Luxury Vinyl Plank in Missouri City, TX

Start with a curiosity: why is a Texas city named after Missouri? In 1893 W. R. McElroy gave the settlement that name to help sell land to investors in St. Louis. It stayed small for decades and incorporated on March 13, 1956, largely out of fear of being annexed by Houston. By the 2020 census it had 74,259 residents.

The neighborhood that set the pattern for much of Fort Bend is right here. In 1969 James H. MacNaughton began Quail Valley around a private country club with two 18-hole courses, El Dorado and La Quinta, and the Houston Open was played there in 1973 and 1974. Most of the building was done by the end of the 1970s. The original section has more than 3,000 homes, and the wider Quail Valley area about 4,372. In 2008 the city bought the golf course, reopened El Dorado in 2009 after an overhaul, turned the old executive nine into MacNaughton Park, and opened the City Centre at Quail Valley in 2012. Fondren Park dates from the early 1960s, so it is older still.

That makes Missouri City a place where we spend a lot of time in homes from the late 1960s and 1970s. Here is what those jobs tend to look like.

First, figuring out what is down there. A house that is fifty years old has usually had several floors. We regularly find carpet over sheet vinyl over the original tile, or a later tile laid straight onto an older one. Some older resilient flooring and adhesives can contain asbestos, so if something looks original we will flag it before anyone starts breaking it up, rather than guess. Removal and slab prep usually decide the schedule more than the installation itself.

Second, opening the floor plan. Homes of this era tend to have separate formal rooms, sunken dens and a material change at every doorway. Owners remodeling now usually want one floor running through the living areas. That means planning transitions at fireplaces and steps, and replacing baseboards and quarter round that were cut for a different floor height.

Third, choosing with water in mind. In 2017 Lake Olympia, Quail Valley and Riverstone were the Missouri City neighborhoods most affected by Harvey's flooding, and 200 to 400 homes in the city took damage. Oyster Creek runs south through town, and the levee districts that protect many neighborhoods were tested that week. If your home is in one of those areas, waterproof luxury vinyl plank and porcelain tile are the floors that come through a wet event best. If water has been in the house before, we will check the slab carefully before anything goes down.

The newer side of town. Lakes of Brightwater, Riverstone and nearby Sienna are the newer communities, with plenty of large two-story homes. Those jobs look different: flat slabs, builder-grade carpet ready to go, stairs to redo, and upstairs wood that needs to match what is already downstairs.

Across both, the ground is the same. Much of the Houston area sits on clay soils that swell when wet and shrink when dry, and slabs move with them. We install tile over crack isolation membranes and recommend engineered hardwood or floating floors over rigid installs on concrete.

We're based in Richmond, and Missouri City is well inside our regular service area. No showroom to drive to: we bring samples to your home, measure, and leave you with a clear quote. The estimate is free, and flexible payment plans are available for qualified customers, subject to credit approval. Call (346) 396-6398.