Daily Demolition Report: Herod’s Fall

Plenty of buildings to chew on! Here’s our daily portion:

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Commercial and Community Structures

Residences

Photo of 3435 Meadow Lake Ln.: HAR

10 Comment

  • Nice that HAR keeps two years of sales on hand so we can see the nice (and expensive) house that Jeremy and Holly Taylor are demolishing.

    What a waste.

  • Nice that HAR keeps two years of sales on hand so we can see the nice (and expensive) house that Jeremy and Holly Taylor are demolishing.

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    Maybe someone should start an “Enemies of Historic Preservation” website so we can all know who is tearing down what.

    Another classic River Oaks home being torn down simply because it isn’t big enough or grand enough to satisfy the “I have, therefore I am” motivation of the owners who think bigger and tackier is better.

  • Speaking of grandiose River Oaks did the Osteens ever finish their “pastoral palace” on Del Monte?

  • I read the demolition report nearly every day, hoping to see our neighborhood’s crack houses on the list; but way too often I see gorgeous houses like the one here being wasted instead.

    Depressing.

  • We actually looked at this house when it was for sale. While it looks good from the street, the house was actually marketed “as is or lot value”. The interiors and the entire backside of the house had been left in a state of disrepair for a generation or more. (although the kitchen had been recently updated with substandard workmanship). What is so tragic is that so many families have let these homes fall into such disrepair. Hopefully the new owners will build something to help restore river oaks to its former grandure!

  • Get bitter much, Matt? You know you’re a true hater when you criticize a building before you even see a rendering of it.

    It was obsolete. Now it’s gone. Hopefully to be replaced by something better.

    I’m glad Houston is a city where where one can more or less do as he sees fit with his own property.

  • You know you’re a true hater when you criticize a building before you even see a rendering of it.
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    Who needs to see a rendering of it? It will look like all the rest of the crap they’ve replaced classic homes with.

  • There’s an idea for a Swamplot regular feature — before and after shots of lots with houses demo’d to make way for new ones. Yes, Bernard, sometimes it will be “something better” but far too often it is indeed crap.

  • @Carol (and everyone): Send in photos of the replacements and we’ll print them!

  • There’s no house that is beyond repair. Just buyers who lack imagination and fortitude. I am currently saving a house that hadn’t been lived in in 5 years and was being sold for lot value. It had a hole in the roof, water damage on two floors, and multiple missing windows, no central air, and a garage that failed inspection. It sat on the market for over a year with no offers. However, since the renovation began, I’ve had over 10 calls to ask if I was flipping it.