I spy a child’s crib in the master bedroom. It seems the minute that a couple in 77007/77008/77009 has a kid, they come home from the hospital and plop a big for sale sign in front of their townhome! The schools in the area would improve markedly if enough yuppie parents enrolled their children there, and took an interest in the neighborhood schools. Instead, they flee.
hooligan
Cheaper to install on stilts than to repair after that bayou floods. ‘Swamplot” indeed.
RM
The raised A/C unit makes sense, since this property is located in the 100 year flood plain. Notice how high above grade the actual first floor has been built. Flood plain location not-with-standing, the house alreay has a sales offer.
Benjy Compson
Given the proximity of the address to White Oak Bayou and the crawlspace vent visible in the photo, I’d guess the property is in the flood plain, which would require that the equipment be elevated above Base Flood Elevation.
Colleen
Uh oh. Looks like the neighborhood has flooding issues.
movocelot
Excellent point ShadyH:
“The schools in the area would improve markedly if enough yuppie parents enrolled their children there, and took an interest in the neighborhood schools. Instead, they flee.”
Karma
You know, schools all over Houston, not just Heights, might improve if more parents would get involved. We sent our kids to HISD and WERE involved in the schools. Many, not all, parents in our area were likewise involved but the fact is, not all parents can or do try to be active in school activities. I don’t know the answer but please don’t think that “flight” is limited to that “Heights” area. Our kids did very well in east end elementary and in HISD magnet programs for middle and high school. All went to college and completed for a bachelor’s degree. Sometimes it’s not the school, it’s the parents. Just because someone lives in an “upper income” neighborhood does not mean that they have any sense.
I spy a child’s crib in the master bedroom. It seems the minute that a couple in 77007/77008/77009 has a kid, they come home from the hospital and plop a big for sale sign in front of their townhome! The schools in the area would improve markedly if enough yuppie parents enrolled their children there, and took an interest in the neighborhood schools. Instead, they flee.
Cheaper to install on stilts than to repair after that bayou floods. ‘Swamplot” indeed.
The raised A/C unit makes sense, since this property is located in the 100 year flood plain. Notice how high above grade the actual first floor has been built. Flood plain location not-with-standing, the house alreay has a sales offer.
Given the proximity of the address to White Oak Bayou and the crawlspace vent visible in the photo, I’d guess the property is in the flood plain, which would require that the equipment be elevated above Base Flood Elevation.
Uh oh. Looks like the neighborhood has flooding issues.
Excellent point ShadyH:
“The schools in the area would improve markedly if enough yuppie parents enrolled their children there, and took an interest in the neighborhood schools. Instead, they flee.”
You know, schools all over Houston, not just Heights, might improve if more parents would get involved. We sent our kids to HISD and WERE involved in the schools. Many, not all, parents in our area were likewise involved but the fact is, not all parents can or do try to be active in school activities. I don’t know the answer but please don’t think that “flight” is limited to that “Heights” area. Our kids did very well in east end elementary and in HISD magnet programs for middle and high school. All went to college and completed for a bachelor’s degree. Sometimes it’s not the school, it’s the parents. Just because someone lives in an “upper income” neighborhood does not mean that they have any sense.