing nobody tells you when you check the "1 story" box on a home search: the box lies.

I ran the same search across two major portals on the same day. One returned 121 "1-story homes in Flower Mound." The other returned a list that opened with a home in Roanoke. Inside those results were 1.5-story plans, a two-story home whose own listing remarks say "gorgeous 2-story home," high-rise condos on Lakeside Parkway, and a stack of new-construction plans with Argyle addresses.

If you're filtering for one level because you have a real reason to, that's not a minor annoyance. It means most of what you're scrolling through isn't the thing you asked for, and the handful of homes that actually are get buried.

So let's fix the search.

Why single-story is scarce in Flower Mound, and why it costs more to build

Two things drive the shortage, and neither is about taste.

The first is construction math. A foundation and a roof are the two most expensive systems in a house, and on a single-story home they cover only one floor of living space. Put the same square footage on two levels and you cut the slab and the roof roughly in half. Builder cost analyses generally put the second story at 10 to 30 percent cheaper per square foot than widening the foundation for the same space on one level. A 2,400-square-foot single-story home might need 2,400 square feet of slab and roof. The two-story version needs about 1,200 of each.

The second is the lot. Flower Mound's zoning caps how much of a lot the building can cover. In the SF-E single-family estate district the minimum lot is a full acre and coverage is capped at 25 percent. In SF-5 the cap is 55 percent. On an acre those numbers are academic. On a standard subdivision lot, a single-story plan needs roughly twice the building footprint of a two-story plan with the same finished square footage, so setbacks and coverage limits bind much sooner.

Put those together and you get the pattern you see on the ground. When a lot is expensive, builders go up. That's why Flower Mound's heaviest building years produced two-story subdivision homes, and why the single-story stock clusters at the two ends of the market: older, smaller homes on modest lots, and larger homes on land where coverage was never the constraint.

Where the single-story inventory actually is

Here's what real single-story asking prices in Flower Mound looked like when I pulled them for this post.

Look at the per-square-foot column and you'll see the real story. The spread runs from about $204 to about $761, and almost none of that gap is the floor plan. The $761 home is a 1,512-square-foot house on 4.38 acres. You're buying dirt. The $204 home is a well-kept 2,085-square-foot house on a cul-de-sac in an established neighborhood.

Practically, this is how the market breaks down:

• Under $400,000. Older homes, roughly 1,000 to 1,600 square feet, mostly 75028. Expect original systems or partial updates. Several of these are honestly lot-value plays.
• $400,000 to $560,000. The heart of the resale market. Roughly 1,700 to 2,600 square feet in established neighborhoods including Westchester, Tealwood Oaks, and Wellington. This is where most people searching this actually land.
• Above $1 million. Acreage on the west side, or a large single-story custom home. Different product entirely, and priced on land.

New construction is a separate track. Highland Homes, Tradition Homes, and Ashton Woods all have single-story plans at Furst Ranch running from roughly $610,000 for about 1,880 square feet up past $1.1 million for 3,600 square feet, and there are single-story plans in Canyon Falls as well. If you're weighing that path, it's worth reading how new construction and resale compare in Flower Mound before you tour a model, because the tradeoffs are not just price.

One thing to watch there. Both of those communities cross municipal lines. A large share of the single-story new construction that shows up in a Flower Mound search carries an Argyle or Northlake address, which changes your city, your taxing entities, and in some cases whether there's a MUD assessment on top of your tax bill. The MUD taxes at Furst Ranch are a real line item, not a rounding error.

Why the portal filter can't be trusted, and what to use instead

The "stories" field is entered by the listing agent into the MLS, and it describes the structure, not the layout you care about. That single point of failure produces four distinct problems, and I saw all four in one afternoon.

Geography bleed. Portal city searches run on a radius or a ZIP grouping, not on municipal boundaries. Both portals I checked returned Roanoke, Argyle, Northlake, and Lewisville addresses inside a Flower Mound search. Flower Mound uses 75022 and 75028, but 76226 is shared across Argyle and Northlake, so anything anchored to a ZIP will leak.

One-and-a-half stories coded as one. A plan with a bonus room, a game room, or a guest suite over the garage is often entered as a single story because the main living is on one level. Two homes in my results were described in their own remarks as 1.5-story, with an upstairs game room, and both appeared under the one-story filter.

Plain miscoding. One listing returned by the single-story filter opens its remarks with "Gorgeous 2-story home." Nobody caught it.

Property type confusion. Single-level condos in a high-rise are, technically, one story. They are not a single-story house, and one showed up on a portal labeled as a multi-family home.

There's a fifth issue worth knowing about, and it's the one that costs money. The same home, on the same day, was listed at $474,500 on one portal and $494,000 on the other. Another showed $449,999 and $473,000. Portal price data updates on its own schedule and it is frequently behind. Treat a portal number as a lead, not a fact.

So what actually works? Search on the underlying data, not the checkbox. Filter by area and price, then read the remarks and the floor plan on every candidate, because agents describe the layout in words far more reliably than they code it in a field. Pull the county appraisal record, which lists the structure separately from the marketing copy. And have someone run it directly out of the MLS with the plan details attached, which is the version I send clients rather than a portal link.

What to verify before you write an offer

Once you've found a genuine single-story home here, a short list is worth working through.

• Confirm the municipality, not just the mailing address. Ask which city the property is in and which entities tax it. Furst Ranch and Canyon Falls both cross city lines, and the answer changes your tax bill and your city services.
• Read the title commitment's Schedule B. Some single-story homes in Flower Mound sit in communities with recorded age-restrictive covenants. That's a legal restriction on occupancy recorded against the property, and it does not appear in listing photos. It governs the home regardless of who buys it, so read it before you're under contract, not after.
• Budget the roof honestly. A single-story home has substantially more roof per square foot of living space than a two-story of the same size. On an older home, that's a larger replacement number and it should be part of your offer math.
• Check the foundation and drainage carefully. More slab means more perimeter and more exposure to the soil movement North Texas is known for. On a 1970s or 1980s home, a structural engineer's opinion is often money well spent before your option period runs out.
• Look at HVAC zoning and duct runs. Long horizontal runs across a wide footprint are a real comfort and utility-cost issue, and older single-story homes were frequently built with one system and no zoning.

None of that is a reason to avoid a single-story home. It's the difference between buying one on purpose and buying one by accident.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many single-story homes are actually for sale in Flower Mound?

Portals reported anywhere from roughly 49 to 121 when I checked, and none of those counts is clean. Each list included homes in neighboring cities, 1.5-story plans, and at least one two-story home. The number of genuine single-story houses inside Flower Mound town limits is meaningfully lower than the highest count you'll see.

What's the cheapest single-story home in Flower Mound right now?

Current asking prices start around $279,000 to $300,000 for homes in the 995 to 1,200 square foot range, generally built in the 1970s in 75028 or near the lake in 75022. At that level you're often buying the lot as much as the house, so factor renovation or replacement costs into the number.

Do single-story homes hold their value better in Flower Mound?

The resale data here doesn't support a clean premium either way. The per-square-foot spread on single-story listings runs from about $204 to $761, and the variation tracks lot size, condition, and location far more than the number of floors. Where single-story does carry a clear premium is new construction, because it costs the builder more to build.

Are there new single-story homes being built in Flower Mound?

Yes, at Furst Ranch and Canyon Falls, with single-story plans from Highland Homes, Tradition Homes, Ashton Woods, and Chesmar Homes running from roughly $610,000 to over $1.1 million. Verify the city on any specific homesite, though, because both communities cross into Argyle and Northlake and a large share of those listings are not in Flower Mound.

Why does my search show homes in Argyle and Roanoke?

Portal city searches typically run on a radius or a ZIP grouping rather than actual city limits. Flower Mound uses 75022 and 75028, while 76226 covers parts of Argyle and Northlake, so anything anchored to ZIP or distance pulls in neighboring cities. Always confirm the municipality on a listing before you get attached to it.

Finding the ones that are actually there

Single-story inventory in Flower Mound is genuinely thin, it's concentrated in a handful of established neighborhoods and on the west side acreage, and the search tools most people use will hide half of it and add homes that don't qualify. The homes are there. The filter just isn't going to hand them to you.

This is exactly the kind of search I run out of the MLS rather than off a portal, with the plan details and the city confirmed before anyone spends a Saturday driving. If you're working through a move like this, schedule a free Move-Up Strategy Call ... thirty minutes, no pitch, just a clear-headed look at where you are and what your best next move looks like.

This article is general information, not legal, tax, or lending advice. Listing prices and inventory counts change daily and were current as of September 1, 2026. Verify your specific numbers with your agent, your lender, your title company, and where appropriate a licensed Texas attorney.

About Brian White

Brian White helps families in Northwest DFW make their move-up cleanly, selling and buying in one synchronized step. He built BlueFuse Group on a simple standard: other-first service, proactive at every turn, faith and excellence in equal measure. Brian has been married to Tisha for 27 years and is dad to three adult sons. When he's not protecting a family's equity or untangling a tight closing timeline, you'll find him chasing a round of golf or at Valley Creek Church.

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