CHANNELVIEW, Texas — Two weeks after a KHOU 11 News report on a nuisance property in Channelview, changes are happening.
On Tuesday, local officials announced that they believe the property owner demolished a home on South Drive that neighbors had been complaining about since a longtime owner died years ago.
The house on the property was covered in graffiti and neighbors said it was a haven for illegal activity.
Editor's note: The video above is from a previous report.
Various agencies were working to rectify the problem before the structure disappeared.
Things used to take a turn for the worse where South Drive in Channelview becomes West Drive. It was due to the long-abandoned house that had become a landmark for all the wrong reasons.
Neighbor Larry Landry said the home had been a magnet for misdeeds ever since a longtime owner died. Graffiti, illegal dumping, and even gunfire are among the issues neighbors said they witnessed over the years.
According to property records, a company called Oiltanking Houston, LP took ownership of the home and property in 2013. Its local phone number was no longer in service. It appears to be connected to a Germany-based company by the same name which did not immediately respond to our questions.
We first learned about this story from a post on Nextdoor.