Knollwood Village was the clear favorite of this week‘s neighborhood guessers, with 4 of you spotting the house there. A few more guesses huddled nearby in the southwest corner of the Loop: Linkwood, Woodshire, Woodside, “south of Braeswood between Buffalo Speedway and Stella Link,” and “the neighborhood South of Holcombe/Bellaire and West of Stella Link behind the Palace Lanes (Lanark St).” Riverside Terrace got 2 votes. The rest: Meyerland, Afton Oaks, “around the Galleria, Chimney Rock, Richmond area,” Bellaire, Antoine/43rd St. off 290, Willowbend, east Westbury, Braes Heights, Ayrshire, Robindell, Long Point Woods, Royal Oaks, and Shadow Oaks.
Great work, everyone!
We had 2 winners this week. Chris, who included all the right names in this neighborhood roundup:
. . . ahhh those corner windows, itsy-bitsy crown molding, and green tile betray this home’s location. The only area I know of that is so corner-window crazy is the Knollwood/Linkwood/Woodshire/Woodside part of the inner loop.
And Swamplot-Award-winner Miz Brooke Smith, who turned in another strong performance:
I would narrow the area to south of Braeswood between Buffalo Speedway and Stella Link. The living room-dining room-kitchen layout, quality and nature of the wood floors, old-fashioned wooden bathroom cabinets & knobs, proportion of door to 8′ ceiling height, and tell-tale brass-colored doorknobs also speak of this time & place. Same goes for the view out the window through mature oak limbs to the one-story brick rancher across the street (both of which — house & roadbed — doubtless have their share of historic clay-gumbo cracks and seams). The handsome re-do includes new windows, and perhaps a built-out sun room and porch off the kitchen, overlooking the backyard deck?
Honorable mentions go to all the Knollwood Village guessers — Joni Webb, toadfroggy, and Pat — who were close but ended up on the wrong side of Buffalo Speedway.
And here it is:
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Location: 8714 Linkmeadow Ln., Linkwood
Details: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths; 1,764 sq. ft. on a 10,950-sq.-ft. lot
Price: $337,000
The Scoop: 1956 Linkwood rancher redone in the late ’90s. Brand new roof. Combined Living-Dining. Large wood deck surrounds live oak in back. Alarm system, sprinklers; warranty on foundation work. On the market since the beginning of December. Price chopped $10K just 2 days ago.
So how are the new rules working out for you? Have any suggestions? Complaints? Vent in a comment! Then come back for another chance in our next round, next Tuesday!
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