Relocation, in order
Gatehouse Row, six minutes from the North Gate. Minutes on this site are measured at 0630 and 1700, the hours you would actually drive.
Orders set the date. The date sets the plan. Pick the gate, then the neighborhood, then the house, and close before you report. Every step on this site is sorted by what happens first.
By Maren Holt · Updated 7 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
Days to report, counting down
Work backwards from the report date. Most of this happens before you ever stand in the house.
Get underwritten, not prequalified. Set the budget from the full monthly payment.
Your first 30 days after ordersThe gate decides the neighborhood. Search by drive time at your real hour, both directions.
Gate first, then neighborhoodIn person if you get the trip, on a live video call if you do not. Deadlines land before you report.
Buying a house you have never walked throughInspection in week one. Appraisal ordered day one. Insurance quote now, not at closing.
Conditions cleared. Household goods dates locked. In person or by power of attorney, decided early.
Final walkthrough, signatures, keys, report. Wire funds only after calling title at a number you looked up.
The gate is the installation entrance you would drive through every day. Minutes are measured at 0630 and 1700, the hours you would actually drive, not at noon.
North Gate
Gatehouse Row
$285,000
to
$365,000
Straight shot, both directions. The line at the gate is the whole commute.
Min to
North Gate
North Gate
Millbrook
$340,000
to
$420,000
With traffic in the morning, against it in the evening. Eleven minutes holds both ways.
Min to
North Gate
Ridge Gate
Saddleback
$390,000
to
$470,000
Fourteen at 0630. Closer to twenty at 1700 when the Ridge Gate road backs up at the light.
Min to
Ridge Gate
Ridge Gate
Old Quarry
$420,000
to
$560,000
Eighteen minutes through town. Steady; the downtown lights add time but not variance.
Min to
Ridge Gate
North Gate
Harrow Ridge
$520,000
to
$680,000
Twenty-four minutes against the grain in the morning. The county road is two lanes; a slow truck is the variance.
Min to
North Gate
Ridge Gate
Lantern Hill
$600,000
to
$820,000
Thirty-one minutes by the boulevard. The Ridge Gate hours matter here; a late shift means the long way around.
Min to
Ridge Gate
Sorted by minutes, ascending. Drive times at 0630 and 1700. Price bands current as of 7 Oct 2026; gate hours confirmed 1 Oct 2026.
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An approval letter tells you the largest loan a lender will make. Your housing allowance tells you the largest payment that covers itself. Enter your number and see the difference, every month, before you fall for a house.
Estimates only · Not affiliated with the Department of Defense
At that price the full monthly payment, taxes and insurance included, equals your allowance of $2,450.
Estimates only. Not a preapproval, not a rate quote, not financial advice. Not affiliated with the Department of Defense. Verify your allowance at the official DoD BAH calculator and confirm loan terms with your lender.
Every $25,000 above that adds about $182 a month beyond your allowance.
Estimates only. Not a preapproval, not a rate quote, not financial advice. Not affiliated with the Department of Defense. Verify your allowance at the official DoD BAH calculator and confirm loan terms with your lender.
We had seventy days and I had never heard of Corvane. Maren sent the six stages dated to our report date before we had even talked. We closed nine days before I signed in.
Dana, Army spouse
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Sight-unseen purchase, 70 days
The calculator was the thing. My approval letter said one number and the payment on the house I liked was four hundred over my allowance. I did not know that until the site told me. We bought the one that was two hundred under instead.
Marcus, enlisted, second move
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First purchase
One email with the six stages dated to your timeline, the neighborhoods that fit your drive, and the questions to ask your lender this week.
