Comments on: Neighborhood Guessing Game Over: All’s Well on That Tidwell

By: marmer

marmer — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:21:01 +0000

JP, I hear ya. Mine last week was probably uglier. ;-)

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:14:07 +0000

I bet that 1,116 square feet is several additions ago, and HCAD never updated the figure (and what homeowner in their right mind would encourage them to??). My house is 1,200 SF and there’s no way you could cram all those pictured rooms into 1,116. 2,116 is more like it. The big lot is nice, and I kind of like the big industrial shed. “Every boy needs a shed” is a popular Australian saying.

By: JPSivco

JPSivco — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:43:17 +0000

Wow, talk about an ugly win! I feel like winning a soccer match with the other team a man short. :)

By: Gus

Gus — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:35:56 +0000

@finness: You’re right, they’re not. In the absence of any closer guesses, the judges were willing to interpret the entry a bit creatively and selectively — just as they did last week. They were willing to focus on just the first part of the guess and call it close enough. (And if St. Pius is supposed to count as “a few blocks north” of 610, then Tidwell should too.)

By: finness

finness — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:35:59 +0000

Wait just a minute - St. Pius is WEST of Shepherd and this house is EAST of the Hardy Toll Road. How in heaven’s name are those the same neighborhoods?

By: elnina

elnina — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:57:12 +0000

Claire: You are right! How could you squeeze 3-4 bedrooms, 3 baths - one with a whirlpool tub, good size kitchen, 3 dining areas & utility room - all in 1,116 sqft? 1,600 sqft, maybe…
According to HCAD this house has 3 bedrooms and 1 bath. And the lot size is 32,850 SF! $20K of improvement since last year. Appraised for $113,323.

By: Claire

Claire — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:17:28 +0000

I count 4 dining tables and an eat-in peninsula. How is that possible in less than 1200 sq. ft.? And why? Are they running a restaurant out of their house?

By: wilf

wilf — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:29:48 +0000

Wow, 16,000+ square ft. for a mere $170K. Well, I guess the guys who worked in the sheds popped in for “dinner”, at least. Crazy.

By: Miz Brooke Smith

Miz Brooke Smith — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:27:39 +0000

One of the things I love about this city is how much of it is downright rural, just a few miles from downtown. Huge lots with little houses, people keeping horses and riding them along the bayous. It’s wonderful.

By: movocelot

movocelot — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:16:05 +0000

That house is awesome! exactly what I envisioned, only a bit more rangey like an out of control dewberry vine…