Tag: Braeswood Place

Homes for Sale, Interiors

02/18/16 4:30pm

Monochromatic Mod on Brays Bayou Offers Glassy Spaces for Internal Reflection

by Everett Bradshaw

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3627 Braeswood Blvd, Houston, 77025

White walls, glass walls, and mirrored walls provide ample opportunities for looking inward and outward from this 1958 house designed by Houston architect Arthur Steinberg. Overlooking Brays Bayou across Glen Arbor Dr., the home contains 3 bedrooms and 2 and a half bathrooms on 3,765 sq. ft. of pale polished concrete and marble floors.Â Mid-century minimalismÂ comes with a $1.495-million price tag. CONTINUE READING THIS STORY

A Whiter Shade of Pale

77025, Braeswood Place, Brays-Bayou, Home Listings, Homes for Sale, Mid-Century Mod, Patios

01/21/16 4:45pm

Starbucks Brewing at Former Gas Station Site on Brays Bayou

by Christine Gerbode

Meyerland Plaza, New Construction, Restaurants, Retail

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Future Site of Starbucks, 4660 N. Braeswood Dr., Braeswood Place, Houston, 77096

A pile of dirt is heaped up at the northeast corner of N. Braeswood Blvd and the West Loop feeder road this afternoon, next to a sign announcing the upcoming arrival of a Starbucks to the site. The lot held a Citgo station before demolition in mid-2013; a reader notes that construction crews have been poking around at the site for at least the past 3 weeks.

The blocky facade of the Halstead apartment complex can been seen in the background of the above snapshot — down the street to the east, the Halstead and next-door Meritage complex are slowly being joined by a midrise residential development going up at the corner of N. Braeswood and Frankway. East of that is a Proguard Storage facility and the Southwest Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Coffee on 610

77096, Apartment Complexes, Braeswood Place, Gas Stations, Meyer Park, Meyerland, New Construction, Restaurants, Retail, Starbucks

Braes Heights

06/17/15 2:15pm

Houston Home Listing Photo of the Day: Behind Door Number 3

Braeswood Place, Homes for Sale, Interiors

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Closets, 3623 Maroneal St., Braeswood Place, Houston

3623 Maroneal St. [HAR]

77025, Braes Heights, Braeswood Place, Homes for Sale, Interiors

Braes Terrace

03/02/15 5:00pm

Heavily Limbed, Hidden Braes Terrace Home Along the Bayou Asks $689K

Homes for Sale, Interiors

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Tended plantings have been a priority at a 1954 Braes Terrace property across from Brays Bayou’s southern banks and hike-and-bike trail. One cluster of trees near the sidewalkÂ screens the updated home from passing traffic on the thoroughfare it fronts; another, closer to the home, adds a second layer of privacy (top) at the circular driveway. Dense ground cover, meanwhile, creeps across much of the shady lot, which is located near Bevlyn St., west of Buffalo Speedway. The interior is also well-groomed (above), though room purposes have been rotated:

Plant Matters

77025, Braes Bayou, Braes-Terrace, Braeswood Place, Homes for Sale, Interiors

10/17/14 5:00pm

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

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.

Mall Walker

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

09/24/14 11:30am

Fairhope Ranch Redo Aims for a Smaller Flip

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

Braes Terrace

08/21/14 3:15pm

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

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?

Smooth Moves

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

Braes Heights

07/14/14 5:00pm

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

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

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.

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.

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

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?

Dude, Where’s My House?

77025, Ayrshire, Braeswood Place, Home Decor, Home Staging, Homes for Sale, Interiors

Braes Terrace

04/23/14 1:30pm

Houston Home Listing Photo of the Day: Blind Alley

Braeswood Place, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Interiors

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Entry, 3506 Deal St., Braes Terrace, Houston

3506 Deal St. [HAR]

77025, Braeswood Place, Braeswood Terrace, Homes for Sale, Interiors

Apartments

01/31/14 11:45am

Trashing a 1970s Apartment Complex at Kirby and South Main for a New Millennium, Already in Progress

Braeswood Place, Demolitions, Proposed Developments, Redevelopment

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The Crossing at Kirby Apartments, 7600 Kirby Dr., Braeswood Place, Houston

A handful of curious neighbors and passers-by have written Swamplot with reports that the Crossing at Kirby Apartments at 7600 Kirby Dr. are being cleared out. “It appears the whole complex is about to be demolished,” writes one correspondent who snooped around the 5.76-acre compound that stretches from South Main to a gas station short of S. Braeswood. “Looks like they’re disconnecting electrical and there was one U-Haul truck but it’s otherwise abandoned,” writes another. “Apartment windows are boarded and one building looks like the roof has started to be stripped.” Gee, what could be happening here?

Millennium Kirby

77030, Apartments, Braeswood Place, Demolitions, Proposed Developments, Redevelopment

09/18/13 12:00pm

Houston Home Listing Photo of the Day: The Back Carpet

by Allyn West

Homes for Sale

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7911 Greenbush St. [HAR]

77025, Back Yards, Braeswood Place, Homes for Sale

07/23/13 3:00pm

How They Updated a Southern Oaks Mod

Homes for Sale, Interiors, Southern Oaks

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Renovated a year after Tropical Storm Allison, this glowing midcentury home plays up its mini-mod origins. The 1952 property is in the Southern Oaks neighborhood of Braeswood Place, located just off Buffalo Speedway north of Brays Bayou. Behind the fortifications (top), a sleek interior lit by a south-facing clerestory (above) shows off furnishings aligned with a more European vision of mod — in black and pearl: