I sure hope they just haven't completed the planned retaining walls for that front and side yard.

That's a FEATURE, man!

Such nice land, but the houses are so ugly.

Just browsing to keep up with the market and this pool photoshop made me think of this thread

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/20310-Boggy-Ford-Rd-Leander-TX-78645/125750097_zpid/?z7&utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=urn:msg:202110020840567394eaa5cc5d805d&utm_campaign=emo-homerecs-email&utm_content=forsaleimage-HomeRec_AI-PERS-EMAIL-AA-NoHRS-NoHRS&rtoken=2103da59-489e-4fda-9973-4464caba45f7~X1-ZUws9su92i8xe1_8b74a

Wait... so it doesn't ACTUALLY have a pool, but it has room for one? So they went ahead and did animation of one and included it in the pictures?

Showing mock ups of things like thst is pretty standard, including virtual staging. The quality of the depictions is what is terrible. Its like Sims 2000 level bad.

Sea Speed said:

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Showing mock ups of things like thst is pretty standard, including virtual staging. The quality of the depictions is what is terrible. Its like Sims 2000 level bad.

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I understand putting mockups on some houses. Especially ones that are higher end and/or are incomplete. But this is a completed cookie cutter house (and the yard doesn't look near as big as they are boasting to fit a pool and a garage).

There absolutely is room for garage and a small pool. I've got an oversized detached garage and enough room for a small pool and my lot is smaller than theirs and the house footprint is about the same. My front yard is probably bigger. Pools do not need to be massive. The pool i could fit would probably be about that size.

That's fantastic for you. I am merely stating my opinion.

You acted incredulous that they would include the mockup. It isn't ridiculous thst they would do that, it's ridiculous that they would use ms paint to do so. To bolster your argument you said there isn't enough room. There is. Its an over 12k sq foot lot.

Werr they? I only made it to the first one and thought "wow, this is bad"

Johnson development in Sienna outside of Houston...

Black and white and other bold color choices.... Don't forget that shower curtain!

https://www.har.com/homedetail/4719-abingdon-ct-sugar-land-tx-77479/8924518

That's unbelivably awful if I'm seeing what I think I'm seeing. Have an address or link?

This explains most of it...

Also, brown and tan floors with black and white walls & decor butting up to black and white floors...

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The front of their house faces the side of another house? Haha why would anyone want to live in either of those

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Gotta get as many houses as possible for more money. It use to be they'd give those cul-de-sac houses nice sized pie lots, looks like someone figured out how to squeeze as much as they can out of the land they have to build.

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Johnson development in Sienna outside of Houston...

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Homeowner to me:
My lot is the largest in the neighborhood.

And I just realized its about the exact same house. The elevation is ever so slightly different, but way too close for comfort. Oh my god. It just gets worse and worse. Surely there is a discount on that back one, but some poor schmuck is going to take it in the shorts when its time to sell the thing.

Probably not too hard to find with the info given. The street number of one is visible.

AgStuckinLBK said:

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Photog said:

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Black and white and other bold color choices.... Don't forget that shower curtain!

https://www.har.com/homedetail/4719-abingdon-ct-sugar-land-tx-77479/8924518

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It looks like it was designed by the famous design firm Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice and Beetlejuice

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And of course they are sips

MAS444 said:

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That's unbelivably awful if I'm seeing what I think I'm seeing. Have an address or link?

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I believe its this one.

https://www.har.com/mapsearch/?map_tools_nwlat=29.482805966259477&map_tools_nwlng=-95.53488631626418&map_tools_selat=29.480023098817654&map_tools_selng=-95.53004455418956&for_sale=1#m54690528

No side or back neighbors? I mean, technically....

That's not how lights work. Good grief. The "enhancement" trend is stupid. It's a million dollar property, spend the time and effort and take some damn photos at night if it's that important.

3 Vineyard

My house in College Station was on a cul de sac, and the next street over was also a (very short) cul de sac. No rear neighbors because it backed up to a green space. But on the west side, I had two neighbors. One's back yard was adjacent to my driveway, the other's back yard was adjacent to my side yard.

I thought the configuration was a little weird at first, but it wasn't an issue at all when it came time to sell. And it actually afforded a lot of privacy.

But being adjacent to a driveway like in that picture above??? No thanks. Just my luck, the owner would park 5 cars there and turn the garage into a man cave.

The map isn't up to date but just look at these lot lines. Just awful. And someone is paying over half a million for this!

Google map the address. It's even worse!

So the house on the left has no backyard and only a wedge of front yard. In this screen grab the only house built is the one on the left side of the first pic posted, correct?

Yeah, now that I look at it again, I think that's the case. So, that driveway in between the two houses isn't shown on Google maps.

I have a real hard time believing that lot is 14k square feet, too. And if it is, that's a TERRIBLE use of a lot that size.

The house that shows on Google Maps (8927) only has an 8255 sq ft lot.

If you look at the vacant lot screenshot, they gave the corner to the center house, so I think it got a backyard and the left house didn't. The left house is like $600k patio home

8927 pretty much doesn't have any front yard, either. The house is only 3019 sq feet, so I'm trying to figure out where the other 5200 sq ft of lot is. On the side?

It's a shame because Highland is building some really stylish homes right now.

My 'hood has a similar street/lot configuration to that, but the developer partitioned it into three lots, not four.