SampaguitaSB

Thanks for your reply and the welcome back to TX. We decided to pass on the house for a number of reasons including that the owner wanted earnest money for us to BUY the house sight-un-seen NOW. Considering it's been on the market for 300 days without any bites, well...I think it's going to pay to be cautious and smart about it. Renting sight-un-seen is one thing but buying the house is another. Still searching...

I'm glad I found this thread! My husband, our infant twins and I are relocating back to TX (I went to school & worked in SA) next month. My brother and new sister-in-law live in Houston and my parents plan on retiring to Houston within the next couple of years. We've always been interested in unique, more historic architecture. Our 2nd home together was a 1929 Spanish Revival in San Diego. It was chock full of character but very small for our needs. DH is in a motorized wheelchair and in 1929, bedroom & bathroom doorways just weren't 30" wide. We are now looking into renting in The Woodlands for a year or 2 until we decide where exactly we'd like to permanently settle. I was a bit down in the mouth about having to live in a cookie-cutter development but we stumbled upon a rental that was described as a "unique lifeforms" built in 1982. It needs some serious updating but it's biggest draw to us is that it's wheelchair accessible (has an elevator) and already has a wheelchair accessible bathroom. We would also have the option to buy once our lease was up. The house is located in Grogan's Mill. We would be renting sight-unseen (the logistics for me to fly by myself with the twins for a look-see are unmanageable at this point). We are used to moving into "fixers" which works well for us as we are then able to retrofit to husband's accessibility needs. Any insight into this possible rental - rather renting a lifeforms house? How does one look for lifeforms houses on www.har.com? Also, can anyone point me in the direction of a good, reliable and reasonable handy-man? Thanks so much! We're looking forward to being back in TX!