Comments on: Neighborhood Guessing Game: Black and White

By: David W

David W — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:30:49 +0000

OK - Last minute guess here - haven’t had time to read all the previous guesses. Arched windows say 80’s construction to me as does the study with fireplace. Looks to be narrow and long with entry on the side. Also looks to be very vertical in layout. Based on the brick floors on the ground floor it must be near a bayou or water feature. Some green space outside but abutting neighboring residences. Many updates say it must be in a nice area but the kitchen cabinets are not up to par. I agree with the observations about single parents - I guess this must be in Hudson Oaks or Hudson Forest - dad divorced his wife and she got the house in Bunker Hill.

By: finness

finness — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:24:55 +0000

If they have one in college and she is preggers than she must be the trophy wife and the older is the stepson.

The piano is a leftover. Kid took lessons and they had dreams of his becoming a concert pianist but he opted for thrash. The ping pong table is actually borrowed because their realtor told them they couldn’t show a house with an empty room.

By: flake

flake — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:31:57 +0000

OK, you’ve made it clear that I’m wrong about the prof business. So I’m changing my mind. She’s a singer; he’s an oil executive who travels most of the time, bringing home art & skins as souvenirs. The oldest boy is off at boarding school now (he’s the one that plays pingpong). Middle child is the music nut, and the baby-to-come has Mom pretty tired (she just got up from bed to help stage the pictures). I still think they are north of Rice, in the Briar Hollow area, or near the intersection of Woodway and Memorial (is all of that Tanglewood)?
I’m still trying to make sense of the brick structure you can see from the LR. It looks too big to be a house.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:01:37 +0000

The lot is pretty big, with the home taking up most of the lot. I feel like this could be kenny G’s vacation home for some reason (piano, mic, etc) I have to think that with the closeness of nieghbors, brick finishing with ivy, no yard to speak of. I have to go with Briargrove. More specifically the area of Briargrove in between Briargrove and Potomac south of San Felipe and north of Westhiemer.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:51:01 +0000

It reminds me so much of a friend’s house over in the Memorial area. I think this house is near Voss and Beinhorn - in the 77024 area.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:42:02 +0000

Tiny lot, new-ish construction with a fair amount of money (countertops, piano, art) and at least one child - I’m going West U. They threw up the white columns on the new construction to try to fit into the neighborhood even though their personal style is more reflected by the multiple white leather sofas.

By: Jessica1

Jessica1 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:25:22 +0000

Good call on the Bosendorfer, the legs are right. Like many others, I kinda think this place is (appropriately enough) in Sandalwood near my old piano teacher’s house. But that area is sort of covered already (except for the Sandalwood part) so I’m going to hedge my bets and be the first person to go way outside the loop to the Woodlands area. Why the heck not. I hope my vote doesn’t get thrown out for hedging!

By: KimmerTX

KimmerTX — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:26:41 +0000

Tealwood (Memorial/Gessner) is my guess. Looks familiar as I have driven through it quite a bit.

By: JT

JT — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:40:12 +0000

Not quite sure what is up with the Eurway style furnishings in this 1970s soft contemporary but, then again, this guessing game has proved repeatedly that there is no accounting for taste even if one lives in a spacious home in Hunters Creek Village. Could I have made that a longer sentence?

By: markd

markd — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:34:09 +0000

Mid Lane townhouse.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:41:50 +0000

I used to know someone in a house that looks similar to that, but I can’t remember exactly where they lived…looking on Google Maps I’ll say north of Stude Park, East of Studemont.

By: devans

devans — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:58:55 +0000

Hopefully the “answer evaluators” throw out overly-broad “guesses” like some offered on this thread. Also, shouldn’t one guess suffice (at least to be win-eligible)?

If not (and if the Briargrove area is wrong), then: I think the home is inside Beltway 8, west of downtown, north of Hwy 90 (main @s. post oak), and not in any of Houston’s original wards.

On the button! Precision guess! ; )