Comments on: Neighborhood Guessing Game: Animal House

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:45:28 +0000

This is clearly a house that was passed down to a younger couple you inherited the home. In return they had some odds and ends furniture, maybe even went on Craigslist or visited The Dump to furnish the place. They also received some inheritance money and remodeled the bathroom, adding the window, letting some very refreshing natural light in. Yet the house still isn’t quite the “love nest” they had hoped it would be. The RV is for sale and is sitting in the driveway as the couple eagerly awaits the sale of both the house and the RV so they can upgrade to something newer. This house is located in the Woodlake/ Brair Meadow area off Richmond inside the Beltway.

By: flake

flake — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:09:36 +0000

If it’s storytime, here’s my contribution. Grandpa and Grandma shared this house for years. They then became RV-full (or mostly full)-timers. When they tired of that, they returned & started in on those home-updates they’d always wanted - maybe Grandpa did the work himself. But now he’s passed away (hence the completely cleaned-out office) and she’s ready to move in with Dear Daughter or Son, or maybe to assisted living.

By: JPSivco

JPSivco — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:36:23 +0000

I see these pictures and get an eerie feeling that someone is going to steal that RV. So i pulled up the HPD crime stats: http://www.houstontx.gov/police/cs/xls/feb09.xls and then sorted by “auto theft…” and the clear leader was storefront #18 which is the “Northline” police storefront 7208 nordling 77076. which is airline and little york. drag my finger over to the left a bit and i hit montgomery, where bigger, older houses are. so montgomery near little york. SOMEBODY CALL HIM TO MOVE THAT RV BEFORE IT GETS JACKED!!!

By: movocelot

movocelot — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:06:43 +0000

hello, hello..
see how my chest hair glistens while I make my way from the shower over here to the commode over there…

By: Marie

Marie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:32:00 +0000

Channelview or Jacinto City.

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:17:57 +0000

Instead of guessing, let’s just make up the best short story we can about the house and its residents. Finess wins this one; he’s right on target.

Oh, I guess Braes Terrace.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:06:04 +0000

This could have been an original Tanglewood if it weren’t for the size of the rooms and bathrooms (and that ugly detached garage thing the open bathroom looks out to..).
I’ll guess an original 1950s Braes Heights/Oaks special (somewhere south of Bellaire Blvd., near Stella Link/Buffalo speedway). With a small side of gaudy.

By: Angeli Wahlstedt

Angeli Wahlstedt — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:46:09 +0000

I’m not playing the game, as I’m a recent newcomer to Houston and don’t know all the neighborhoods. But I will make one observation: this house apparently is the home of some exhibitists. Check out the bathroom window in the last photo — no covering of any kind there. :-)

By: biggerintexas

biggerintexas — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:36:52 +0000

My favorite part is how the dining room floor magically grew onto the kitchen walls. The bathroom was a project done very recently (hence no window coverings) to help sell this house…if only you could see the before photos of the bathroom when it had gold, textured wallpaper and a red carpet to go with the pistachio colored porcelain. In their defense - the visible “neighbor” is actually the detached garage so unless they have squatters living in their garage they don’t have worry about peeping toms from that particular directions. The house is owned by a couple that is reaching retirement age and they plan to sell their house and dump their furniture so they can take their RV (you can see it from the kitchen window) on a tour of America’s finest petting zoos. Once the furniture gets cleared out this house isn’t so bad but the new owner will have lots of fun removing wallpaper and paneling. Oh, and the house was built around 1960-ish in the Oak Forest neighborhood.

By: Finness

Finness — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:56:50 +0000

Not sure about the locale, but I will tell you about the owner. It is a divorced man. The living room furniture is his as is the office. He remodeled the bathroom after the wife moved out because he thought he deserved to have a nice bathroom now that he no longer had to share it. It was something she always wanted and they never did, so nyah, nyah. The insane wallpaper is a leftover from the wife because after the bathroom remodel, he lost all interest in further changes. The plain walls, dried flowers and wicker chair in the bedroom are from the new girlfriend. She HAD to change the bedroom but left the rest because she was hoping they would move to a place that would be all theirs - and they finally are. Congrats!

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:49:15 +0000

I think everyone is on the right track with Westbury or Willowbend. The cove lighting is a period detail giveaway since no one would ADD something like that. I am going to guess between Willowbend and Bellfort, EAST of Post Oak, within a half-mile of Willow Park in Willow Meadows.

By: Houstonre

Houstonre — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:25:28 +0000

I’ll go with Pasadena.