rps324 Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 This one just really kills me. A '54 parade house. before what I witnessed today: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Amazing that the roofline appearance could make that big of a deal to the owners or to perspective buyers (assuming this is a flip). or maybe it will be a dormered second story??? hard to tell from your original pic but it does look like the old roof wasnt completely flat - so reroofing it to repair a badly maintained leak prone flat roof would be less of an excuse. Have they started stucco-ing over the brick yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 rps: thanks for posting the pictures. And ruining my day. Seriously, you're doing a public service, like those people who post pictures in convenience stores of known criminals. "Surely," some may exclaim, "you're not comparing the remodeling of a house with lawbreakers!" Yes, I am. There ought to be a law, as the saying goes. By pointing out the folly of trying to 'fix' something that's not broken that makes people consider and appreciate what the house represent(ed) in its original form. When this awareness is shared with others, it's a step towards preventing such errors in taste and judgement in the future. or maybe it will be a dormered second story??? For tiny, tiny people, maybe...looks awfully low. Have they started stucco-ing over the brick yet? Right after they replace the real trees with fake ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmancuso Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 better this than be demo'd for a mcmansion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 i drove by this one two days ago - ACK hopefully the end product won't be too hideous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torvald Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 better this than be demo'd for a mcmansion. why didn't they just get a house like that from the start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 why didn't they just get a house like that from the start? i share the same sentiments - there are all kinds of houses in houston (the more interesting kind, in my opinion, becoming few) kind of like haif2's beloved friend maria isabel and her love for sixth ward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Street Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 i can understand why they want to raise the pitch because low-pitched roof like that is just not a good idea in wooded area. but.... (if you look closely, they are actually building on top of the existing roof, i.e. saving original roof....) why didn't they just get a house like that from the start? exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westguy Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Does the new roof have hurricane straps? I doubt the original one does, but in new homes, surely they must be required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rps324 Posted April 21, 2006 Author Share Posted April 21, 2006 It just aggravates me when there are so many people out there who would have loved to have this home, and paid for it, and as hard as it is to find good mods don't think I haven't knocked on the door and sent notes more than once trying to get them to sell it. They could have sold it for a good price and gotten some new house in Sagemont area or something. Instead they do this. I know they can, I just wish they would have let me sell it so it could have been saved instead of converting it from an architectural treasure into some architectural disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Does the new roof have hurricane straps? I doubt the original one does, but in new homes, surely they must be required.I am not up to date on current regulations but it used to be that hurricane straps were not required that far north. I believe all of Galveston county requires them and the parts of Harris County near Clear Lake.The state sets a minimum requirement based on the windstorm risk zones. Individual communities can increase the requirement in their own codes.There may be some minimal amount now required for all of Harris. any builders out there know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I doubt it is an investor. It would be hard to justify that much framing on a flip.What neighborhood is this in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I am not up to date on current regulations but it used to be that hurricane straps were not required that far north. I believe all of Galveston county requires them and the parts of Harris County near Clear Lake.The state sets a minimum requirement based on the windstorm risk zones. Individual communities can increase the requirement in their own codes.There may be some minimal amount now required for all of Harris. any builders out there know?The City of Houston requires them as well, but take your inspector out to lunch and you won't need them either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Does the new roof have hurricane straps? I doubt the original one does, but in new homes, surely they must be required. In a case such as this one, no straps might be a blessing in disguise. A good category 3 might put this house well on its way back to original condition. And a lucky neighbor will end up with a new roof for free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stolitx Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 I doubt it is an investor. It would be hard to justify that much framing on a flip.What neighborhood is this in?Glenbrook Valley on Glenview.I'm going to have to walk my great dane by there. When she craps in the yard I won't pick it up. I'll consider it her personal statement.She'll stop crapping in their yard when they stop crapping on the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drex Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 I drove by last night in a state of shock. What is going on with this street? This is the 3rd house on the block that has been severely altered recently. I looked at and considered the cool green mod when it was for sale last year - now I'm glad I decided against it. I wouldn't have been able to look at this devastation on a daily basis...not without some good pills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rps324 Posted April 26, 2006 Author Share Posted April 26, 2006 I drove by last night in a state of shock. What is going on with this street? This is the 3rd house on the block that has been severely altered recently. I looked at and considered the cool green mod when it was for sale last year - now I'm glad I decided against it. I wouldn't have been able to look at this devastation on a daily basis...not without some good pills. You looked at that %&^* mod too? Yes, that is the last one of the 54 Parade mods left undamaged. The mod-ish ranch with the circle drive landed in good hands, but not before a bad remuddle to the kitchen and one of the baths. EVERYONE looked at that fool green mod and no one took it at that time. Architect Kathy Heard was seriously considering it, as was an Architecture Professor from U of H, a Designer named Derrick was going to get it, about the same time Travis & Karen Moyers - Stodelle of Metro Modern were looking at it. But nobody would ante up the whopping $113,000 it took to get it at that time. I am going to get that one into a modster's hands yet. It is certainly too cool to lose. But you can bet it won't be for that price anymore. That's my rant for the day P.S. - Buy the green one & I'll get you a prescription! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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