In 1956 the Sunset Terrace Garden Club planted oleanders to beautify a ditch formerly belonging to a Harris County poor farm.
A study conducted by the Sage Realty Advisors and the University of Houston Center for Public Policy stated that Sunset Terrace was one of the neighborhoods with the most quickly increasing house prices.
The sizes of lots in Sunset Terrace/Montclair are larger than typical properties in West University Place.
"[5] In 2009 Kathleen Dunwoody Graf, a real estate agent with Greenwood King Properties, said that house buyers choose Sunset Terrace mainly due to the central location and large lots.
The houses often have stucco siding, summer kitchens, outdoor areas, and large entertainment spaces.
Paul Bay, the METRO assistant general manager for transit systems development, said that Sunset Terrace/Montclair residents said that they felt concerns about the visual effects of the proposed station and issues with noise and traffic.
In 1995 the civic club was discussing with the City of Houston the possibility of installing speed bumps.
The community had experienced a lot of vehicular traffic going to The Galleria and Greenway Plaza.
[5] In 2006, during a controversy of where to place the METRORail University Line, Kristin Lindquist, the chairperson of the subdivision's rail committee, said that the community was opposed to having the light rail line placed on Westpark from Edloe to the Union Pacific railroad.
She added that "We've been brushed off because we're not as rich as Afton Oaks," a Houston community opposed to the placement of the rail line on Richmond.
[4] The Houston Independent School District serves residents of Sunset Terrace.