Turtle Pointe Apartments, Houston, TX (8162 Richmond Ave, 77063): What to Know Before You Tour

Verified Property Facts

Turtle Pointe sits at 8162 Richmond Ave in Woodlake-Briar Meadow, a few blocks south of where the Sam Houston Tollway meets the Westpark Tollway.

The unit-count and size numbers settle this way: the 432-unit figure comes from the two largest national aggregators and matches Apartments.com’s floor plan inventory unit by unit. Any conflicting total should be checked against the leasing office directly before it changes a decision.

Is Turtle Pointe currently accepting new applications?Yes. The live floor plan list shows immediately available units in five of eight layouts, with move-in dates already booked through January 2027 on a handful of two-bedroom units, which points to steady, unhurried turnover.

Amenities

The amenity package centers on three pools, a fitness center, a clubhouse with billiards and shuffleboard, a racquetball court, a gated dog park, and controlled-access entry, per the community’s current listing.

• Recreation: three pools, spa, fitness center, racquetball court, game room
• Community spaces: clubhouse, lounge, business center, picnic area with grills
• Outdoor: gated entry, sundeck, cabana, courtyard, dog park
• Unit features: granite countertops, walk-in closets, ceiling fans, washer/dryer hookups (not installed units)

Location and Commute

Turtle Pointe scores 80 out of 100 for walkability, 50 for transit, 100 for drivability, and 60 for bikeability on Apartments.com’s Local Logic ratings, which points to walkable errands paired with a car-dependent commute. Three shopping centers sit within a six-minute walk, led by Richmond at Dunvale a tenth of a mile away. HowLoud’s Soundscore rates the property 65 out of 100, “busy,” driven mainly by traffic noise over airport or business noise. This location suits someone planning to drive to work and walk to errands; it suits a pure transit commuter far less well, since the nearest light rail stations sit roughly 9 miles away in the Texas Medical Center.

How far is Turtle Pointe from Houston’s two major airports?William P. Hobby is 21.0 miles, about a 36-minute drive; George Bush Intercontinental is 29.6 miles, about 40 minutes.

What Renting in a 1977-Built Complex Means for You

Turtle Pointe was built in 1977, the same year as its next-door neighbor Woodlake Meadows at 8155 Richmond Ave. A complex this age typically runs on individual window or through-wall HVAC over central air, has plumbing runs where water pressure varies unit to unit, and offers washer/dryer hookups over installed machines, confirmed on the property’s feature list. Ask to see a specific unit’s HVAC and plumbing condition on tour instead of judging from listing photos.

Pet Policy

Pet policy is the least consistent fact across listing sites for this address, which makes it worth confirming directly. Apartments.com’s community-supplied fee schedule (numbers below, under Contacting the Leasing Office) covers dogs, cats, birds, and fish, with a two-pet maximum and a declawed option noted for cats. Rise Apartments’ marketing page separately claims up to two pets with breed restrictions. Rent.com and ApartmentGuide.com, by contrast, both mark the same address “no pets” or “restricted.” Three sources describing a pet-friendly fee structure against two describing a ban is not a tie, but it’s close enough that a renter with an animal should get the current policy in writing before signing.

Are pets allowed, and are there breed or weight restrictions?The property’s current fee schedule lists charges for dogs, cats, birds, and fish, which points to pets being allowed; two secondary sites disagree, so confirm breed and weight limits with the leasing office before signing.

Fair Housing Protections for Renters in Texas

The Texas Fair Housing Act, Texas Property Code Chapter 301, bars discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, and disability. It does not name sexual orientation or gender identity as protected categories in its own text. At the federal level, HUD issued a memorandum in 2021 extending the Fair Housing Act’s sex-based protections to cover sexual orientation and gender identity, following the Supreme Court’s Bostock reasoning; HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity halted enforcement of that interpretation in January 2025 under Secretary Scott Turner. So federal protection on this basis is currently unsettled, not something a renter can assume is guaranteed, and Houston has no citywide ordinance filling the gap the way Austin and Dallas do.

Schools Zoned to This Address

HISD assigns this address to Piney Point Elementary, Revere Middle, and Wisdom High School, per HAR.com’s disclosed AI-generated content, which advises independent verification with the district. Wisdom High School was Robert E. Lee High School until HISD’s board voted to rename it on May 16, 2016, one of seven Houston schools renamed that year. Apartments.com’s GreatSchools-sourced listing still shows the school under its old name with a 2-out-of-10 rating and 2,260 students, the same enrollment Wisdom reported for 2022-23, a sign the underlying data hasn’t been refreshed since before the name changed.

What schools are students at Turtle Pointe zoned to?Piney Point Elementary, Revere Middle, and Wisdom High School (formerly Lee High School), per HAR.com; confirm current zoning with HISD’s locator, since attendance boundaries shift.

How Nearby Alternatives Compare

Three other 77063-area communities compete directly with Turtle Pointe on price and unit size. The closest, Woodlake Meadows, sits close enough to list the same shopping centers as its own points of interest.

Turtle Pointe’s $730 studio floor plan undercuts Woodlake Meadows’ one-bedroom starting price by roughly $50 for a smaller unit, which makes studio-at-Turtle-Pointe the number worth comparing against Woodlake Meadows’ one-bedroom.

Reputation: What Verified Reviews Say

ApartmentRatings.com’s SatisFacts-verified survey of 464 residents and prospects gives Turtle Pointe a 3.5-out-of-5 overall score. That number blends three sub-scores pulling in different directions: a 5-out-of-5 neighborhood score, a 3-out-of-5 safety score described as having significant safety concerns, and a 1-out-of-5 staff score citing responsiveness and friendliness complaints. A location score that high beside a staff score that low is worth asking about directly on tour: request the current on-site manager’s name and how long they’ve held the role.

Contacting the Leasing Office and Touring

The leasing office keeps Monday-through-Friday hours from 9am to 6pm, Saturday 10am to 5pm, and Sunday noon to 5pm, and the property offers self-guided, staffed, and video tours.

Is there a way to skip the standard security deposit?Yes. Turtle Pointe offers a one-time, non-refundable fee of $350 to $650 in place of the standard $1,000 to $3,000 deposit, a lower move-in cost that trades refundability for less cash up front.