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02/25/15 3:15pm

A Woodshire Mod Redo That Hasn’t Flipped Yet, but Has Been Marked Down More Than $90K

Homes for Sale, Interiors, Modern Design, Renovations, Woodshire

9231 Fordshire Dr., Woodshire, Houston

What’s been going on with that mod home renovation in WoodshireÂ that was featured on Swamplot last September when it was aiming for a $775,500 sale price? Plenty!

The property appeared in a Chronicle featurette in October.Â Later, it went on a short holiday vacation from the MLS — interrupting a sequence of 6 separate price reductions and one relisting. It stood and beamed for a whole new portfolio of listing photos (shown here). And today, the home’s redesigner, Jamie House, has posted her own account of many of the decisions and efforts that went into the transformation of the 1956 property she worked on with Dave Seeburger of P&G Homes — along with an entirely different set of before-and-after pics.

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The Story Behind the 1-Story

77025, Flipping, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Modern Design, Price Reductions, Renovations, Woodshire

Apartments

01/19/15 11:15am

New Alexan Blaire House Will Eat Blair House Apartments on Bellaire Blvd.

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Demolitions, Proposed Developments, Quicklink, Redevelopment, Southside Place

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NEW ALEXAN BLAIRE HOUSE WILL EAT BLAIR HOUSE APARTMENTS ON BELLAIRE BLVD. Blair House Apartments, 4139 Bellaire Blvd., Southside Place, Texas Even though the location isn’t specified, there’s enough detail in a press release put out by Bluerock Residential Growth REIT last week announcing its joint venture with Trammell Crow Residential to build a 269-unit apartment complex “2 miles from the Texas Medical Center” to identify where the new construction will take place. And to know that if it goes forward, it will spell doom for the Blair House Apartments, next door to the Palace Bowling Lanes, at 4139 Bellaire Blvd. in Southside Place. The biggest giveaway: The new project’s name, Alexan Blaire House, which combines Trammell Crow’s multifamily brand with a can’t-quit-it developer addiction to adding a trailing ‘E’ wherever it might stick. Plus, both Blair(e) houses sit on 4.16 acre sites. The existing 12-building complex of 2-story structures was built in 1963. [Bluerock Residential, via Houston Business Journal] Photo: Apartment Science

77025, Apartments, Demolitions, Proposed Developments, Redevelopment, Southside Place

Demolitions

01/08/15 11:30am

More Shell Tech Center on Bellaire Blvd. Coming Down; More Townhomes Planned

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Redevelopment, Southside Place, Townhomes

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Another section of the former Shell Tech Center on Bellaire Blvd. in Southside Place is hitting the dirt this week, this time for a townhome community proposed by builders Rohe & Wright, whose previous developments include 30 Sunset, Winfield Gate, and CÃ¡ceres. The company is planning to build a townhome development on the site at 3747 Bellaire Blvd. called Crain SquareÂ — for which, the company’s website declares (without much more detail), “the classic American townhouse featuring southern traditional architecture is the muse.” (E.L. Crain was the founder of Southside Place.)Â The Village NewsÂ provides more info, reporting that the company plans to fitÂ 62 townhomes on the 5.5-acre center section of the former research complex — which occupied 3 properties totaling 9.7 acres.

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Actual Zoning

77025, Demolitions, Proposed Developments, Redevelopment, Southside Place, Townhomes, Zoning

Homes for Sale

12/23/14 1:30pm

A Woodside Rancher Is Remuddle-Ready

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Interiors, Woodside

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Shaggy carpet, lots of louvers, and plenty of boldly patterned wallpaper from a longÂ ownership tenure cling to a 1960 rancher in Woodside.Â Its midblock lot curves slightly to fit the mid-neighborhood roadway that spans from Latma to Timberside. In its listing late last week, the property’s asking price was set atÂ $359K.

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Carpet Diem

77025, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Woodshire

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11/18/14 2:15pm

Inside a Skylit Rancher in Woodside That’s Wanting $495K

by CALwords

Homes for Sale, Interiors, Woodside

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A cul-de-sac inÂ Woodside is exhibiting some fall colorÂ — in the golden tones of a 1955 Ranch homeÂ updated a decade ago. Or maybe that golden glow is from the skylights found in many of the rooms. Groomed ivy (appearing to end at the ivy clipper’s shoulder height) adds texture to the painted brick exterior, which is slightly recessed beneath the roof’s overhang. The home faces east on one of 6 lots fanning ’round Latma Ct., which is located off Latma Dr., a main street sloping diagonally through the neighborhood found east of Stella Link Rd. halfway between S. Braeswood Blvd. and the South Loop. In its listing a few days ago, the property-with-pool attached a $495K price tag and a very basic description. Is the midcentury property ripe for remuddling?

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With Red Stripes

77025, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Swimming Pools, Woodside

Home Design

10/30/14 2:15pm

A Fifties Bachelor Pad Returns to the Woodshire Stage with a Bow at $550K

by CALwords

Homes for Sale, Interiors, Price Reductions, Woodshire

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If portions of this open-plan Woodshire mod look a bit like a stage set (top), that was likely the idea. The 1957 custom designed pad, by architects Dunaway & Jones, was for Joseph T. Finkelstein, the co-founder and former president of the Alley Theatre (and a former actor in New York). Although the double lot’s landscaped scenery has gone a bit shaggy between acts, the overall swank factorÂ still appears intact. Earlier this week, a re-re-relisting dropped the period property’s asking price down to $549,500.

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Scene Stealer

77025, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Houston Architects, Interiors, Modern Design, Price Reductions, Woodshire

Braeswood Place

10/17/14 5:00pm

On the Green in Cambridge Green, a Side-Winding Home Nears $1M

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Homes for Sale, Interiors, Open Houses

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Don’t be fooled by the apparent symmetry at the entry (top). Once you’re inside the updated 1982 homeÂ in Cambridge Green, a mewsyÂ subdivision just west of Kirby Dr. and south of W. Holcombe Blvd., you’ll see that much of the footprint swings to one side.Â A combo living-dining roomÂ further emphasizes the long and low of the lot-filler’s layout.Â The north-facing front entry looks down the length of a pedestrian-minded greenbelt that spools off the neighborhood street’s loop. A listing that began in July 2014 terminated earlier this month; a relisting by a new agency last week carries a $984,500 price tag.

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Mall Walker

77025, Braeswood Place, Cambridge Green, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Open Houses, Swimming Pools

Braeswood Place

09/24/14 11:30am

Fairhope Ranch Redo Aims for a Smaller Flip

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Homes for Sale, Interiors, Quicklink, Renovations

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FAIRHOPE RANCH REDO AIMS FOR A SMALLER FLIP 3202 Fairhope St., Braes Terrace, Houston As Swamplot reader Tawnya notes,Â the Braes Terrace ranchburger that emerged mid-August from a spring-and-summer redo sporting an almost-$700K asking price (it sold previously this past April for a far humbler $361K) has undergone a second, even quicker refresh. Sporting a new listing agent and a new side fence fronting its Buffalo Speedway frontage (pictured above), the home at 3203 Fairhope St. is now available for $649,900. The previous listing had dropped from $698K to $686K earlier this month, but was terminated yesterday. [HAR; previously on Swamplot]

77025, Braes-Terrace, Braeswood Place, Flipping, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Renovations

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09/17/14 5:15pm

Where a Cool Half Million Has Taken a Woodshire Mod

by CALwords

Homes for Sale, Interiors, Renovations, Woodshire

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Over in Woodshire, a fifties-vintage neighborhood hugging the South Loop west of Stella Link Rd., a recently renovated 1956 mod returned to the market earlier this month. Its distinctiveÂ airplane-wing roofÂ slants nearly to the ground above a brick exterior that’s now beenÂ whitewashed. Inside, a few structural changes have opened up the living space, removed a series of exposed ceiling beams, and restored a studio floating above the double-wide driveway. The home last sold in May 2013 — for $240K. After its overhaul and repositioning by P&G Homes — in collaboration with LynnGoode Vintage and Jamie House Design — the flip-readyÂ property now carries a $775,500 asking price. What does the half-million upgrade get you?

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Once Beaming, Now Gleaming

77025, Home Decor, Home Design, Home Staging, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Mid-Century Modern, Modern Design, Renovations, Woodshire

Braes Terrace

08/21/14 3:15pm

Going Gray Suddenly at 61, a Braes Terrace Redo Aims for a $698K Flip

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Braeswood Place, Home Decor, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Renovations

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Up next: This 1953 ranchburger with modernized trimmings in Braes Terrace (top). Had you looked at this Buffalo Speedway corner lot property when it was listed in March (at right), you’d have found it priced at $369,000. (It sold quickly, for $361,000.) Earlier this week, a re-imagined spread at the same address hit the market with a $698,000 price tag. In addition to designer-driven cosmetic tweaks, the overhaul included new electrical wiring and plumbing, roof, French doors, garage door, side deck and driveway. Do the results merit a $337K leap?

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Smooth Moves

77025, Braes-Terrace, Braeswood Place, Flipping, Home Decor, Home Design, Home Staging, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Renovations

Featured Posts

07/17/14 12:15pm

Stretching Sideways in Clearview’s Hamlet of Homelets, This One for $230K

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Homes for Sale, Interiors, South Main

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Does navigating to and through aÂ gated community in which all streets have the same name ever get confusing? Amid the 125 or so homes comprising The Park at Clearview,Â glommed onto the south side of S. Main St. just south of West Bellfort, a handful face the development’s main interior roadway. One of them, on a corner lot looking east from its fanciful entryway, popped up on the market on Monday. Asking price: $230,000.

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Off South Main

77025, Home Staging, Homes for Sale, Interiors, The Park at Clearview

Braes Heights

07/14/14 5:00pm

A Single-Owner Fifties-Era Mod Just North of Brays Bayou

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Braeswood Place, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Open Houses

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It’s a mod with original features still intact through and through. Attributed to architect Joseph Krakower andÂ Herb Greene,Â a designer who worked in his office, the well-preserved and well-screened (top) custom mid-fifties property has deep eaves beneath a hipped roof (redone in 2008) and spreads across a quarter-acre Braes Heights lot. The location is on theÂ spit of homes between Brays Bayou and N. Braeswood Blvd. near Edloe St. The home was listing a week ago with an asking price ofÂ $518,000.Â

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Lots of Slots

77025, Braes Heights, Braeswood Place, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Houston Architects, Interiors, Modern Design, Open Houses

Apartments

06/17/14 1:45pm

Apartments, or Maybe More, To Replace the Black-eyed Pea on Bellaire Blvd.

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Braeswood Place, Development Regulations, Proposed Developments, Redevelopment

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Black Eyed Pea, 4211 Bellaire Blvd., Houston

Variance Sign at Kilmarnock Dr. and Gramercy St., Ayrshire, Braeswood Place, Houston Here’s the variance sign (at right) that went up over the weekend at the intersection of Gramercy St. and KilmarnockÂ Dr., backing up to the power-line easement and ditch that separates the city of Bellaire (beyond the sign) from Houston. Supra Color Enterprises, the Florida-based landlord of the Black-eyed Pea restaurant at 4211 Bellaire Blvd. (above), is requesting a variance from the city as part of an effort to redefine its 1.8-acre property at that address as an “unrestricted reserve.” The variance application doesn’t reveal Supra Color’s plans for the land, but it does refer to a “proposed multifamily development” on the site.

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Development Rumors and Mashed Peas

77025, Apartments, Ayrshire, Braeswood Place, Proposed Developments, Redevelopment, Restaurants, Southside Place, Streets, Variances

Ayrshire

05/15/14 12:15pm

A ‘Bachelor Pad’ in Ayrshire Messes With the Market

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Braeswood Place, Home Decor, Homes for Sale, Interiors

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The clipped front lawn of a 1950 home in Ayrshire might be its tidiest feature. “CURRENTLY A MESSY BACHELOR PAD BUT A QUICK REHAB WILL MAKE IT SHINE,” screams the description put up earlier this week. Asking price: $535,000. Is the warning meant to make viewers yell to themselves OH IT DOESN’T LOOK SO BAD? Or do the photos already portray the place in its best light?

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Dude, Where’s My House?