Comments on: Daily Demolition Report: Prologis Is Past Us

By: jp

jp — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:24:18 +0000

I think that $120/sf is about right for a golf course lot in River Oaks seeing how looking at a sales map of lot sales in the area, I only see one lot that sold recently for less than 90/sf and that one is mostly floodplain. I’d bet that HCAD decides to jack everyones land value in this area up next year based on this sale.

By: Old School

Old School — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:25:12 +0000

Four cups water and one cup of bleach is all that is needed to get rid of “toxic mold”. Stachybotrys chartarum is the “toxic” mold that likes to grow in dry wall and other fiberboard materials that created hysteria in Texas. Texas trial lawyers got a massive verdict for a Corpus Christi woman claiming that the black mold in her house made her sick. This coincided with the mold problems with synthetic stucco siding and created a cottage industry of mold testing and remediation companies who will tell you that you will die within 24 hours if you do not make a claim on your homeowners insurance to pay them for mold remediation work. Mold is never a reason to demolish a structure. If it is bad, you just have to treat or replace the drywall and make sure the source of moisture is fixed.

By: Cody

Cody — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:31:05 +0000

“Toxic mold” isn’t hard to get rid of. And you don’t tear down a giant mansion because of it.

By: PYEWACKET2

PYEWACKET2 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 03:37:18 +0000

Yeah, what shadyheightster said.

Smells fishy to me. Toxic mold is a good excuse when no one questions it. But for that much money, my bet is the ‘new owners’ would question it. They probably just wanted the location. And that’s fine, it’s their money and their property. No need to fabricate stories.

By: shadyheightster

shadyheightster — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 02:37:30 +0000

@ Jane, though I have no evidence to show your story about toxic mold to be untrue, I find it rather exceptional that someone purchasing a multi-million dollar property would not suspend a contract before closing if the inspection report came back showing toxic mold. Any purchaser of even a $75000 home in Texas would have legal standing not to proceed with purchase were mold found. That story as related doesn’t add up to me.
However, since the Raymonds, and not I, own the home, they can do with it as they wish.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 22:41:02 +0000

Actually, I know the owners. They were just devastated to discover, when they were in contract to purchase the home, that it was FULL of toxic mold.

Trust me, I echo everyone else’s sentiments about tear downs – and this house is spectacular – but the new owners do have small children and it’s simply not safe to live in it as is.

People, do your research before you bash and belittle.

By: no history remains

no history remains — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:52:30 +0000

This house will (sadly) be demolished. It was designed by Harvin Moore in 1940 for Mr. and Mrs. Sydnor Oden. The Odens had returned to Houston from living in Italy, and they wanted a house that reflected Italian architecture. I am thinking that a tear-down trend is on the rise.

By: Rodrigo

Rodrigo — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:45:22 +0000

@hardworkingwoman: Driving through that area of town is very depressing. More depressing is how many areas like it there are in and immediately around the loop.

By: ShadyHeightster

ShadyHeightster — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:27:07 +0000

@ Gary–he’s a pretty young one too! Maybe they needed more bedrooms for the kids?

By: hardworkingwoman

hardworkingwoman — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:30:55 +0000

I assume that ■El Chaparral is being torn down due to the 290/610 expansion??? That place needed to go along time ago with all the crime that was happening outside it.

By: Texmex01

Texmex01 — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:47:46 +0000

$87,000 tax bill on the old house, just think what it will be on the new one!!!

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:52:30 +0000

Hcad shows that a very prom oil man owns the property..so we build a new house in the grand style that we have become accustomed to only way to fly!!!!