Six numbers decide whether a waterfront house works for the way you actually live — and none of them appear in a photograph. We publish all six on every waterfront listing.
Every listing on this coast shows you water. Almost none of them tell you what the water is like. These are the six things buyers ask us in the car, and we would rather answer them first.
Verify everything before you close. These figures are gathered to help you decide what to look at, not to replace a survey, a marine inspection, an elevation certificate or your insurer's own assessment. Water depth changes with weather and shoaling. Bridge clearance changes with tide. Confirm anything you intend to rely on.
A cross-section of the water in front of the house, drawn to the same convention on every listing, so two properties can be compared without translating anyone's marketing language.
The same drawing carries the land side. Every foot a finished floor sits above the base flood elevation moves the flood premium, often substantially. We show the elevation certificate alongside what that foot costs or saves annually, so the trade-off is visible rather than discovered at binding.
Run the cost calculatorNothing here is proprietary and none of it is guesswork. If a figure is an estimate we say so on the listing itself.
The 2026 Galveston CAD certified roll covers all 28,601 parcels in our two territories and records which carry a dock, boat house or lift. It establishes presence, never dimensions.
Slip length, beam clearance, depth at the bulkhead and lift capacity are taken at the property and dated. Depth is referenced to NOAA mean lower low water at Galveston Pier 21.
Length, beam, draft and air draft. We will tell you which addresses work and which ones never will — before you spend a Saturday looking at the wrong ones.
