MidtownCoog Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 $975K gets you into this lovely metal building. Who in the world designed this? "The General"? http://realestate.chron.com//Sales/Listing...ReportSection=P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west20th Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 $975K gets you into this lovely metal building.Who in the world designed this? "The General"?That's a whole lot of ugly. Love the fully concreted front yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Ehhh... You can rent it for $8300/month, too: http://search.har.com/engine/dispSearch.cfm?mlnum=2513373 backside isn't so great imo, either: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 (edited) $975K gets you into this lovely metal building. guess they tried to blend in with the next door neighbor for the industrial look. Edited February 5, 2008 by musicman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 I'm sure their neighbors love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west20th Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Ehhh...You can rent it for $8300/month, too:http://search.har.com/engine/dispSearch.cfm?mlnum=2513373backside isn't so great imo, either:No landscaping front or back? For 975K they could have put a little lipstick on that pig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west20th Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 guess they tried to blend in with the next door neighbor for the industrial look.There are some trailer parks left in Timbergrove/Shady acres. They'd have been better off blending in with those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonRealtor Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 guess they tried to blend in with the next door neighbor for the industrial look.The neighbors actually own the house. I believe that I read somewhere that they built both of them, but I can't recall where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannomad Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 The neighbors actually own the house. I believe that I read somewhere that they built both of them, but I can't recall where.I believe that's correct. I think when I checked HCAD the same person owned this house and the neighboring one. Assuming of course that info is up to date. This house has been on the market for a LONG time, and if I were to bet I'd say that's where it will stay for an even longer time. Maybe I just don't "get it" with this house but it seems so overpriced not only for its appeal (or lack of) but overpriced for the immediate neighborhood as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 There are some trailer parks left in Timbergrove/Shady acres. They'd have been better off blending in with those.LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted February 6, 2008 Author Share Posted February 6, 2008 Well, if anything, it's very "Houston" if you know what I mean. Anything goes! Too bad they can't hide it behind 50 year old trees. Which makes me wonder how many they may have chopped down to build this ode to sheet metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 It looks good to me. It would look better with big overhanging eaves, but I like it anyway. Way too pricey, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 good call memebag. just a little extra thought and it would've had a completely different look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrickStamp Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 $975K gets you into this lovely metal building.Who in the world designed this? "The General"? http://realestate.chron.com//Sales/Listing...ReportSection=P I think it's kind of cool. I agree that the back is rather un-lovely, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 good call memebag. just a little extra thought and it would've had a completely different look.I just have a fetish for gargantuan eaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannomad Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I agree that there are probably a number of people who will like the style and size, but i just don't see this place in the million dollar range. I especially don't see it going for that much in that part of Shady Acres or any of Shady Acres for that matter. Isn't there some common wisdom about buying the cheapest house in an expensive neighborhood not the most expensive one? Because this house is at about $600 - $700K over all the other homes in the neighborhood with maybe only one or two exceptions in Clark Pines. Maybe someone with deep pockets will fall in love with the place and buy it... stranger things have happened, especially in Houston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I do believe I will have to take a drive by that tomorrow. It' salmost directly North of where we live in Timbegrove. I like the concept of a steel frame house, but when/if I build one, it will be way more attractive thatn this one, and will blend into the neighborhood (at least as well as a new house can blend into a hood full of 1400 sq ft houses with cedar shake siding). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I think the highest and best use for that structure would be as an icehouse.They really should have put in a few more garage doors, though. Unfortunate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott08 Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Or how about this one:http://search.har.com/engine/dispSearch.cf...mp;backButton=YBeautiful house, but way, way, way above the price of anything around it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I drove by this house today. It's uglier in person than the pictures. That entire street is one of the least attractive I've seen in the area. I doubt there were any trees there for them to cut down, as there just aren't many to speak of on that part of 16th. I can't believe they expect to find someone willing to pay $100k per year to rent the place. Yecch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastEnd Susan Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Windows Live Local birdseye view has a pic of it under construction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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