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Open Houses in Candlewood Glen
Chronicle reporter Matt Stiles continues his tour of substandard Houston apartments, stopping this week for a visit at the 172-unit Candlewood Glen Apartments, near the 5400 block of DeSoto: Now, only...
View ArticleCandlewood Glen: Reno or Demo?
Near Northwest residents ask City Council for help with the squalid Candlewood Glen and Candlelight Trails complexes. “A sign posted at the entrance to the complex would suggest there were plans to...
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Lights Out for Candlelight Trails?
City building officials closed down the Candlelight Trails condo complex in northwest Houston 14 months ago, citing substandard living conditions. But neighbors have still been complaining about...
View ArticleComment of the Day: Candlelight Trails, Dimmed
“My family lived there for 17 years (1985-2001) and we watched this place transform from a luxury conodo complex into a complete waste. We frequently revisitied the complex on several occaisions and it...
View ArticleRegistered Agents for Condos
A bill recently passed by the Texas Legislature — inspired by problems encountered in contacting the 150 separate owners of Candlelight Trails in northwest Houston — would make it a whole lot easier...
View ArticleStuck in Those Neighborhood Sand Traps
The Ohio investor who bought up 3 Houston community golf courses over the last decade, then sold the one in Quail Valley to Missouri City a couple of years ago, is running into a few obstacles in his...
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Candlelight Trails Is Going Down
The demolition of the 11-acre Candlelight Trails empty-condos-and-crime site could begin as early as today. Officials at city hall tell 11 News reporter Sherry Williams that a judge approved the...
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Houston’s Chief Demolition Officer Takes Her Turn
Mayor Parker, after a stint behind the controls of JTB Services’ excavator at yesterday’s demolition of the Candlelight Trails condominium complex north of Tidwell: My most fun day yet as Mayor. Make...
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Knocking Down the Gables of Inwood
Today, two and a half years after city officials shut down the Gables of Inwood apartments and ordered all its tenants to move out, demolition crews began tearing down the squatter-friendly 163-unit,...
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Snooping Around an Abandoned Apartment Complex in Inwood Forest
An intrepid Redditor recently explored the vacant Oakbrook Apartments and snuck away with these photos. The 222-unit complex, currently for sale, sits on 7.3 acres at 5353 De Soto St., east of Antoine...
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Houston Home Listing Photo of the Day: The Off Ramp
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A Late Seventies Contemporary in Inwood Forest Rides the Range at $214K
One of the Inwood Forest properties near the neighborhood’s former golf course and clubhouse seems to have split personality. A stately late seventies contemporary — tiers of windows in a variety of...
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Videos: What S. Braeswood Looks Like Fully Submerged, and Other Aquatified...
A scattering of drones took to the air across Houston yesterday as the rain slowed to do some sight-seeing around the brand new 9-county disaster zone declared by governor Abbott in the afternoon....
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Inwood Forest Golf Course Next in Line for Stormwater Detention Basin Treatment
One of the next spots up for retrofitting as a series of flood detention ponds: the rest of the Inwood Forest Golf Course, which the city bought in 2011 after that lawsuit over whether it could be...
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