Forgotten Neigborhood???? (Houston: real estate, buying, homeowner)

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by EasilyAmused

Most likely Allison. It's takes YEARS for the Government to get the paperwork straightened out to pay-off people that built in a flood plain. They are still taking down Katrina houses from 2005.

That most likely is the situation. It probably just took 5-6 years to clear out the houses and another 5-6 years to build the retention ponds. There are apartment complexes at lower elevations I guess to protect those they still need to build the ponds. I wonder how the complexes survived tho.

[SouthernBoy205]

Originally Posted by blkgiraffe

Here's a shot from Google Earth [2002]

That looks like the "middle of nowhere."

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by SouthernBoy205

That looks like the "middle of nowhere."

it feels like the middle of nowhere. i bet you can build a house there and live there for years without anyone knowing.

the electricity lines are gone, but there is still water and gas to the area. Seems like centerpoint energy came by to test the gas lines a couple years ago.

[Tex N Cal]

I knew some folks who lived there and were flooded during Allison, I believe. A short time later, through someone else, I heard that they were bought out by FEMA (or some government entity).

[SouthernBoy205]

Originally Posted by HtownLove

it feels like the middle of nowhere. i bet you can build a house there and live there for years without anyone knowing.

the electricity lines are gone, but there is still water and gas to the area. Seems like centerpoint energy came by to test the gas lines a couple years ago.

Is that in the city?

[cheryjohns]

It was Tropical Storm Allison in 2001. The solds during 2002 mention that the homes were flooded. Then FEMA bought them.

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by Tex N Cal

I knew some folks who lived there and were flooded during Allison, I believe. A short time later, through someone else, I heard that they were bought out by FEMA (or some government entity).

Thanks. That explains it.

Originally Posted by SouthernBoy205

Is that in the city?

I dunno where the city line ends. it is about 15 miles from downtown so it would be on the very edge. Not all of that area is in the city. fyi, there are skyscrapers right across the bayou from that area.

Originally Posted by cheryjohns

It was Tropical Storm Allison in 2001. The solds during 2002 mention that the homes were flooded. Then FEMA bought them.

Thanks, for the info Cheryl

[SouthernBoy205]

Originally Posted by HtownLove

Thanks. That explains it.

I dunno where the city line ends. it is about 15 miles from downtown so it would be on the very edge. Not all of that area is in the city.


Thanks, for the info Cheryl

That's odd.

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by SouthernBoy205

That's odd.

Greenspoint is partly in Houston, partly out of it.

There are weird areas like this all over area. Some areas of Missouri City are like that too. Boundaries here are sketchy.

[SouthernBoy205]

No, I was talking about a "forgotten" community so close to a major city.