Comments on: Swamplot Price Adjuster: Glenbrook Valley High?

By: ac

ac — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:35:47 +0000

The street walkers near Santa Elena and the feeder sure don’t help.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:51:38 +0000

I’d say 150k is fair. It wouldn’t cost too too much to reinstate the flagstone posts, rip up the tile and put something else down, tidy up the kitchen a bit, and do something with the yard, but enough to have the selling price not that high. I guess that’s been demonstrated with being on the market on and off since early 2005.

By: bassmaster

bassmaster — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:54:15 +0000

According to HAR, the average price per square foot is $53. Therefore, even if this house were on par with the rest of the neighborhood, the market value should only be ~$150K. I’m surprised the seller didn’t take a picture of the apartment complex located nearby on Broadway which has a first floor unit that has been converted into a convenience store. Every time I drive to Hobby Airport, I get a good laugh looking at that store.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:34:49 +0000

I live down the street. No meth houses in the vecinty so can’t blame the lack of sales on that. Nice quiet cul de sac with some long time residents from what I know.
I would imagine anyone paying that price for 3 bedrooms would expect a back yard to be presentable.

Houses in this ‘hood in that price range usually have oustanding architecture (or at least great Mod features) or are much larger square footage.

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:22:26 +0000

It’s actually a really nice street with some really nice nearby houses, several with architectural pedigrees.

This one seems to have a strange facade, and an unusual floor plan compared to its neighbors. Some landscaping would shore up the curb-appeal.

And the god-awful updates have kept the mid-century enthusiasts away at that price. Who wants to pay that much for poor-quality bland?

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:04:28 +0000

Even though all the cool MCM features have been ripped out, I would think it would have sold in four years’ time. Is there a meth lab next door or some equivalent? Is the owner just really stubborn on the price? There must be some circumstances we’re not privy to.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:59:47 +0000

Sims bayou was redone about 15 years so it doesn’t flood over there other than some occasional street flooding in spots. I doubt it flooded even before the re-engineering of the bayou. Sims didn’t get out of banks in Allison or Ike in that area. Glenbrook sits in the middle of the “V” pattern of the runways so the planes don’t normally fly over the subdivision, (you can see that on google earth), there is some faint noise from the freeway but nothing significant. As for schools, yeah, they suck. Not everybody has kids and some that do don’t want public school. But for those that do want good public, it ain’t the one.

This house obviously has a lot of issues, but flooding, plane and heavy freeway noise wouldn’t really be on the list .

By: wilf

wilf — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:29:27 +0000

The reader’s suggest $189K seems more realistic than $245K. Just looking at the pics, the place could probably use a new fence, landscaping, an update for the kitchen and is that a giant hole in the siding above the French doors leading to the pool? How many times has this place flooded due to the nearby Sims Bayou?

The house does look pretty cool in a retro way. Just seems like a place you could quickly grow to hate with all the flooding, plane noise pollution, the constant drone of I-45 and having to drive your kids to a private school since the local ones might not be so hot.