flipper Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 HAR Listing What is going on?!? This "thing" in Idylwood? flipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 What a beautiful setting! And what a piece of crap building! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 The listing says "units." I guess i didn't realize there were multiple empty lots in Idylwood. I wonder if this is in the portion that floods? Only reason i said that is because it says "stained concrete floors." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torvald Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 architecture based on refrigerator art?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
native_Houstonian Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 The listing says "units." I guess i didn't realize there were multiple empty lots in Idylwood. I wonder if this is in the portion that floods? Only reason i said that is because it says "stained concrete floors."I think you may be right. I'm not that familiar with Idylwood, but I'm pretty sure that area right next to the bayou does flood. They need a beach-house type design there - something way up high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scharpe St Guy Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 1712 N MacGregor sold April 28, 2006 for $250,500 and sits on three lots according to the description. This looked like a nice home per the pictures on the old listing but I never viewed in person. Could they be tearing this down and putting up? Lot size is 23,115sf.Scharpe St Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rps324 Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 1712 N MacGregor sold April 28, 2006 for $250,500 and sits on three lots according to the description. This looked like a nice home per the pictures on the old listing but I never viewed in person. Could they be tearing this down and putting up? Lot size is 23,115sf.Scharpe St GuyI think that is exactly what they are doing. If all the lots are around 5900 sq ft, then they can put up 4. The house there now is pictured in the original brochures on the neighborhood, available on line at the idylwood website. The house needs work, but is (was) a really nice place with a unique setting. I think the land is up high enough that the house itself was not subject to flooding but I can't swear to it. As to the merits or shortcomings of that house's pending replacement(s) aside, when I was training leasing agents I wouldn't let them call $400 a month class C apartments "units." I certainly would not use the term in marketing a $400k+ single family home. I also would not have used that sketch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 I also would not have used that sketch. of course as a realtor you don't want to raise suspicions of the neighborhood or those here on haif. gotta "sneak" those units in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brerrabbit Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 1712 N MacGregor sold April 28, 2006 for $250,500 and sits on three lots according to the description. This looked like a nice home per the pictures on the old listing but I never viewed in person. Could they be tearing this down and putting up? Lot size is 23,115sf.Scharpe St GuyA friend and I looked at the property a while back. I want to say it was listed for $320k at the time. The house had been added on to from its original base and they could not match the brick so they painted the brick (I am not a fan of painted brick). It needed quite a bit of work but overall it was in decent shape. The houses on that section of N. Mcgregor Way are elevated quite a bit. I would guess they are at least 10 to 15 feet above the street level so I don't think flooding is an issue at all. The house has/had an open yeard on one side and a garage with a workshop on the other side. The lot was long and not very deep with the font quarter not really usable because of the slope up to the house. It was apparent when we looked at it that it could very easily be subdivided into three lots. We speculated that some buyer would do just that. I really hate the idea that someone would build something that hidious on those lots. I would have hoped they would have done bungelow type construction that fit into the rest of the neighborhood. I always loved that area growing up and we spent a lot of time over there riding our bikes as kids. I hate to see developers come in and ruin the feel of these older neighborhoods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonParkThree Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I suggested Idylwood to a friend who is selling her home in Montrose. She seemed interested, so I searched the listings this morning and was very surprised to see the new construction planned on MacGregor. I can't access a direct link yet but they are at the top of the price range in a HAR 77023 search. At first glance, the first graphic looks like the aftermath in a war zone. Not so much when maximized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I like the idea of view of the bayou. Houston has neglected the bayous long enough. It boggles the mind we did not try to embrace them long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelguy_73 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 This section of Brays is set for renovation in the next two years as part of Project Brays. Last sketches I saw (a year ago) had some nice retaining walls and additional landscaping as a result of widening and 'straightening out' the hard turns that the bayou makes along this stretch. It will remain unlined (thank goodness).Flooding issues should disappear. I don't recall whether a canoe launch was part of the project or not (there was community debate on whether is was wanted or not), but the sketches showed promise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Topic merged with previous topic.Agree with Coog. Our bayous are way underutilized as waterfront for residential and recreational and, in those areas, the East End has small rivers, whereas the West End has creeks. I say that not in a "we're better than you" sense, but just that, with the rebirth taking place on the east, the bayous are perfectly positioned to finally become the focal points they can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper Posted March 1, 2007 Author Share Posted March 1, 2007 Topic merged with previous topic.Agree with Coog. Our bayous are way underutilized as waterfront for residential and recreational and, in those areas, the East End has small rivers, whereas the West End has creeks. I say that not in a "we're better than you" sense, but just that, with the rebirth taking place on the east, the bayous are perfectly positioned to finally become the focal points they can be.In my neck of the woods, and the area I tend to work in, the bayous are usually flowing with trash along with the water. Not to mention, they are *usually* on busy streets.flipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderman Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 This section of Brays is set for renovation in the next two years as part of Project Brays. Last sketches I saw (a year ago) had some nice retaining walls and additional landscaping as a result of widening and 'straightening out' the hard turns that the bayou makes along this stretch. It will remain unlined (thank goodness).Flooding issues should disappear. I don't recall whether a canoe launch was part of the project or not (there was community debate on whether is was wanted or not), but the sketches showed promise.hey travelguydo you know where i could access current info on the plans/status of project brays on line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 hey travelguydo you know where i could access current info on the plans/status of project brays on line?try here brays bayou project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelguy_73 Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 try here brays bayou projectI had hoped that they would put additional renderings of the actual construction and amenities, but they chose to focus on Willow Waterhole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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