The short version: Villages of Woodland Springs is a 1,300-acre master-planned community in far north Fort Worth (ZIP 76244) with more than 4,600 homes, six pools, 16 fishing ponds, and Keller ISD schools — a Fort Worth address that lives on Keller institutions. The two things buyers most often miss: school zoning changes by village inside the community, and the homes span 2001 to the 2020s, so a house here can be nearly new or old enough to need a roof, an HVAC system, and a hard look at its foundation. Both are covered below, with sources.
What Villages of Woodland Springs is
The community was developed by Centurion American Development Group along Timberland Boulevard in the Alliance corridor, and homes in the public record date from 2001 forward — it was, in the Dallas Business Journal’s early-2000s assessment, the fastest-growing community in Fort Worth. It has since matured into one of the largest established neighborhoods in north Fort Worth: the HOA counts over 4,600 residences across a patchwork of villages with distinct characters, from single-story villas in Sugar Groves to larger homes in Hillside and Forest Hill.
Geography takes a sentence to explain, because it confuses everyone: Villages of Woodland Springs sits inside the City of Fort Worth, but its ZIP code (76244), its mailing identity, and its schools are Keller’s. Interstate 35W is the spine — downtown Fort Worth is about 15 miles south, Medical City Alliance about 6 miles away, and DFW International Airport about 19 miles, per Homes.com.
Sources: Homes.com — Woodland Springs · VOWS HOA Welcome Packet · GlobeSt — Centurion American’s Villages of Woodland Springs (2006)
The amenities are the argument
Six private pools anchor the community, including the large pool with a slide at Woodland Springs Park. Around them: 16 catch-and-release fishing ponds, walking trails, three sand volleyball courts, two half basketball courts, a roller hockey rink, a tennis court, and parks including Bray Birch Park (volleyball and softball) and Babbling Brook Park. The Amenity Center at 12209 Timberland Boulevard is rentable for private events, and the HOA runs a full events calendar.
The trade-off is a real HOA. The Villages of Woodland Springs HOA — an elected homeowner board with day-to-day management by FirstService Residential — bills $436.96 twice a year for 2026 (about $874 annually), funding the pools and their lifeguards, common-area landscaping, and amenity operations. Our Villages of Woodland Springs fact page keeps the sourced numbers in one place.
Sources: VOWS HOA Welcome Packet · VOWS HOA — 2026 assessment letter · VOWS HOA FAQs
The homes: two markets in one neighborhood
Because construction ran from 2001 into the 2020s, age — not just price — is the first sort in this community. Listing records describe brick homes with composition shingle roofs on slab foundations, and recent sales show the spread: a 2002 home at $400,000, a 2022 home at $525,000, and a 2,752-square-foot home at $559,000, all sold in October 2025. Sprinkler systems are standard equipment on most lots, and a good share of homes have private pools behind the community’s own six.
That age range changes what a smart buyer budgets for. The earliest homes are 20–25 years old: original architectural shingle roofs are at the end of their typical service range, original air-conditioning systems predate the 2020 end of R-22 refrigerant production, and water heaters have typically been replaced at least once. Newer villages carry none of those questions but sell at newer-home prices. Either way, the inspection is where the real number gets set — the next section covers what it should actually examine here.
Sources: Homes.com — Woodland Springs sold and listing records · Homes.com — Woodland Springs
Schools: Keller ISD, zoned by village
Every home in Villages of Woodland Springs is in Keller ISD, which earned a B in the Texas Education Agency’s 2025 accountability ratings. But there is no single campus list for the community: listing records show three different elementary assignments depending on the village — Woodland Springs Elementary, Caprock Elementary, and Independence Elementary — along with Trinity Meadows Intermediate and Trinity Springs Middle School. Timber Creek High School is the one consistent assignment across listings. Keller ISD assigns by exact address, so confirm the campuses for the specific home with the district before you weight schools in an offer.
Sources: Homes.com — Woodland Springs and property records · TEA 2025 accountability — Keller ISD
Buying here: what a home inspection should look for in Villages of Woodland Springs
A Texas home inspection follows the Texas Real Estate Commission’s Standards of Practice and lands on the standard TREC report form — foundation, roof, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and appliances, with the inspector’s required opinion on how the foundation is performing. In this community, four things deserve a buyer’s specific attention:
The foundation, on clay. Homes here sit on slab-on-grade foundations over North Texas expansive clay, which swells and shrinks with moisture. The inspection read that matters is not just cracks — it is drainage and grading around the slab, and whether the lot’s sprinkler system and landscaping have kept soil moisture even. Foundation performance is the one opinion Texas requires on every report; in a 20-year-old home on clay, it is the section to read first.
The roof’s real age. Composition shingles on the 2001–2005 homes are at or past the typical 20–25-year service range, and DFW hail makes condition — not just age — the question. Ask when the roof was last replaced (some sellers already advertise it) and expect the inspector’s roof findings to drive both negotiation and insurance conversations.
The HVAC’s refrigerant and year. Systems installed before about 2010 commonly use R-22, which the EPA stopped producing and importing on January 1, 2020. An original unit in an early VOWS home is not automatically a defect — but its data plate tells you whether you are buying years of service or a near-term five-figure replacement, and a good inspection reads it.
The lot systems. Most homes have in-ground sprinklers and many have pools, and neither is inside the standard TREC inspection scope — they are add-on evaluations. A sprinkler leak is also a foundation-moisture issue in clay country, which makes the add-on more than a nice-to-have here.
The Registry’s verified home inspector for Villages of Woodland Springs is Kyle Fisher of Fisher Home Inspections in Keller — a TREC-licensed Professional Real Estate Inspector (license 26708-PI), which is the highest of TREC’s three inspector license tiers. His published approach fits this housing stock: three to five hours on site, a same-day photo-rich report, thermal imaging and moisture meters as standard tools, and drone roof imagery (his team includes FAA Part 107–certified remote pilots) when a roof cannot be walked safely. He also publishes the add-ons this neighborhood calls for — sprinkler, pool, and WDI/termite coordination among them — and our explainer on what a home inspection covers walks through the standard scope in plain language. Fisher’s stated position is buyer-first: he publishes an agent-free guarantee, meaning he works for the buyer rather than the transaction. Verify any inspector the same way we did — the license lookup is free on the TREC record.
The verified local team for Villages of Woodland Springs
Neighborhood Registry verifies one professional per role in each neighborhood against the state license record. For Villages of Woodland Springs, Kyle Fisher holds the home-inspector seat — we checked his TREC license directly against the public record. The verified Realtor seat and the verified loan officer seat for the neighborhood are currently open; licensed professionals serving the area can apply to claim them. The Villages of Woodland Springs neighborhood page tracks the seats and the wider verified team, as part of the Registry’s Keller coverage.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Villages of Woodland Springs? In far north Fort Worth, Texas, along Timberland Boulevard in the Alliance corridor — but with a Keller ZIP code (76244), Keller mailing identity, and Keller ISD schools. Downtown Fort Worth is about 15 miles south and DFW Airport about 19 miles away.
How big is Villages of Woodland Springs? About 1,300 acres with more than 4,600 residences, according to the homeowners association. It was developed by Centurion American and built out from 2001 into the 2020s.
What are the HOA dues in Villages of Woodland Springs? For 2026, $436.96 billed twice a year — about $874 annually — funding the six pools, common-area landscaping, and amenity operations. The HOA is managed day-to-day by FirstService Residential.
What amenities does Villages of Woodland Springs have? Six private pools, 16 catch-and-release fishing ponds, walking trails, three sand volleyball courts, a roller hockey rink, tennis and basketball courts, several parks, and a rentable Amenity Center on Timberland Boulevard.
What schools serve Villages of Woodland Springs? Keller ISD, which earned a B in the Texas Education Agency’s 2025 ratings. Elementary and middle-school assignments vary by village — Woodland Springs, Caprock, and Independence elementaries all appear in listings — while Timber Creek High School is the consistent high-school assignment. Verify zoning for a specific address with Keller ISD.
What should a home inspection focus on in Villages of Woodland Springs? The same TREC-standard systems as anywhere in Texas, with four local emphases: foundation performance on expansive clay soil (including drainage and grading), the age and hail condition of composition shingle roofs on the 2001–2005 homes, the age and refrigerant type of the HVAC system (pre-2010 systems often use R-22, out of production since 2020), and the add-on systems most homes here have — sprinklers and pools.
Who is the verified home inspector for Villages of Woodland Springs? Kyle Fisher of Fisher Home Inspections (TREC Professional Real Estate Inspector, license 26708-PI) holds the home-inspector seat for Villages of Woodland Springs on Neighborhood Registry, which verified his license against the TREC public record.
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