Comments on: Neighborhood Guessing Game: You Won’t See Me

By: MariaO

MariaO — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:50:19 +0000

I’ll guess Alief. Houston boom time late 1970s. No updates since the neighborhood prices wouldn’t support it. Very likely a patio home.

By: David W

David W — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:48:31 +0000

Hmm - this one is a real snore. Reminds me of the one in Mission Bend but with all the fun stuff like the bridge taken out. Oven/Microwave combo and white Formica looks late 70’s/early 80’s to me, I agree with the others that the tile makes it near water, but the rest is so generic it is hard to figure where it might be. I’ll guess West side south of Buffalo Bayou between Beltway 8 and Highway 6.

By: marmer

marmer — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:28:03 +0000

Oh, and if a single man lives here, why the crib? Maybe it’s a single mom who works in construction and is too busy to decorate. But there is no kid stuff anywhere except the beds.

By: kjb434

kjb434 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:27:06 +0000

That’s why I’m throwing out a price too! LOL

I figure if my dart throwing at the map abilities for guessing the neighborhood doesn’t work, at least I might be able to claim coming in close with a price tag….

By: marmer

marmer — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:23:07 +0000

Gus likes to trick us, like he did with that dump in River Oaks. This could, I suppose, be one of the older condos in Montrose, West U, or the Astrodome area. I’m not convinced that little scrap of yard visible out back means it’s not a townhouse or condo. Having said that, I’m sticking with Newcastle/59. Other random thoughts: that’s not a sunken bath, that’s a booby trap, and why, when they were painting the hell out of everything, didn’t they paint the beat-up bathroom cabinets? Did they run out of white paint?

By: kjb434

kjb434 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:21:49 +0000

I already threw my choice in, but the funny part of this is that this style of house was built in a boom time for Houston. Subdivisions with this style of house/condo/townhome were aplenty and everywhere.

The layout doesn’t seem that bad and a lot could be done with it! My guess is the cost around $100K. Maybe a little lower.

By: EMME

EMME — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:09:42 +0000

Guy works somewhere near the ship channel. So I am thinking Deer Park.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:47:29 +0000

See the faucet in the bathroom - that’s got to be from the early 80’s. It looks like there’s a patio outside one of the bedrooms, so I’m thinking a house, not a condo. This house bores me. I’m going to say down I-45 toward Almeda.

By: GoogleMaster

GoogleMaster — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:14:43 +0000

With all that tile, it’s got to be someplace that floods a lot. Hmm, a place that floods a lot and is dreary, dreary, dreary.
I’m going to say somewhere on the southeast side.
I know it’s “up and coming”, but I’m sure that there are more than a few dreary flooded-and-repaired houses in Glenbrook Valley.
If not there, then somewhere in the stretch of floodplain between League City and La Porte.

By: Marie

Marie — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:32:48 +0000

This house definitely needs help…but I really like the tile and wood floors - no carpet for me. I agree - it’s a bachelor pad. I don’t see any woman’s touches anywhere.
Must be the Woodlands.

By: tcpIV

tcpIV — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:52:20 +0000

We’ve been tricked into the hinterlands lately. I’ll vote for Atascocita. And the art! Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks and Van Gogh’s Sunflowers…these are real collectors! Is the filth on the bathmat from entering or exiting the shower?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:11:51 +0000

Town home on the west side of town. How about Sommerset?

Give it an award for the worst staging ever!