This Manorwood Estates property isn’t horsing around, but it could. The neighborhood’s large lots permit one equine per acre. Previously a red brick Colonial, the recently whitewashed 1980 home sits on 2 acres in a community with ranch-like fencing off Katy-Hockley Rd. north of I-10. Landscaping too regularly tufted to be tumbleweeds borders an extended circular driveway leading to the pediment-capped front door. When listed a week ago, the still-somewhat-rural property had a $467,000 price tag. It’s not the first marketing rodeo for this ranch: A previous listing in 2010 had sought $345,000, but dropped it to $289,000. The painted-up property on a patch of prairie has a corral out back . . .
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it fences in a cement pond instead of ponies:
New paint inside and out (and possibly on the welcome mat and slate entry area, above) was among the property’s recent tweaks, which also included new siding, carpet, tile in 3 bathrooms, and French doors for the study (below).
A little more of the preferred accent tile climbs the fireplace wall of the carpeted, tone-on-tone living room:
Updated at some point with new countertops and doors on the cabinets, the kitchen has electric appliances.
A large room off the kitchen’s service window (above, at right) combines an informal dining area (beneath a chandelier in the photo below) and a game or gathering area.
The floorplan downstairs includes the master bedroom . . .
with updated bathroom:
This secondary bedroom, also downstairs, has no closet.
Meanwhile, the former 4-car attached garage has been converted into a bonus room, at least for now.
Head upstairs for the other secondary bedrooms and bathrooms, which (like the kitchen) had their cabinet doors and countertops replaced:
HCAD records for the street indicate that this home, at 4,155 sq. ft., is one of the larger ones; others range from 2,360 sq. ft. to 5,771 sq. ft. In the back-of-house view pictured below, the converted garage is on the right. There’s a stretch of driveway near it that’s big enough for boat storage, the listing says.
This property’s annual maintenance fee is $400.
- 6517 Manorwood Dr. [HAR]
The first thing I thought of when I saw that fireplace hearth was no one should let toddlers into that room, period. That hearth is really sharp-edged and dangerous looking, I would hate to think what could happen to a child if they tripped and hit their head on that. They could have put a flat hearth with more of that tile they have everywhere else, I can’t imagine why anyone would want that dangerous chunk of sharp edged rock in front of their fireplace unless you just plan on never having children in the room.
What’s with the one couch in the one room, and no other furniture for miles to be seen?
@Bethsheba,
Some of us DO plan on never having children in our houses.