West University Place is a small incorporated city of just over two square miles, wedged between Rice University and the Texas Medical Center. Almost the entire original housing stock has been replaced by tall, narrow homes built out to the edge of small lots — which changes both how water arrives and how we get equipment to it.
Rebuilding has left West U with very little permeable ground. Large footprints, full-width driveways and minimal setbacks mean rainfall runs off rather than soaking in, concentrating water into the street and storm system faster than the original 1930s drainage was designed for.
Poor Farm Ditch runs along the western boundary and is the main drainage channel for the area. When it surcharges during high-intensity rainfall, water backs into the streets nearest it before anything else in the neighborhood floods.
Access shapes the work. On a lot with three feet to the fence line, there is nowhere to stage a truck-mount, run hose lines or place a desiccant unit without a plan. We size equipment to the site rather than turning up and improvising, which matters more in West U than almost anywhere else we work.
We confirm the West University address and dispatch the nearest crew immediately.
Source identified and stopped, then moisture mapping and thermal imaging across every affected assembly.
Standing water removed, contaminated materials contained, and drying equipment placed to a written plan.
Moisture readings logged every day until the structure reaches documented dry standard — not until the equipment looks done.
Full moisture log, photographs and scope handed over before anything is closed up.
Yes. We size the equipment to the access before dispatch — compact extraction units and staged drying rather than a single large truck-mount that cannot reach the property.
Yes, with the same 60-minute response target as Houston proper.
Yes. Street and ditch water is treated as contaminated, which changes the protocol for porous materials and adds a sanitization step before anything is rebuilt.
Each page covers how that service actually runs in West University — the housing stock, the access, and who usually calls.
24/7 emergency response across West University and greater Houston. IICRC-certified crews, 60-minute target, documented drying.