They're huge Georgian cubes. Unusual features in some houses include indoor swimming pools, racquetball and basketball courts as well as basements and wine cellars. Home prices in River Oaks are lower than they were a decade ago. It's just had to adjust a little bit. That compares with 12 homes in 1993.
Property taxes are high.
Royden Oaks doesn't really have its own identity. There are no signs marking the entrances to the small subdivision near Willowick and San Felipe. Unless you live here, you really don't know it's a distinct neighborhood. But it's hardly a crisis, since the neighborhood is often associated with adjacent River Oaks. Royden Oaks was developed in the late 1940s by Frank Sharp, with mostly ranch style houses, but about a third of the homes have been replaced with new construction.