on August 18, 2026
I recently toured a Highland Homes model on a 65-foot lot in Star Trail. The home is nearly 4,300 square feet with five bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms, two bedrooms downstairs, a private office, downstairs media room, multiple living spaces, a huge kitchen, luxury primary suite, and plenty of room for entertaining.
I’m Jake Inderman, a Prosper TX Realtor and North Texas real estate agent helping buyers and relocation clients compare Star Trail homes with communities throughout Prosper, Celina, and Frisco.
If you’re thinking about moving to Prosper TX, here’s what you should know about this Highland Homes floor plan and living in Star Trail.
**Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/GDVWtHr0TKU
Star Trail is a master-planned community in Prosper, Texas, offering luxury homes, community amenities, green space, multiple lot sizes, and convenient access to the continued growth happening throughout Prosper and North Frisco.
One of Star Trail’s biggest advantages is location.
You’re in Prosper while remaining relatively close to Frisco, PGA Frisco, shopping, dining, and the continued development occurring throughout the Dallas North Tollway corridor.
For relocation buyers who want a Prosper address without moving as far north as some of Celina’s newer developments, that location can be a major selling point.
The home featured in my tour was built by Highland Homes on a 65-foot homesite.
Highland also offered 55-foot and 86-foot lot options in Star Trail at the time of filming.
That gives buyers an opportunity to choose a homesite based on how much house, yard, and outdoor space they actually need.
The featured 65-foot model is nearly 4,300 square feet and offers:
It’s a floor plan designed for someone who wants space but also wants that square footage to be functional.
The featured home sits on one of Star Trail’s 65-foot homesites.
For buyers comparing Prosper new construction, lot width is something I’d pay close attention to.
A wider lot can affect more than your backyard.
It can influence:
Highland’s 65-foot product creates a good middle ground between smaller homesites and some of the community’s larger 86-foot options.
At the time I toured the model, the floor plan started in the high $900,000s before upgrades.
That number needs context.
This is a model home.
Model homes are designed to showcase what a builder can do, which means they can contain a significant amount of upgrades.
During the tour, I estimated this model could have a couple hundred thousand dollars in upgraded finishes and options.
So don’t walk into the model and assume the advertised starting price buys everything you’re seeing.
This is one of the most important things to understand when buying new construction in Prosper.
A builder’s starting price is exactly that—a starting price.
Your actual finished price may include:
Separate the floor plan from the finishes.
You may love the layout without needing every upgrade shown in the model.
If I had to pick one theme for this house, it would be entertaining.
There are multiple spaces where people can gather without everyone being forced into one room.
You have the main living room, kitchen, dining area, downstairs media room, bonus sitting room, dry bar, and another living/game-room area upstairs.
That’s an impressive amount of usable living space for a home around 4,300 square feet.
For buyers who regularly host holidays, friends, extended family, or clients, this layout makes a lot of sense.
The kitchen is one of the highlights of the home.
The oversized island provides substantial prep space, storage, and seating.
Other kitchen features shown in the model include:
If you love cooking or entertaining, having double ovens is one of those features that becomes particularly useful around holidays and larger gatherings.
The kitchen connects directly into the primary living spaces.
This gives the downstairs a very open feeling while still maintaining distinct areas for different uses.
One of the things I like about the floor plan is that the openness doesn’t eliminate flexibility.
You still have private spaces.
That’s important.
A completely open house can look impressive, but it isn’t always practical when multiple people are trying to do different things.
The media room being downstairs is one of the more interesting decisions in this floor plan.
Many two-story homes put the media room upstairs.
Here, it’s located close to the main living and entertaining areas.
That has several advantages.
If you’re entertaining, guests don’t need to constantly walk upstairs to use the media space.
It can also work well for older family members or anyone who simply prefers minimizing stairs.
Whether you prefer it upstairs or downstairs is personal, but I think it works particularly well with the rest of this floor plan.
The house also has a legitimate private office.
The office features sliding doors and substantial natural light from multiple windows.
For relocation buyers working remotely, this is an important feature.
You don’t have to convert one of the five bedrooms into a workspace.
And because the office is positioned farther toward the back of the home, it has more separation from the front entry and some of the primary entertaining areas.
One of my favorite parts of this floor plan is that the dedicated office isn’t your only workspace option.
Near the kitchen is another bonus/sitting room.
The model uses it as more of a formal sitting and piano area, but it could potentially become another office depending on your needs.
For a household where both spouses work remotely, that’s a major advantage.
You can potentially have two legitimate workspaces without sacrificing a bedroom.
The bonus room also includes a dry bar with refrigerator space and wine storage.
This fits the entertaining theme of the house.
Instead of everyone gathering around the primary kitchen every time someone wants a drink, you have a separate beverage area close to the living spaces.
It’s a small feature compared with the overall size of the home, but it makes the entertaining layout more functional.
Highland Homes is known for creating impressive primary suites, and this model doesn’t disappoint.
The primary bathroom has more of a spa-like feel with:
I particularly like the separation between the tub and shower area.
It gives the bathroom a more private and custom feel.
The primary closet is enormous.
There’s extensive hanging space, shelving, shoe storage, folded-clothing storage, and additional room to potentially add even more storage systems.
If closet space is high on your priority list, this is one of the stronger features of the floor plan.
But the location of the closet is just as useful as its size.
The primary closet connects directly into the laundry room.
This is one of my favorite practical features in newer luxury homes.
Instead of carrying clothes across the house, the laundry room is immediately accessible from the closet.
The laundry room shown in the model includes:
This isn’t the kind of feature that sells a home in a listing photo.
But it’s something you appreciate constantly once you live there.
Another major advantage is having two bedrooms on the first floor.
You have the primary suite plus a secondary bedroom with convenient access to a full bathroom.
That second downstairs bedroom could work well for:
For many relocation buyers, having at least two downstairs bedrooms has become a major priority.
Upstairs, you get another large secondary living space.
This gives the house multiple entertainment zones.
Adults can be downstairs in the kitchen and main living area while kids or guests use the upstairs game room.
The additional separation can make a huge difference in a larger household.
The upstairs secondary bedrooms are also appropriately sized for a home at this price point.
During my tour, I specifically noted that one of the upstairs bedrooms was noticeably larger than the downstairs guest room.
The secondary bedrooms also offer good closet space and bathroom access.
That’s something I like to see in luxury homes.
If you’re paying close to or above $1 million for a house, the secondary bedrooms shouldn’t feel like an afterthought.
One of the most interesting financial advantages of Star Trail is the tax structure discussed during my tour.
At the time of filming, I referenced a property tax rate around 1.91% to 1.92%.
For a luxury home, that matters.
When you’re purchasing around $1 million or more, even relatively small differences in tax rates can create meaningful differences in your annual and monthly housing costs.
Always verify the current tax rate for the specific property you’re considering.
At the time of my tour, I noted that this Star Trail property was not subject to a MUD or PID assessment.
That’s significant when comparing Star Trail with some newer North Texas communities.
MUDs, PIDs, and other special districts can add substantial costs to homeownership.
That doesn’t automatically make communities with those assessments bad investments or poor places to live.
It means you need to compare the entire payment.
A lower purchase price in one community can potentially be offset by a higher tax burden.
The home featured in my tour was within Prosper ISD at the time of filming.
For buyers prioritizing a particular school district, always verify current attendance boundaries for the exact property.
North Texas is growing rapidly, and attendance zones can change as new schools open.
Don’t rely solely on an old listing or builder brochure.
Star Trail offers established community amenities and green space.
During the tour, you could see amenity areas and open green space from parts of the model home.
That’s another distinction between Star Trail and some of Celina’s newest developments.
You’re not necessarily buying into a community where everything is still conceptual.
For buyers who don’t want to wait years for the neighborhood around them to develop, an established Prosper community can be appealing.
Location is one of the strongest reasons to consider Star Trail.
You’re in Prosper while remaining close to Frisco and not far from PGA Frisco.
That gives residents access to established shopping, dining, entertainment, employment areas, and the continued development happening throughout North Frisco.
For buyers comparing Prosper against Celina, this can be one of the biggest differences.
Moving farther north can potentially get you more home or lot for your budget.
Staying in Prosper can give you greater proximity to Frisco and established conveniences.
This is a comparison I’d make with many buyers.
Suppose your budget is around $1 million.
In Star Trail, you’re getting an established Prosper location, relatively low tax rate, Prosper ISD, amenities, and proximity to Frisco.
Move farther north into Celina and you may be able to find:
But you may also encounter:
Neither is automatically better.
It depends on what matters to you.
Fields of Frisco is another community luxury buyers may compare against Star Trail.
Fields puts you even closer to PGA Frisco, Universal Kids Resort, Fields West, and the Dallas North Tollway.
Star Trail gives you a Prosper location and may offer a different combination of lot size, taxes, amenities, and home options.
For many buyers, the decision comes down to whether they value the major development surrounding Fields or prefer the more established residential environment of Star Trail.
Windsong Ranch is another major Prosper community buyers frequently consider.
Windsong Ranch is particularly known for its resort-style amenities and Crystal Lagoon.
Star Trail offers a different lifestyle.
If amenities are your number-one priority, Windsong Ranch deserves a close look.
If you’re focused more heavily on the house itself, location, lot options, tax structure, and a luxury established neighborhood, Star Trail could be a stronger fit.
This is where relocation buyers can make expensive mistakes.
Don’t compare a $1 million Star Trail home with a $900,000 home somewhere else and automatically assume the $900,000 home is cheaper.
Calculate:
A lower tax rate can make a meaningful difference at higher home values.
That’s why I help clients compare communities based on actual ownership costs instead of just asking prices.
Star Trail may be a strong fit if you’re looking for:
The Highland Homes 65-foot product is particularly compelling for buyers who want substantial living space without necessarily moving onto one of the largest homesites in the community.
Star Trail won’t be the best option for every buyer.
You may want to compare other communities if:
Again, those aren’t necessarily negatives.
They’re simply reasons another community might fit your priorities better.
Star Trail is a master-planned community in Prosper, Texas, near Frisco and the continued growth around PGA Frisco.
Yes. The model featured in my tour was a Highland Homes floor plan on a 65-foot homesite.
At the time of filming, I referenced 55-foot, 65-foot, and 86-foot homesite options.
The featured floor plan was almost 4,300 square feet with five bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms.
At the time of my tour, the featured floor plan started in the high $900,000s before upgrades. Builder pricing, inventory, incentives, and lot premiums can change, so buyers should verify current options.
The Star Trail property discussed in my tour was not subject to a MUD or PID assessment. Buyers should verify the current tax and assessment structure for the specific property they’re considering.
I referenced approximately 1.91% to 1.92% during my tour. Always verify the current tax rate for a specific property.
The home featured in my tour was within Prosper ISD at the time of filming. Verify current school attendance boundaries directly for the specific address.
Yes. One of Star Trail’s advantages is its Prosper location with relatively convenient access to Frisco and PGA Frisco.
Certain floor plans can be. The Highland Homes model I toured has two bedrooms downstairs, including a secondary bedroom with full-bath access, which could work well for parents, in-laws, or long-term guests.
The featured model has a dedicated private office plus an additional bonus room that could potentially become a second office, making it particularly flexible for households with multiple people working from home.
For the right buyer, Star Trail offers a very compelling combination.
You’re getting a Prosper location, luxury homes, larger lot options, established amenities, Prosper ISD, proximity to Frisco and PGA Frisco, and—based on the property featured in my tour—a property tax rate around 1.91% to 1.92% without a MUD or PID assessment.
The Highland Homes 65-foot model demonstrates what the luxury side of Star Trail can look like.
Nearly 4,300 square feet, five bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms, two bedrooms downstairs, a huge kitchen, dedicated office, downstairs media room, multiple entertainment spaces, a luxury primary suite, enormous closet, and connected laundry room create a floor plan that’s extremely functional for its size.
The biggest thing buyers need to watch is the upgrade budget.
Don’t confuse the model-home experience with the base price.
Determine what you actually need, calculate the finished cost, and then compare that total against other options in Prosper, Frisco, and Celina.
That’s how you determine whether Star Trail is actually the right community for you.
I’m Jake Inderman, a Prosper TX Realtor and North Texas real estate agent helping buyers and relocation clients compare Star Trail with communities throughout Prosper, Frisco, and Celina.
I help buyers understand luxury homes, new construction, builders, builder incentives, lot premiums, property taxes, MUD/PID/MMD assessments, HOA costs, amenities, school zoning, commute times, and the true monthly cost of purchasing a home in North Texas.
If you’re moving to Prosper TX in the next 9 days or 9 months, reach out. I can help you compare Star Trail homes with other Prosper communities, schedule in-person or FaceTime home tours, and determine which neighborhood, builder, lot, and floor plan best fit your budget and lifestyle.
Jake Inderman | Prosper TX Realtor
Call/Text: 469-343-2008
Email: jake.inderman@gmail.com