Three years ago, this 2011 custom Oak Forest home with porch and pool sold for $460,000. Now? A listing over the weekend of the Craftsman-with-stuck-on-stone property carries a $750,000 price tag. That’s where price reductions from a previous listing by the same agent had landed after an initial ask of $799,500 in November 2014 and pre-holiday drop to $775,000. If the back yard’s oasis doesn’t provide enough of an escape, Oak Forest Park is a (very long) block up the street, which is located east of Rosslyn Rd.
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Measuring 2,538 sq. ft., the floor plan opts for an opened-up, shared living area (also pictured at the top of the story):
The room’s fireplace is dual-fueled. An arched entry along the wall at the back of the room leads to the master suite:
A prep top of counter is deep enough for bar-height seating along the perimeter it shares with the living area:
The dining room has a garden view:
The master suite, at the back of the home, gets northern light:
Two of the 4 secondary bedrooms are also downstairs:
Here’s one of the 2 other full bathrooms:
Upstairs, meanwhile, another 2 secondary bedrooms and a full bathroom share the under-eave areas. Here’s the bedroom that made the listing’s photo opp:
Portions of the patio have enough cover to accommodate a ceiling fan — and it’s all outside the master suite’s side windows:
The lot, which measures 6,480 sq. ft., features a poolscape with a small waterfall and a cabana.
Landscaping screens seating that swings:
The listing warms up the cabana’s punch by providing views of the venue this time of year (above) and in the more resplendent summer:
And there’s a night view, too:
- 1730 Du Barry Ln. [HAR]
There’s a sucker out there that will pay it…
them there inner city suburbs are getting real high falootin..
It’s an un-cottagey mash-up, but, it’s very liveable.
Can we get an award for most overrated neighborhood?
It’s not even zoned to OFE. But I guess if you don’t have young kids, and you like beige…
It doesn’t matter as much anymore if is zoned to OFE or not…I live in the west side of oak forest and houses are being built in that side for 800k. I also do consider this the inner city suburbs and I think that’s what has make this area so popular with everyone
Oak Forest and Spring Branch new(ish) prices will drop by 30% in the next 12 months. Buyer beware.
Is it too much to hope that they’re going to include the Ikea paintings?
The “lets throw out crazy high listing numbers, and see what sticks” pricing strategy smacks of a delusional seller and/or realtor. I think the window for this kind of sh*t is closing for a while in H-town.
Is it me or does the waterfall look like the world’s smallest rockslide that conveniently stopped right at the edge of the pool?…
Entertainer’s dream, chef’s kitchen, luxurious sink, award-winning backyard… do RE agents use mad libs?
Prices will drop 30 %. ?. tell us more and why . It’s hard to fathom how GO OF has become almost millionaire’s row in a few short years. . Sometimes Wish I purchased back there when I could afford it, I would have loved a large yard, pool area.
I charge my niece a peppercorn annual rent for my GO house and they reimburse me for the structure insurance & taxes – good deal for everyone. The little OF rental went in 2013 and is now the site of a HUGE place, but they did keep all of the big trees.
A 30% is not out of realm of possibility, maybe not in 12 months. Houston, as diverse as it is, still is driven a lot by the oil & gas markets. Guess where a lot of oil & gas people live? GO, OF, The Heights – pretty much any neighborhood with easy access to downtown, out I-10 West, and The Woodlands. Anyone think we would ever see $50 oil again, let alone in 6 months time?