My husband and I (26 & 25 y/o) are going to look at a couple of fixer-upper 30's bungalows for sale on Scharpe Street this week. We're young and motivated and looking for an inexpensive starter home that we could fix up before having kids. This seems like a great area for us, as it's close to a lot of things and driving through seems like a pleasant neighborhood. And the houses are adorable.
Anyone have any thoughts? I emailed Scharpe St Guy about it and he loves the neighborhood. Any complaints? Is it frightening at night? My husband works in Southpark/Sunnyside area and I found it to be a little rough for me down there. I think this area may be a bit nicer, though?
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this is my first time on this forum so I am not sure how this will print out.
I bought in 2000 and love the area! It is close to everthing! As for crime, look at what is happening in the heights with all the breakend, Pearland.... No place is safe proof. In 9 years I had my garage broken into and just had garden stuff taken. Very minor concidering my friends in montrose and the hieghts cannot leave anything on their porches without it disappearing over night. We have chairs, tables, and pots on the porch and never disappeared. My friends in these more expensive areas all have had their garages broken into as well.
As for foundation work and street flooding. Look into timergrove, west U, westbury, all these places flood. During tropical storm allison the streets in all Houston flooded, but in our home nothing came into the house. Look at the tropical storm allison recovery web page type in the street address and find out if it is in a floodway, flood zone. Most of these expensive areas are Broadmoor is not! As four foundation all houston houses have foundation issues. So dont let that scare you either.
This is a great neighbohhod!!! One thing that would improve it would be to not allow people to park on their lawns. This makes the area look less greener and more getto. I know all my neighbors! I do hope more owners buy into the area and stop renting them out. The area has a good percentage of rentals but have noticed that the renter quality is getting much better every year.
I think anyone buying into this area will see that the perciption is not the reality!!!!
Broadmoor Homes For Sale
in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston
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Okay,
this is my first time on this forum so I am not sure how this will print out.
I bought in 2000 and love the area! It is close to everthing! As for crime, look at what is happening in the heights with all the breakend, Pearland.... No place is safe proof. In 9 years I had my garage broken into and just had garden stuff taken. Very minor concidering my friends in montrose and the hieghts cannot leave anything on their porches without it disappearing over night. We have chairs, tables, and pots on the porch and never disappeared. My friends in these more expensive areas all have had their garages broken into as well.
As for foundation work and street flooding. Look into timergrove, west U, westbury, all these places flood. During tropical storm allison the streets in all Houston flooded, but in our home nothing came into the house. Look at the tropical storm allison recovery web page type in the street address and find out if it is in a floodway, flood zone. Most of these expensive areas are Broadmoor is not! As four foundation all houston houses have foundation issues. So dont let that scare you either.
This is a great neighbohhod!!! One thing that would improve it would be to not allow people to park on their lawns. This makes the area look less greener and more getto. I know all my neighbors! I do hope more owners buy into the area and stop renting them out. The area has a good percentage of rentals but have noticed that the renter quality is getting much better every year.
I think anyone buying into this area will see that the perciption is not the reality!!!!