Roscoe

We did it, but it was a major pain. The inspector failed us on the inspection. After tossing around ideas of how to get around it, we called his supervisor for our area. He said that particular inspector was working to an old code, and that the code allows for horizontal railing with no greater than 4" space between rails.

I saw one fly by me while I worked in the yard two weeks ago near Monte Beach Park. I just thought it was one that had escaped. That would be cool to support a wild population of parakeets in the hood.

has anyone seen the house on northwood across from the tennis courts.

We just finished a year long project in which we remodeled the existing house, new siding, new roof, new floors, and added a 1600 sq ft addition. Our totals were about 75$ a sq/ft. The major cost savings was being our own g.c. One problem we encountered was finding a bank to finance the construction. Most wanted a builder of record. The bids we received from builders/general contractors ranged from 125$-180$ per sq ft.

I wish someone would buy and restore the mansion on Archer. That thing could be awesome. Currently it looks like 15 people live there in various trailers, the home, and the mismatched garage apartment.

I believe that the plans to expand i-45 have been stopped. The new plan from TXDOT is to rebuild i-45 from downtown to 610 without expanding.

What I do not appreciate is that some of the new homes being built in Brookesmith are completely suburban. There seems to be several new stucco and brick facade homes that look horrible, and probably should be left out in sugarland. I know the neighborhood has a long way to go but I just don't like most of the new stuff I've seen so far.