Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design

8 Comments

1. 1
   From Chef:

   Being sold as a tear-down, why bother with interior photos?

   February 6, 2013 at 10:05 am
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   From Cody:

   Chef, not only that but the interior shots have verbage where he’s “selling” the features of the house. Not sure why its listed a knock down. It’s a pretty cool place that seems to be talking up it’s home features.
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   Amazing that lots are in the $100/SF range. A property we just bought only 3 miles away was about $30/SF to the dirt, and happens to have a big apt building on it. Rents in that place are as low as $450 for a big 1bd to about $700 for a 3 bed. Yet if it were just a FEW miles west the rents would be 2x as much.
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   I know it’s all about location/location/location but it’s crazy what small changes in location will do.

   February 6, 2013 at 11:16 am
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   From Rodrigo:

   Augh. What a location. Maybe 10 or 15 years from now I would have a legitimate chance of buying this house and saving it from becoming a “masterpiece” like the one two lots to the west. Or tearing it down and building a bungalow with room for a couple of cats and a couple of cars, and a nice big garden. Too bad.

   February 6, 2013 at 11:47 am
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   From Eric:

   Bizarrely, the listing has a photo that claims to be of Rice University, but it’s actually of Keble College at Oxford. I know it’s on University Boulevard, but that doesn’t seem to justify showing a photo of a random university.

   February 6, 2013 at 12:21 pm
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   From Colleen:

   I always liked the original West U brick homes. Neat curves and entrances. I think of them as hobbit homes. Another one bites the dust.

   February 6, 2013 at 12:24 pm
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   From heyzeus:

   Ha, good catch Eric. That sure isn’t Rice!

   February 6, 2013 at 1:21 pm
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   From ST:

   Why tear this one down? Such a cool house.

   February 6, 2013 at 5:02 pm
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   From KC:

   I’m not sure what they mean by mock fireplaces. They look real to me. Chimneys and all

   February 6, 2013 at 5:38 pm