Comments on: A Little Winter St. Front Yard Action http://swamplot.com/a-little-winter-st-front-yard-action/2009-08-24/ Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:50:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Chris http://swamplot.com/a-little-winter-st-front-yard-action/2009-08-24/#comment-40500 Chris Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:55:36 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11728#comment-40500 I think what Swamplotters are surprised about is that people choose to build ill-located and likely-to be-torn-down-in-a-decade homes in Houston, an area of abundant and relatively affordable land. We aren't living in a city so urban dense, such as Chicago or New York, that people should feel it necessary to sacrifice logic and common sense just to have a slice of the inner city. I think what Swamplotters are surprised about is that people choose to build ill-located and likely-to be-torn-down-in-a-decade homes in Houston, an area of abundant and relatively affordable land. We aren’t living in a city so urban dense, such as Chicago or New York, that people should feel it necessary to sacrifice logic and common sense just to have a slice of the inner city.

]]> By: bob2 http://swamplot.com/a-little-winter-st-front-yard-action/2009-08-24/#comment-40363 bob2 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:59:35 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11728#comment-40363 I don't agree this is an "only in Houston" issue... Having lived on the North side of Chicago until I moved down here, I can affirm that there are half-million dollar brownstones with bedrooms and balconies within 2-3 feet of elevated train tracks that are just as loud as the freight trains we get here and far more frequent. I think what most people are surprised about is the appearance of what can only be described as a "suburban style" house in a very urban setting. I do agree, though: very poor planning. I don’t agree this is an “only in Houston” issue…

Having lived on the North side of Chicago until I moved down here, I can affirm that there are half-million dollar brownstones with bedrooms and balconies within 2-3 feet of elevated train tracks that are just as loud as the freight trains we get here and far more frequent.

I think what most people are surprised about is the appearance of what can only be described as a “suburban style” house in a very urban setting.

I do agree, though: very poor planning.

]]> By: Miz Brooke Smith http://swamplot.com/a-little-winter-st-front-yard-action/2009-08-24/#comment-40346 Miz Brooke Smith Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:47:24 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11728#comment-40346 Absolutely nuts. These are like the tenements seen abutting RR tracks all over the Northeast. Absolutely nuts. These are like the tenements seen abutting RR tracks all over the Northeast.

]]> By: Vaughn http://swamplot.com/a-little-winter-st-front-yard-action/2009-08-24/#comment-40333 Vaughn Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:08:19 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11728#comment-40333 If you look the other direction on Brooke's map (towards where the house was built) you can see a better view of the one lane dirt alley that you have to drive down just to access the house... At least with the new town home development you can access it from Silver street. Imagine trying to give someone directions to your new [$400k-500k?] house. If you look the other direction on Brooke’s map (towards where the house was built) you can see a better view of the one lane dirt alley that you have to drive down just to access the house… At least with the new town home development you can access it from Silver street. Imagine trying to give someone directions to your new [$400k-500k?] house.

]]> By: brooke http://swamplot.com/a-little-winter-st-front-yard-action/2009-08-24/#comment-40327 brooke Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:16:32 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11728#comment-40327 Wow, Jesse, You mean like this? http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Winter+st.+houston+tx&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=52.240038,114.169922&ie=UTF8&z=17&layer=c&cbll=29.772262,-95.377009&panoid=GGq6-eRNCY_UZ0PEe7cJYw&cbp=12,297.19,,0,2.51 Very interesting development around there... Wow, Jesse,
You mean like this?
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=.....19,,0,2.51

Very interesting development around there…

]]> By: kjb434 http://swamplot.com/a-little-winter-st-front-yard-action/2009-08-24/#comment-40322 kjb434 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:55:23 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11728#comment-40322 The city is already pushing to have this rail line become a quiet zone. It doesn't get rid of the vibrations though. The city is already pushing to have this rail line become a quiet zone.

It doesn’t get rid of the vibrations though.

]]> By: BrianT http://swamplot.com/a-little-winter-st-front-yard-action/2009-08-24/#comment-40320 BrianT Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:32:13 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11728#comment-40320 Early Favorite for Swamplot's 2009 "Only in Houston" award. Early Favorite for Swamplot’s 2009 “Only in Houston” award.

]]> By: JWN433 http://swamplot.com/a-little-winter-st-front-yard-action/2009-08-24/#comment-40319 JWN433 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:27:26 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11728#comment-40319 Maybe the owner blind. Maybe the owner blind.

]]> By: Vaughn http://swamplot.com/a-little-winter-st-front-yard-action/2009-08-24/#comment-40317 Vaughn Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:14:24 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11728#comment-40317 My wife and I drove by this house yesterday afternoon and couldn't believe that not only are the train tracks across the front yard... but the ONLY way to access the house is by the one lane dirt "alley" that sits on either side of the train tracks! I'm curious what this house is going to be listed for if it hasn't already been sold. My wife and I drove by this house yesterday afternoon and couldn’t believe that not only are the train tracks across the front yard… but the ONLY way to access the house is by the one lane dirt “alley” that sits on either side of the train tracks! I’m curious what this house is going to be listed for if it hasn’t already been sold.

]]> By: John http://swamplot.com/a-little-winter-st-front-yard-action/2009-08-24/#comment-40300 John Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:11:57 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11728#comment-40300 Maybe they are telling prospective buyers it's going to be a Metro stop? Maybe they are telling prospective buyers it’s going to be a Metro stop?

]]> By: Jesse http://swamplot.com/a-little-winter-st-front-yard-action/2009-08-24/#comment-40278 Jesse Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:54:49 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11728#comment-40278 The placement is incredibly awkward as well. I feel like this is becoming more of the "norm" in the first ward and Rice Military area. I don't mind the trains, but I live a few blocks away. I couldn't imagine living within 30 feet! If the photographer would have taken a picture out of the driver's side window, you would see a neighborhood of $300k townhomes, with a handfull even closer to the tracks! The placement is incredibly awkward as well. I feel like this is becoming more of the “norm” in the first ward and Rice Military area. I don’t mind the trains, but I live a few blocks away. I couldn’t imagine living within 30 feet! If the photographer would have taken a picture out of the driver’s side window, you would see a neighborhood of $300k townhomes, with a handfull even closer to the tracks!

]]> By: biggerintexas http://swamplot.com/a-little-winter-st-front-yard-action/2009-08-24/#comment-40274 biggerintexas Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:52:52 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=11728#comment-40274 LOL @ Allen. Awesome. LOL @ Allen. Awesome.

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