edit - i hadnt scrolled the whole listing. its definitely a very nice house, amazing pool, great property. the first pic or two had some hideous art and that bathroom with the wood paneling and pull toilet at the end is pretty ugly but i was definitely overly harsh based on a quick scroll via phone. looking now on laptop it shows a lot better.
apologies - diggity

Don't let it happen again

These three houses are all right next to each other on the same street. A street/area that has flooded multiple times in just the 6 years that I've lived here.

Gotta love the sales pitch that the house is elevated to "give you the feel of being in the treetops".

Also, I don't think you can actually drive a car into any of those 2-car, attached, oversized garages, as they all appear to be obstructed by support posts and stairs.

https://www.har.com/3527-gary-lane/sale_11349108

https://www.har.com/3603-gary-lane/sale_49783642

https://www.har.com/3531-gary-lane/sale_74902765

The garages are like ground level basements. Kind of interesting, but certainly not my thing.

Good luck with heating and cooling - no insulation to separate the living portion from the 'garage' and nothing to insulate the garage.

The siding doesn't match, patchy tile in the garage, it looks like they tore out the flooded house and rebuilt it as a second floor. Is that really "new construction"?

TXTransplant said:

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These three houses are all right next to each other on the same street. A street/area that has flooded multiple times in just the 6 years that I've lived here.

Gotta love the sales pitch that the house is elevated to "give you the feel of being in the treetops".

Also, I don't think you can actually drive a car into any of those 2-car, attached, oversized garages, as they all appear to be obstructed by support posts and stairs.

https://www.har.com/3527-gary-lane/sale_11349108

https://www.har.com/3603-gary-lane/sale_49783642

https://www.har.com/3531-gary-lane/sale_74902765

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Look at all the unusable gararge space.

Wouldn't you treat it like the ground floor of all those older modeled canal houses in Galveston. We used to have a place in Jamaica Beach and there was a tackle room, storage area for crab traps and water toys, simple kitchenette, fridge, toilet, and twin bed. Then a great big patio under the above house.

All that being said, it makes sense on the water, but not in Spring, Texas.

And I'm not sure which is worse, have your giant pine staircase out in the elements



Or have a fake front door downstairs. I will say at least 3603 looks like you could fit your cars single file underneath.

That neighborhood is ghetto. Growing up Gary ln used to be called Gary gang ln....check out the street view photos of the houses too. You can tell what they once were. And I'm sure that those houses being in the back of the neighborhood had water up to the roof lines.

ETA again: if you go one block back fema forced tear downs on a bunch of houses because they always flooded. You can still go back there and still see slabs. Even the neighbors lot is just a slab from a tear down years ago.

I am guessing they were considered a remodel. Probably cannot build in that area and this was there way to get around the flooding issue.

tx1c said:

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The garages are like ground level basements. Kind of interesting, but certainly not my thing.

Good luck with heating and cooling - no insulation to separate the living portion from the 'garage' and nothing to insulate the garage.

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I just noticed there was no insulation in the ceilings of the "garages". Sucks for those buyers or renters.

Aren't "attached garages" supposed to be drywalled with the fire proof drywall?

jt2hunt said:

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I am guessing they were considered a remodel. Probably cannot build in that area and this was there way to get around the flooding issue.

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I don't ~think~ rebuilding is prohibited. That whole area needs to be bulldozed, as flooding has occurred multiple times in just the past few years. I think any FEMA buyouts have been strictly voluntary. There were tons of gutted houses up for sale after Harvey, and now you're seeing the "renovated" properties up for sale.

I also don't think any of the houses in that area are occupied by the owners. They are all rental properties occupied by low income tenants who are desperate and/or don't know about the flooding history. When the area floods again in a year or two, the renters will leave, the houses will be "renovated", and a whole new crop of tenants will come in. Wash, rinse, repeat every few years.

I just can't believe they are asking $140-$150 a sq ft for those eye sores.

Yeesh, looks like some of the elevated trailers I've seen in the southeast

It's either the wrong inside pictures or the wrong address, or a new build since the last good street view, or someone pulled it off. Google street view shows that house at the listing address.

Diggity said:

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I hate those blurred background closeups. Worst trend since HDR.

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I had an agent ask for those shots specifically, so I tried to make them over-the-top ridiculous so she'd change her mind. She liked them and they got included. I'm not too proud of that set.

I could totally imagine that happening!

318 Menefee Blvd

$541,000

The houses next door are going for less than $70k

Diggity said:

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Michael & Karen Sherman

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I was just flipping through and when I saw the last photos of the guest house it clicked with me that it was the Sherman house. I got to go out there once and he had is office in the guest house. He had his play books from over the years on the book shelves. Binders after binders all labeled. He had a packers Favre jersey and one other player. He also had a shuffle board along that back wall in the kitchen area.

"I have a blue house with a blue window ... Everything is blue for him" Just missing the blue corvette!

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/17719-Krugerrand-Dr_San-Antonio_TX_78232_M73803-58317

http://m.realestate.sabor.com/mobile/homes-for-sale/3718-green-breeze-san-antonio-tx-78247-270964717

LAZY!

It also managed to lose 140 sf feet between this listing and the HUD purchase on 04/03/2019.

Magic.

The bedrooms are the best part of this one.

When you have furniture but can't be bothered to move it when you paint


Trim does not convey


What happened here? You don't wanna know...


When you let your kids paint their room

The owner also owns the easement behind the property that will be included with the purchase.

I have never seen someone buy the power line easement before, so it sounded like bull****, but it isn't. No rear patio, but tons of space under the power lines.

Just weird. And not the only person to do so in that neighborhood.

Ida Falls

In a weird way it's kind of smart. Kids are going to play under there anyway so at least this way they're not getting in trouble. And this also ensures it's getting mowed on at least a semi-regular basis.

edit: oof that is one ugly house from the front though!