New Texas Lakefront Home: Simone Biles moves into custom mansion; five-year build tested patience

Simone Biles built a custom $3 million waterfront mansion in Texas; after years of planning and delays, the Olympian settled into the lakefront estate following a prior $1.1 million property buy Simone Biles and her husband Jonathan Owens have finally moved into the Texas home they spent years planning and building. The custom lakefront mansion near Houston was completed on November 11, 2025, after the couple began working on its design in 2020. The project took much longer than they first expected, with Biles sharing updates as the house slowly took shape. The seven-time Olympic medalist and Owens chose to build the home from the ground up instead of buying a finished property. The result is a large lakefront house with spaces designed around their everyday life, pets and love of sports.When did Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens start building their Texas mansionThe story of Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens’ new home began in 2020, when they started planning the property. Biles later explained that simply getting the design ready took about a year.The next wait came from the homeowners association. According to Biles, the required approvals took time, which pushed the actual start of...