Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Sure feels good to get back in the swing of things, doesn’t it? Here’s some of what we’ll be taking a few swings at:
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Two early withdrawals this time. That’s barely enough to keep in practice. Got any interest in these?:
In this edition: The city zaps one of its own. Not a whole lot else.
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
A brand new week! What shall we chop up next?
The good thing about not having so many demos to do in one day is that you can take the extra time to concentrate on doing a high-quality job. Like here:
COMMENT OF THE DAY: LOT SIZE AND THE ROAD TO DEMOLITION 
“. . . The owners of the above pictured house realized a LONG time ago that the value of their 10,000 SF lot was the same with or without the existing structure. THAT is the point when maintaining the structure becomes uneconomical. THAT is when repairs stop. THAT is the starting point on the path to real decay and eventual demolition.
Interestingly, the economics of a townhouse give their owners MORE incentive to keep up with repairs. Their ratio of structure-value to land-value is higher meaning that going forward they should have MORE economic incentive to keep their structures maintained.
Even a $100,000 structural repair on a townhouse on a 1,800 SF lot isn’t likely to push it into teardown status. Making the repair is still economically rational. You’d be far less likely to affect a similar repair on a single family home on 5,000 SF lot in the same neighborood.” [Bernard, commenting on Up and Down in Hyde Park] Photo of former property at 1212 Hyde Park Blvd.: fortbendtomontrose
Just a bit of clearance ’round back of Dogan Elementary School:
The Hometta blog features construction pix of the pair of houses going up on Hyde Park 2 blocks west of Montrose — designed by Collaborative Designworks, Houston’s most notable practitioners of those folded-spiral stucco balcony-wall-soffit wraparounds. 1212 and 1216 Hyde Park won’t go on the market for another few months, architect James Evans tells us, but when they do they’ll likely be priced “in the low $1M range.”
But . . . haven’t we visited this little corner of Hyde Park before?
Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists buildings that received City of Houston demolition permits the previous weekday.
Isn’t it nice to start the week off with a clean slate?
Geez, look what we’re knocking down this time: