Comments on: Neighborhood Guessing Game Over: First Chair http://swamplot.com/neighborhood-guessing-game-over-first-chair/2009-03-12/ Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:59:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Thomas A B Johnson http://swamplot.com/neighborhood-guessing-game-over-first-chair/2009-03-12/#comment-24425 Thomas A B Johnson Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:41:45 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=7282#comment-24425 @ Pat: Moving a wheelchair bound person is not an easy task, hence the safe room. Remember the bus of elders that exploded due to improper stowing of the O2 bottles. @ Pat: Moving a wheelchair bound person is not an easy task, hence the safe room. Remember the bus of elders that exploded due to improper stowing of the O2 bottles.

]]> By: Thomas A B Johnson http://swamplot.com/neighborhood-guessing-game-over-first-chair/2009-03-12/#comment-24424 Thomas A B Johnson Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:38:03 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=7282#comment-24424 This home was custom built as wheelchair accessible. The features noted are the obvious accessibility features. What makes this home a great example of universal design are the lack of thresholds and the curved radius walls which lessen the chance of crashes, but they also look great! The owners are not handicapped at all and are relocating. They now cannot imagine having shower doors and thresholds to trip over in their next home. The price has been reduced to $555,000. This home was custom built as wheelchair accessible. The features noted are the obvious accessibility features. What makes this home a great example of universal design are the lack of thresholds and the curved radius walls which lessen the chance of crashes, but they also look great! The owners are not handicapped at all and are relocating. They now cannot imagine having shower doors and thresholds to trip over in their next home. The price has been reduced to $555,000.

]]> By: Joni Webb http://swamplot.com/neighborhood-guessing-game-over-first-chair/2009-03-12/#comment-22422 Joni Webb Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:18:51 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=7282#comment-22422 WOW - Congrats about the wheelchair bit - that was a great one! I missed those clues completely - big surprise, I so stink at this game. Gus - will I ever win? (besides the one time I would have had I made it in time, hahah) WOW - Congrats about the wheelchair bit - that was a great one! I missed those clues completely - big surprise, I so stink at this game. Gus - will I ever win? (besides the one time I would have had I made it in time, hahah)

]]> By: CK http://swamplot.com/neighborhood-guessing-game-over-first-chair/2009-03-12/#comment-22403 CK Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:32:42 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=7282#comment-22403 I'll truly enjoy my culinary spoils of victory! I guess lucky number 13 works, and winng for the thrid time is a charm. Thanks to Bedford for the donation to Swamplot. I’ll truly enjoy my culinary spoils of victory! I guess lucky number 13 works, and winng for the thrid time is a charm. Thanks to Bedford for the donation to Swamplot.

]]> By: Pat http://swamplot.com/neighborhood-guessing-game-over-first-chair/2009-03-12/#comment-22374 Pat Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:17:33 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=7282#comment-22374 Yeah, what KIND of storm, indeed? They have those safe rooms in Tulsa, where I house-hunted for a while. They're real proud of them and tell stories about how you can stand there safely in your pantry/bathroom/closet while the rest of the house is blown away by the damn tornado. I was never impressed by this feature, I have to say; hearing about the tornadoes in Tulsa was a contributing factor to my deciding NOT to buy a house and getting my rear end back to Houston asap. At least you can PLAN for a hurricane. Yeah, what KIND of storm, indeed? They have those safe rooms in Tulsa, where I house-hunted for a while. They’re real proud of them and tell stories about how you can stand there safely in your pantry/bathroom/closet while the rest of the house is blown away by the damn tornado. I was never impressed by this feature, I have to say; hearing about the tornadoes in Tulsa was a contributing factor to my deciding NOT to buy a house and getting my rear end back to Houston asap. At least you can PLAN for a hurricane.

]]> By: flake http://swamplot.com/neighborhood-guessing-game-over-first-chair/2009-03-12/#comment-22333 flake Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:50:44 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=7282#comment-22333 (blushing modestly) Thanks for the kind words, Swamplot (Gus?) and Brad. I just put everyone else's "design flaws" together, that's all. Looks like you were right about the builder, Brad. He could have done a better job with that sink, for sure. CK, enjoy your well-earned dinner! I'm trying to figure out how the storm-safe room is going to perform once water starts bubbling up from the sink & laundry drains... (blushing modestly) Thanks for the kind words, Swamplot (Gus?) and Brad. I just put everyone else’s “design flaws” together, that’s all. Looks like you were right about the builder, Brad. He could have done a better job with that sink, for sure.

CK, enjoy your well-earned dinner!

I’m trying to figure out how the storm-safe room is going to perform once water starts bubbling up from the sink & laundry drains…

]]> By: Brad http://swamplot.com/neighborhood-guessing-game-over-first-chair/2009-03-12/#comment-22318 Brad Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:16:29 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=7282#comment-22318 Hats off, flake... you had me fooled. Congrats CK! Hats off, flake… you had me fooled. Congrats CK!

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