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chrisinhouston · 12-23-2009, 08:06 AM

My first wife and I did a redo on an early 20th century Victorian bungalow in the old Houston Heights. It was no way as big of a project as this as it was a 3 bedroom/1 bath. We bought it in 1986 for $39,000 and sold it in 1996 for $140,000, having restored it and we were now divorcing which may have come about partly from the restoration project. The house is still there but many of the other craftsmen bungalows have been replaced with hugh pseudo-Victorian homes that cover every square inch of the lot. Last time I checked, our little modest home had a tax value of $325,000!

12-23-2009, 08:06 AM	#4
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	My first wife and I did a redo on an early 20th century Victorian bungalow in the old Houston Heights. It was no way as big of a project as this as it was a 3 bedroom/1 bath. We bought it in 1986 for $39,000 and sold it in 1996 for $140,000, having restored it and we were now divorcing which may have come about partly from the restoration project. The house is still there but many of the other craftsmen bungalows have been replaced with hugh pseudo-Victorian homes that cover every square inch of the lot. Last time I checked, our little modest home had a tax value of $325,000!