Comments on: Neighborhood Guessing Game: Grand Central

By: marmer

marmer — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:14:52 +0000

I kinda like the duplex idea, myself. Notice that granite/marble/whatever Roman column thingy in the black-leather couch picture (first one after the foyer.) Bet that’s there to help provide structural support where there’s been a wall removed.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:51:59 +0000

The blue seems too large to be a garage apartment, unless it is a three-car garage (in which case, the house is definitely larger than it appears).

I don’t think the house is all that big, it’s the wide-angle lens that is deceiving us. I do think that the duplex comment from Joni is probably on the mark, as that would explain the grand room sizes.

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:32:20 +0000

It looks like lots of houses I’ve seen in and around Southhampton. It’s got large rooms — larger than you’d see in the Heights, perhaps. And it was renovated by someone with (apparantly) lots of money.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:02:41 +0000

Long leaf pine floors, wide doors, no electrical outlets to be seen — except in the freakazoid room — so it’s got to be old. How about Montrose either off Hawthorne or above Westheimer between Dunlavy and Montrose? I am really not that good at this, though….

By: Joni Webb

Joni Webb — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:57:45 +0000

I just looked again - the blue thing is def a garage apt because there is a kitchen in there! What kind of old home would have a garage that big? oh well - I don’t know where this is, but it’s in a very very old neighborhood - could be around the Medical Center off 288.

By: Joni Webb

Joni Webb — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:49:03 +0000

Old - very low ceilings, old doors and hardware, hardwoods upstairs, roof line upstairs seems like an old home. this could be a duplex reno into one home which would explain the left and right living areas duplicated - big for an old home. the blue room is throwing me though - could that be a third floor - that was my first thought, but maybe it’s the other side of the duplex. doesn’t look like houses in Montrose or the Heights - could be the Eastside. I”ll go with that because it looks too big to be the “regular” old neighborhoods. another excellent choice Gus!!!

By: Cindy

Cindy — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:13:44 +0000

Edgemont

By: marmer

marmer — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:52:54 +0000

One fireplace is in what used to be the living room and one is what used to be the dining room. Bet they were originally coal-burning and a primary source of heat. You see that a lot in really old houses. This helps reinforce my earlier suggestion that the wall between the living and dining rooms has been removed.

By: K

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:26:00 +0000

Before I make my guess, can I just ask one question? What is with such a nice house with lovely remodeling work doing with a TV in the living room that has bunny ears? Very odd.

By: CK

CK — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:00:27 +0000

I’m slow to get to the game this week. I must admit it appears to me that this looks like a Heights remodel. As for the too old to have two fireplaces comment above, we used to have a house built in 1919 in the West End years ago that two fireplaces. Yes, there’s wild colors, but I’ll still go with the Heights. There’s plenty eclectic design roaming all over the heights.

By: John

John — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:05:08 +0000

I’m gonna guess the northwestern corner of Montrose, east of Shepherd and around West Dallas.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:10:40 +0000

It looks like a renovated barn to me. I think by virtue of the fact that it has a garage apartment really signals that its an older inner loop area, like Heights or Montrose. As for the age of the house, thats a tough one for me. The kitchen seems almost too large to be an original from the 1930s. Besides, how many old homes have 2 fireplaces? I wonder if it is one of those new constructs that is made to look older? Most new homes have garden tubs and this one doesn’t. Hmm. Many of the new homes have the vaulted ceilings and this one doesn’t. Hmm. I want to say Heights, but that nasty blue garage apt screams Montrose to me. Sigh. I dont know. I’ll say the Heights area, still inside the loop, but will narrow it down to the Shepherd/Durham side of the neighborhood.