McNeil Is One Of Our Favorite Neighborhoods in Las Vegas's Vintage Vegas

I got a real shock yesterday when driving thru McNeil. One of the homes we've been watching had a fire. We were watching it because it was being rebuilt, though the new front didn't match the home) and updated.

The contractor we talked to didn't know how the fire started, but he's tearing the house down completely so now there'll be a new house on the lot. The property is on Colanthe at Strong, and well worth doing a regular drive by to see how it progresses. We sure hope they're not about to go build a new suburban "Mediterranean".

We'd been talking to the owner about how a square box, crown molding and an arch over the door didn't fit or look right on a classic "Cinderella" Ranch. He had never thought about it before. He was trying to make the house more 2007 suburbia. The term for that is "re-MUDDLE". Looks like now he'll get a do over. These 2 pictures are the front of the house when he bought it last year (from the MLS) and after the fire showing the "box".

We've done lots of posts on McNeil in the past. You can read them all here

Infamous disrepair

On the way back from Summerlin, I zigged when I usually zag and lo and behold, someone was standing in the driveway of one of the MYSTERY MID MODS on Rancho just south of Charleston!

I've been wanting to see inside for YEARS, and at least finally got into one of them.

There's lots of great features as you can see, but the prize is the round wrought iron gazebo awning in the back yard.

They're slowly working their way thru the house, and hope to work on the front this fall when it cools off.

The other one is at the corner of Rancho and Mason. Folded Roof, great lines and a really bad shed roof pop out bay window that I certainly hope will be removed one day, or at least made to look like it belongs on the house.

McNeil

McNeil is an umbrella term for McNeil Estates, McNeil Track and McNeil Manor and McNeil Park. McNeil is located 2 miles west of Las Vegas Blvd, off Charleston. Roughly, the boundaries are Charleston, Cashman, Oakey and Rancho.

Mr. McNeil sub-divided all the lots for custom homes (though some builders bought quite a few and developed them). Most Homes were built between the 1950's through the 1970's, but some brand new homes are under construction right now. Wide streets boast different size lots. McNeil Park are three different cul-de-sacs off Rancho, called Llewellyn, Laurie and Karli. Supposedly Mr. McNeil's daughters. The unverified story we keep hearing is that all the street names are first names of his family members.

Unclejack's first client bought a McNeil home. Many different home styles and sizes. Close to Downtown and shopping, freeways and more, the McNeil area is Vintage Vegas at it's finest. 548 total homes, with prices that vary from the high $300's to the Mid $800's


This is a fine example of the BEST McNeil restoration. Congrats!
This is one of those great Ashby homes in perfect condition, all original
" Old McNeil had a Farm" What a perfect ranch estate






A Lovely McNeil Home
This Mid-Mod has been fully Restored
Look at those great lines, A little TLC can go a long way!
What A great Ashby Estate

ATTN: Wild Animal loose in McNeil

Wild bull attacks Local home!

Residents say the animal is stable at this point and a capture should be easy, but the home owner "Enjoys the beast in his front yard and has no plans of having it removed" Check out this McNeil Yard, and while your at it find all the hidden pockets where Vegas keeps its treasures.

More from UncleJack: (click on the picture to see the great detail) McNeil is the a huge pocket of custom homes Between Charleston and Oakey, west of Rancho. Mostly they were built by Vegas's middle class in the 1960's. Today it's a prized neighborhood of truly classic Vintage Vegas.