Stairs & Trim in Sienna, TX

Sienna's land has a long and uncomfortable history. Jonathan D. Waters bought it in 1840 and ran a sugar and cotton plantation worked by enslaved people until 1865. It later passed to Thomas W. House and then Thomas H. Scanlan, and from the 1950s until 1972 the Cenacle Sisters ran a retreat there. The community dropped Plantation from its name in May 2019.

The modern community has its own slow-then-fast arc. Johnson Development began work in 1978, including roads and a 10-mile levee for flood protection. The 1980s downturn stalled it, investment from Tan Yu revived it in 1994, and the first homes sold in 1996. By 2009, about 5,000 of 5,200 planned homes were occupied, and the community has kept expanding since. It counted 20,204 residents in the 2020 census, and the developer now describes about 10,800 acres and nearly 40,000 neighbors. Sienna sits mostly in Missouri City's extraterritorial jurisdiction, under a 1996 agreement that ties annexation to build-out.

That thirty-year span is the most useful thing to know about Sienna flooring. A Sienna home could be one of the originals from the late 1990s, a mid-2000s build, or something finished recently in a newer section. Each one points to a different first conversation.

The late-1990s and early-2000s homes are now 20 to 30 years old. Most have already had one round of updates, and the owners we meet are usually ready for the next: a single floor through the downstairs, carpet off the stairs, and baths that no longer look like the year they were built. These homes have had decades on the clay soils common across the Houston area, which swell when wet and shrink when dry, so we check slab flatness carefully and plan for crack isolation under any tile.

The mid-2000s homes are often still wearing a mix of builder-grade carpet and tile, now at the end of its useful life. Big two-story plans with game rooms upstairs make carpet replacement and stairs a large part of these jobs. A common request is matching new upstairs wood to the floor that is already downstairs, or reworking the stair treads and nosing so the whole staircase reads as one piece.

The newest homes have flat, modern slabs, which make for quick, clean installs. Their owners usually want to replace the builder package before it wears out, especially in kitchens and family rooms where kids and pets live.

A word on water. Sienna sits behind levees, with the Brazos to the west and Oyster Creek running south through the middle, and its property taxes include a Levee Improvement District rate for that protection. During Harvey in 2017, Sienna Plantation was among the areas placed under evacuation orders as the Brazos rose, and tornadoes that weekend seriously damaged dozens of homes in one Sienna neighborhood. That history is why so many owners here choose waterproof luxury vinyl plank or porcelain tile for the ground floor. If you want real wood, engineered hardwood is the version built for concrete slabs and humid air, and we can show you where it works best in your plan.

How a Sienna estimate goes. There is no showroom to drive to. We come to you, bring samples for every room you are considering, and measure the whole house so the quote is complete. The in-home estimate is free, booked Monday through Saturday. Flexible payment plans are available for qualified customers, subject to credit approval. Call (346) 396-6398.