Comments on: Brooke Smith, Houston Heights Area, A Good Place to Buy A Home?

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 22:17:13 +0000

Pricing of Brooke Smith homes is tougher than the rest of the Heights because of fewer sales. It just takes a little more work.
HCAD info on year built is real shaky for early homes. My house was built in 1909 (I have the original deed showing it sold for $3500) but HCAD shows 1920. They apparently dated everything in existence in 1920 with this date. The next big group of homes was 1930. The age is apparent just by looking at them though.

By: David

David — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:31:48 +0000

Thanks… good write up of the neighborhood. As an appraiser, I like to research the neighborhood a little and Brooke Smith is certainly interesting. The older homes in the area are most certainly “older” than HCAD indicates – I wish there was better dating for areas like this. If it weren’t for N. Main….

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 02:51:08 +0000

Thanks for info on civic club website and spelling. I was just showing homes there this evening. I should have paid attention to spelling of the Brooke Smith entry signs.
HCAD has it spelled both ways, but they aren’t detail oriented.
I will make changes. I will also be at your Day of the Dead celebration…Rich

By: Blake Masters

Blake Masters — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 21:03:46 +0000

Good review. Just wanted to give you the URL for the civic club’s Website. It’s http://www.montiebeach.org. Oh, and as an FYI, it’s technically “Brooke Smith”.