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33 pages, grouped by subject. Every page lists where its information came from and when it was last checked. You do not need an account to read any of them.
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What Timberwood is, how it got here, and how this site works.
Start hereWhat this site is, what is on it, and how it grows.
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About TimberwoodWhere the neighborhood sits, how big it is, and the streets it is made of.
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How Timberwood got herePlatted in 1977 and built in nine sections over more than forty years. Most of the neighborhood's history is not in any public record.
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House rulesWho can join, how your name shows up on a post, and the three subjects that do not belong here.
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How Services worksIt gives you what the job cost instead of a star rating, and it keeps one page per company.
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How Notices worksThere are eight types and each one has its own shelf life. The archive stays searchable.
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Timberwood by the numbersHow many houses, how old they are, how big, and how many are lived in by their owners.
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Who runs thisWho keeps this site, and why it exists.
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Rules and permits
What you can do to your own house, and who says so.
Deed restrictions, and why there is no HOAThere are no dues and no architectural committee, but the recorded restrictions are still enforceable.
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Permits: what the City of Humble requiresTimberwood is inside city limits, so city rules apply. Fences and tree removal are on the permit list.
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Garage salesYou need a permit. You get four a year per address and every sign has to carry the permit number.
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Parking, and the sidewalk ruleParking across a sidewalk is against state law, and neighbors here have been cited for it.
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Speeding, and what can be done about itEnforcement is the fastest lever. The city code has no traffic calming in it at all, and the 30 comes from the state.
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Utilities and services
Water, power, trash, internet. Who provides it and what it costs.
Water and sewerThe city is the water utility. About $57 a month at average use, and rates rose 20% in 2025.
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Trash and recyclingThere is no city pickup, so every household hires its own hauler. This is who serves Humble.
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ElectricityCenterPoint owns the poles and cannot be changed. The company that bills you is a choice.
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InternetThree providers reach Humble, and which of them reaches a given house depends on the address.
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Who to callCity numbers for water, streets, drainage, animal control, code enforcement and after hours.
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Safety and weather
Flooding, storms, outages, and who to call when something is wrong.
Flooding and drainageTimberwood spans three flood zones and it changes street by street. The regional record is documented and the street-level record is not.
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Storms and power outagesOutages are reported to CenterPoint, not to the retailer, and a permanent generator needs a permit.
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Storms and floods on the recordWhat the gauge, the insurance claims and the disaster declarations say happened here, from 1987 to now.
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Living here
Schools, parks, and day to day life in the neighborhood.
SchoolsEvery Timberwood address feeds the same three campuses, and the elementary has no bus service.
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Parks and recreationFive parks within a fifteen minute drive, one of them inside the neighborhood, with a page each.
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Timberwood ParkThe park inside the neighborhood is on Kingfisher. The county roll says 1.59 acres and the city says three.
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Jesse H. Jones Park and Nature Center323 acres on Spring Creek, free and run by Harris County Precinct 3. Sixteen miles of trail, seventeen minutes away.
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Schott ParkTwenty four acres by the Civic Center. It has the one pavilion the city rents and nearly two miles of trail.
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Hirsch Memorial ParkBuilt in 1944 and the only park on the city list with a swimming pool. Admission is $3.
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Uptown ParkHalf an acre with a stage, in old downtown Humble. The phone number on the city page has a typo in it.
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Lawns and gardensWhen to plant, when to water, when to feed the lawn and when to stop. Written for the heavy Gulf Coast ground we sit on.
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What is around usThe cemetery, the flood control land, the freight corridor along the freeway, and what is going up right now.
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What is being builtAbout $196 million of warehousing has gone up around the neighborhood since 2019, and Timberwood itself is still adding houses.
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