Two Sons. Two Mothers. One Promise.
Scott and Ted didn't meet in school. They met in the same impossible situation you're in right now. Both were exhausted caregivers. Both had made promises they couldn't keep. Both searched for a place that felt like home and came up empty.
So they built it. And both their mothers have lived here.
Their Home. Your Peace.
The Promise
Scott: “I Promised I’d Never Put Her in a Home”
Like you, I made a promise to my mother.
"I'll never put you in a home, Mom."
I meant every word. You probably did too.
Then her Alzheimer’s progressed. And I realized I couldn’t keep her safe anymore.
The guilt nearly destroyed me.
The Industry Insider
Ted: “I Knew What Was Wrong With Memory Care”
My mother spent 30 years working in assisted living.
I watched her dedicate her life to caring for seniors with dignity and respect.
But when families needed memory care? The options were heartbreaking.
Big facilities. Institutional feel. Staff spread too thin to actually know residents.
My mother saw it. I saw it. And I knew we could do better.
The Search
Scott: “Every Place I Toured Felt Wrong”
I visited facility after facility across Houston.
They all blurred together. Clinical. Corporate. Cold.
60, 80, 100 residents. My mother would be “Room 47.”
The staff would follow protocols but wouldn’t know her stories.
This wasn’t what I promised. This wasn’t home.
The Decision to Build It Right
Ted: “We Lived There While We Built It”
When we started Sycamore Creek Ranch, I didn’t just oversee construction.
My family and I moved into The Pines while we were renovating it.
We lived in the space we were creating. We felt what worked and what didn’t.
Every hallway width. Every lighting choice. Every kitchen layout.
If it wasn’t good enough for my family to live in, it wasn’t good enough for anyone’s mother.
The Model
Scott: “16 Families. That’s It.”
The corporate chains build for 60, 80, 100 residents because it’s more profitable.
We built for 16 because that’s how many people you can actually know.
Not just their names. Their stories. Their histories. Who they were before Alzheimer’s.
When you only care for 16 families, you can actually care.
That was the promise I couldn’t keep at home. But I could keep it here.
The Financial Commitment
Ted: “No Surprises. Ever.”
My mother watched families get blindsided by hidden fees, rate increases, and surprise charges at other facilities.
She told me: “If we ever do this, we do it honestly.”
So we built a different pricing model.
All-inclusive and can be locked for life. The number you see on day one is the number you pay on day one thousand.
No escalation clauses. No hidden fees. No surprises.
Because families dealing with memory loss have enough to worry about.
His Mother Moved In
Scott: “My Mother Has Lived Here for 11 Years”
When we opened The Pines—our first location—my mother was one of our first residents.
She lives at our Woodlands location now.
She calls it home. Because it is.
Would I trust my own business with my own mother if I didn’t believe in it completely?
Neither would you.
The Ultimate Proof
Ted: “My Mom Loved Living in Her Home at Cinco Ranch”
After dedicating 30 years to caring for seniors, my mother developed the very condition she’d spent her career managing.
She became a resident at our Cinco Ranch location, because she wanted her family to find peace.
Her home was here.
Not just for a few months. She lived there. She was cared for there through every stage—including the hardest one.
Always surrounded by staff who knew her story, her career, and everything she’d taught us about dignity.
That’s what we mean when we say “home.” It’s not just where you live. It’s where you can stay, all the way through.
Two Founders. Both Have Lived This.
Scott brings the heart:
He knows the guilt you're carrying. He's felt it. He's lived through the impossible search for a place that feels right.
Ted brings the expertise:
He knows how memory care should work. He's seen what fails families. He's built the operational model that prevents it.
- A place small enough to feel like home.
- Staffed deeply enough to provide real care.
- Priced honestly enough to give families peace of mind.
- Proven trustworthy enough that we both entrusted our own mothers to it.
