rbarz Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 This was a house I tried to buy a few times... every time I was out bid and there was always a lot of interest with this house that was never active for more than a week. I assumed the interest came from the awesome modern style of the home. Apparently I was wrong. Before After Are you thinking why would they tear down that perfectly nice house and replace it with that ridiculous stucco and tile "Mediterranean" home? If you are, then you would be surprised to learn they paid more per square foot than anything else in the neighborhood to remodel it into that nightmare. (Even though it was already completely remodeled inside) This would have to go into the books as one of the worst remodels ever. Before they purchased it the home was worth $515,000, now, after the very expensive remodeling job its probably worth $450,000. Why would anyone get in a bidding war and pay over list price for a remodeled very original home to dump a bunch of money into it and completely change the outside into something that looks like 30 other homes in the neighborhood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 looks like they wanted more space and added on to the garage however the contractor didn't know how to do a flat roof, so put on a pitched one. then well, made the house match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeats Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 That is just miserably depressing. Ugh. So ugly. Why? Just...why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMME Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 That is just miserably depressing. Ugh. So ugly. Why? Just...why? no accounting for taste! Where is this house? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westguy76 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 It looks liake a wash to me, ugly for ugly. It was a monstosity of square mud before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Is this the one in Sugar Land? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbarz Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Is this the one in Sugar Land?Yes, it is in the Sugar Creek neighborhood. 1414 E Sugar Creek Blvd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbarz Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 It looks liake a wash to me, ugly for ugly. It was a monstosity of square mud before.lol Just in case you referred to it as mud because it looks like adobe or stucco in the photos, it was actually cedar siding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugoks Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 what is the story with the 'castle' on what may be two lots across the street and about 13 doors to the west? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domus48 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Looks to be architect designed, of the 1970's era. Unable to look up additional information without an address... "rbarz", can you provide such?The "updating" this property has undergone is really quite mind numbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 If it was a homeowner remodeling the home to their own personal taste, I don't have a problem with it, their property, their choice. But if they were remodeling it just to flip it, they made a big time pile of FAIL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanS Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 No more leaky flat roof. Bravo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 THAT, is fudged up !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 That remodel is a depressing blandscape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the Man Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 You have to wonder why the owners bought this house. With the amount of changes they made, it obviously didn't appeal to them. Was it the only home of that size in the neighborhood at that time, or did they just get caught up in the stupidity of the house flipping trend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I like the original 1970's design more than the remuddled effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm5266 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 ow. that just makes my eyes hurt.our roof is flat - and before we had it fixed, it didn't leak. in fact, it survived ike. i think they're better than pitched ones, imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristinDaugherty Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 And that, kids, is Sugar Creek for you. Yuppiefied soccer-mom hell, just like Quail Valley except with more disposable income./Misery City dweller mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Historian Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 I think the active word in that last reply was "disposable". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbarz Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 Looks to be architect designed, of the 1970's era. Unable to look up additional information without an address... "rbarz", can you provide such?The "updating" this property has undergone is really quite mind numbing.1414 E Sugar Creek BlvdSugar Land, TX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbarz Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 You have to wonder why the owners bought this house. With the amount of changes they made, it obviously didn't appeal to them. Was it the only home of that size in the neighborhood at that time, or did they just get caught up in the stupidity of the house flipping trend?Well if they did plan to flip it had to have been the worst buy on the books because they paid over list and well over $100/SF. They probably can't get more than they paid for the house much less all the money they dumped into the stucco and pitched roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaggieMay Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I like the original 1970's design more than the remuddled effort.I don't even like the 70's design much--perhaps I remember the 70's too well. But the remodel is hideous--and not in an interesting way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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