heightslurker
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Wow. That looks sweet. Does anyone know why they have named this Development "West Ave"?
just a guess, but it might be reference to and a shortened version of "Westheimer Avenue", or "West Ave" ?? That's my guess, anyway..
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This is a very nice, friendly area in a great location -- keep looking there, especially along Castle Ct. There are many duplexes for rent at any given time.
I drop my kid off at Lanier MS (Westheimer at Woodhead) every day, and there is a 2-1 for rent on Harold directly across from the school. If you don't mind school traffic, that's another great location.
I lived in a duplex on Castle Court several years ago. I felt it was a nice area for location, walking distance to the harp pub...park just down the road with the dog park..it was even a nice, scenic walk to the metro rail / herman park on the weekend..... I can't say i felt as "safe" as when i lived further north in the montrose area towards st. thomas....Castle court is so near Richmond and 59 and it's seems more sketchy than moving further south towards the museum district or further north towards westheimer.....
Ian Rees...i feel your pain, though....and i think unless you're willing to raise your buget, you need to compromise....
for me, location and individuality were my main concerns..which meant i sometimes had carpet (and not lovely hard woods) and i always did without a dishwasher or central air and heat.....
keep looking, there is an awsome little place i had seen years ago back behind the old 'cafe noche' that all four units look out onto a private courtyard, circa somewhere around 1920's......cool details...but again, i think they didn't have a washer and dryer.........you're going to have to give up something....i think you're in a decent price range to find something cool...just not perfect..
btw...how long have you been looking?
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This website will explain what you saw them trying to get signatures for (ie. certain blocks "east" and "west" of heights Blvd. in the Houston Heights)
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so far, commgate.com is useful...
i had tried some other website that google brought up that had information on it more than 3 years old..i thought, surely, there must be something else out there..and, ofcourse, i like the freeee resources
thanks guys..
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are there any public listing websites, similiar to the HAR.com for residential, for Office space in Houston??
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The Eckerds at 1102 Yale before it was Eckerds.
Thanks for posting the picture. I pass by that every day and it's nice to see what it looked like in better times.
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my question is, how old is the door? if you have an old house with old doors, I'd be careful about sanding (creates dust) if you have possible lead - based paint..
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Is there any way to find out the actual sales price of a house sold by the owner as a fsbo? The mls does not have that data, but I was wondering if there was any county records department that might have it or something. Appreciate any help...
also, try this too (sometimes works...not sure where they get the info but seems pretty accurate):
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No luzr, I figured out what it was and pulled it off the internet.
I think my next habitat idea will be a bat house. The skeeters are big and bad today!
I have a plant in my front yard called 'night blooming jasmine' that the humming bird type moth loves to come to at night when the blossoms open....
i agree with you on the bat house thing...I figure a bat house on the back of the garage facing the alley should be unabtrusive...
There is also a small screech owl that i see occasionally at dusk ....
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i suppose that it's ok to ask this question here as I consider it home improvement. I am in the Katy area. Where is a good place to buy a tree I want to plant in the back yard. My budget would be under $150.00 dollars can I get a decent sized tree for this price (maybe a 30 gallon potted one) Also, I am up for suggestions for the type of tree. I want to put it in my back yard and I want something that will grow fairly quick to provide some decent shade in 10 years. I like that a live oak doesn't lose it's leaves but it is slow growing right. I had a red oak (shumar I think) before. It was nice and grew pretty quick but it loses all it's leaves every fall. but is was a nice looking tree. Any other suggestions or a place to buy one, thanks. And is it above my budget to have one delivered and planted. I can do this i have a truck as long as it will fit. thanks
I've heard this place is good:
also, we have a live oak in the backyard...i think it has doubled in size in a two year span since we've been feeding it once a year....It's a nice tree....
We also have a live oak in the front that is probably a 50+ year old tree...it doesn't drop its leave in the fall but rather in the spring....at the same time it grows new leaves...so it's never bare..but they do drop...
also..check out this article on types of trees for the texas area:
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well...flex duct is the least efficient means of air distribution because the interior isn't completely smooth. But the key is to install so that the duct doesn't pinch which impedes airflow even more. the "uphill" portion is negligible because it is only a short distance overall. i'll bet 100% of homeowners have significant pinching in some portion of their ductwork.
as for the can....IC rated cans allow insulation to be placed against the can vs. the non-IC where you can't. BUT heat is generated by the cans which could catch other items (insulation paper, shiplap, etc) on fire due to excessive heat. My dad was in the fire department for over 40 yrs and he has seen numerous instances of fire due to recessed cans. I tend to do the safe thing anyway so i stayed clear of recessed cans. I will say that i found in the end i was happy that i put up track because I can easily change configuation if i add or remove pictures.
Nowadays they are considered fairly energy inefficient due to airloss thru the hole. They do have airtight ones now, of course those aren't the ones installed by builders and most homeowners.
thanks for your answer..I am asking about both because we are currently working on replacing insulation in the attic (and possibly the duct work) as well as taking out the old, non-ic rated cans and possibly installing ic rated ones that are airtight....i'm still researching the code on the ic rated ones on whether or not they say they can or cannot be installed through a "combustible" material like shiplap...
speaking of fire hazards.............. paper faced insulation against shiplap. The fine print on the stuff says it should not be installed directly against a combustible material. (we presently have the paper faced kind that we are slowly bagging up and getting rid of). With all the old houses in houston with shiplap you would think it wouldn't be too difficult to find non faced, rolls of insulation...but we had to special order ours..
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danax:
I've been able to find the old, rolled siding at grogan's on yale that matches my old siding exactly...great for patch jobs..
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musicman:
questions:
suspending the duct work doesn't create a flow problem for the air having to go "up hill" a little before going back down? - i'm sorry if this is a stupid question
also: would installing ic rated recessed cans solve the problem with them being a fire hazard??
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off studemont, i believe
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heightslurker, I am having a very hard time thanking you for ruining my day.
Seriously, I appreciate all of the posts and suggestions. This house was tented before I bought it. Sounds like the little bastards have returned.
Yeah, no problem...
And on that same note, the first rule I learned upon buying an old home is "if you don't laugh you'll cry"...
After commiserating with many of my neighbors who have all tented atleast once (if not twice) during their ownership, these 'little bastards' are very common in our parts..
i'm curious, how long ago was the house tented? After knowing what i've learned, i fully expect to tent again before all is said and done...with all the wood in the heights they just jump from house to house and it's just a matter of time before they make their rounds back to your house again..
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It is strange. I have not seen an ant, termite, flying insect, or anything else. All I see is those piles in the morning or evening. I am going to look under the house this weekend, but in the meantime, I have sprayed ant&bug killer.
We never saw a termite either..the only evidence that the infestation is still active is the return of the piles after you sweep them away...they are very tidy by nature and push the debris out of "exit" holes in the timber they are chewing on...they eat the wood in a different manner than the sub teranian type..
a drywood horror story of sorts was the one time we were renovating and began to tear out some sheetrock at the bottom of a wall and we hit the motherload-jackpot of pellet debris as the the years of accumulation of it in our walls was finally released and it spilled out all over the place..
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Those look like drywood termites, coming from a person who had a house that was infested with them all over the place...i'll never forget the sight of those pellets/sawdust piles...
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after our garage was broken into and everything carted off in Montrose, i swear i started receiving flyers and other mail almost instantly on a half dozen 'safer' gated complexes outside the loop...it took me a few days to make the connection...
i hadn't heard of people doing it before (buying lists of recently violated people who would consider moving to some where 'safer')...but i imagine it is similiar to attorneys buying lists from the county courts of people with tickets...
or all those postcards you get in the mail after you say you will take defensive driving *cough*cough* not that i would know anything about that...
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fred brock...aim inspection service
We used him too...he came recomended by someone we trusted..
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1. Square Footage of your house
2. Age of House
3. Amount of Bill
4. Electric Provider
1. ~1200
2. ~80 years
3. $250
4. Green Mountain
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And the 625K price shows there's real value in owning the genuine article.
I'm curious to see what it actually sells for...
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How about the real thing?
Ofcourse, don't get me wrong...I prefer the real thing 100 times over but that wasn't the initial question !
I also hope that the recent media attention to the problem of destroying the original, early century housing that has made the heights so popular, will do some good too...
In the meantime, putting up an italian style stucco thing that is three stories tall is destroying the character of the area faster than the new ones that are atleast in a similar style with the surrounding area...
But, let it be known I prefer the original houses...nothing can replace them...I love the character of my old house..
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There has been a lot of new construction in the Heights with varying architectural styles.
Has any of you come across a modern interpretation of an Arts and Crafts style home that you really liked?
Where at?
My personal favorite are some of the designs from Campa Newberry on
717 E 7 1/2 st
611 E 16th
I thought these new builds on Nicholson were an interesting modern interpretation of "arts & craft"...I am not sure how exactly I feel about them...they are squished together on as little land as possible but they did catch my eye over what is being built in the heights lately..It is hard to see but they do have nice details like the doors and columns and exposed rafter ends:
Patrick Doyle Home At 945 Heights Blvd.
in The Heights
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The other property that was torn down i think was 401 Heights...there appears to be a recent conveyance from the owner to a "new middle school", which happens to be right next door....so...i guess the school is expanding? that's my guess...
http://www.thenewmiddleschool.com