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Condos for Sale

11/06/14 3:00pm

The Million-Dollar Views of Houston in This Mosaic Penthouse Will Cost You $2 Million

Hermann Park, Highrises, Interiors

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Expansive vistas panÂ north, west, and southÂ throughÂ barely-thereÂ walls of floor-to-ceiling windows in thisÂ swish penthouse atop the Mosaic at Hermann Park, one of the twin-ishÂ 30-story condo towers across from the park’s eastern edge. Do the panoramas and high-end custom finishes from a 2012 update to the 2008 space merit the listing’s asking price of $2.05 million? It last sold in 2009 for $930K, but back then the FDIC and a group of investors had control of the property following sequential foreclosures on the condo tower and its neighboring rental twin (once named The Montage).

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Vision Quest

77004, Condos for Sale, Highrises, Home Design, Interiors, Mosaic on Hermann Park, Penthouses

10/30/14 2:15pm

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

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

10/28/14 2:45pm

This Former Brooke Smith Bungalow Gone Craftsmannerist Is Asking $850K

Homes for Sale, Interiors, Renovations

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Somewhere within this recently renovated and expanded shingle-sided double-decker home in Brooke Smith lies the 1926 single-story version it sprang from. Can you find it?

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Porches and Roof Pitches

77009, Brooke Smith, Home Decor, Home Design, Home Staging, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Porches, Renovations

10/23/14 3:15pm

Condo Seeking $325K Is Holding Court at Museum’s Gate on Montrose Blvd.

Homes for Sale, Interiors, Montrose

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Next on the docket at the Court at Museum’s Gate on Montrose Blvd., a 2-story condo (top) in the 1985 postmodern property (above) presents in its listing earlier this week an unstaged interior — and a $325,000 asking price. It was on the books for $319,000 earlier this year, but that listing terminated in May, prior to a flip-minded reboot. Soon to hit 30, the 49-unit complex appears to be revamping one condo at a time . . .

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Plaza Entry

77006, Condos, Condos for Sale, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Montrose, The Court at Museums Gate

10/20/14 5:00pm

On Watch Over Bissonnet, a Contemporary West U Townhome Asks $485K

Home Design, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Townhomes, West University

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It’s not the largest of the townhomes lining West University’s Northern border, but it might be the tallest — and it’s certainly the whitest. The stucco contemporary’s listing at $485K mid-month points out theÂ home was built in 1983, not the 1973 found on HCAD. A 3-story design amid 2-story neighbors, the front loaderÂ comes with a crow’s nest view north and west that takes in Greenway Plaza. H-E-B’s Buffalo Market is across and down the street.

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Decked Out

77005, Home Design, Homes for Sales, Interior, Monticello, Rooftop Terraces, Screened Patios, Townhomes, West University

10/13/14 5:15pm

Meat Market Mansion in Magnolia Grove Now Available for $2.1 Million

Home Decor, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Magnolia Grove, Renovations, Washington Corridor

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Not many homes come with their ownÂ meat locker (top), but this one has kept its cooler from a previous life as a meat market and corner store. Located in the townhomey Magnolia Grove neighborhood of Brunner, south of Washington Ave. and east of N. Shepherd Dr., the former Laurnicella Meat Market (later Snow’s Corner Store) had living space upstairs for the proprietor. A 3-year renovationÂ with various reconfigurations by the current owners (on top of efforts by their predecessors)Â converted the 1921 building into a tin-roofed home (middle) with back yardlet (above). Its listing, posted last Thursday, asks $2.1 million.

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On the Corner

77007, Adaptive Reuse, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Magnolia Grove, Renovations, Washington Corridor

Brookwoods Estates

10/06/14 3:30pm

Walking Through a Skinny $550K Garage-Front Seventies Contemporary in Brookwoods Estates to the Pool in Back

Home Design, Homes for Sale, Interiors

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One of the contemporary homes backing up to a twin on a split-but-still-large lot inÂ Brookwoods Estates is on the market again. Its relisting last week dropped the price to $549,999. Before the previous listing expired in last month, the asking price had dropped to $614,400 from an initial $659,500 in July. The current owner paid $250K for it back in 2005. Updated since, the 1978 property is a front-loader that focuses views from 2 levels on the back lot’s pool and hot tub (above). The neighborhood is located west of T.C. Jester and just north of the North Loop near its arc to U.S. 290.

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Northern Exposure

77092, Brookwoods Estates, Home Design, Home Staging, Homes for Sale, Interiors

10/03/14 4:45pm

A Bright and Classy 7-Bedroom $1.2 Million Doomsday Mod from 1961 Rocks on in Friendswood

Friendswood, Home Decor, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Houston Architects, Interiors, Modern Design

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The Stone Age mashes with Mid-Century Modern in Friendswood, where an updated 1961 stunner designed by architect M. Bliss Alexander accents its crisp and clean lines with 12 tons of rock from Wimberly. Listed a week ago with a $1.19 million asking price, the home last sold in 2007, for $585K. It sits on 1.3 acres in the Perry Grove neighborhood, located southwest of Friendswood Dr. and W. Spreading Oaks Ave.

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Playing It Safe

77546, Bomb Shelters, Friendswood, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Houston Architects, Interiors, M. Bliss Alexander, Mid-Century Modern, Perry Grove, Swimming Pools

Condos for Sale

10/02/14 5:00pm

How Bill Stern Turned Space at the Top of the Four Seasons Hotel into a Sleek Downtown Penthouse

Downtown, Highrises, Houston Architects, Interiors

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Four Seasons Hotel, 1111 Caroline St., Downtown Houston By day and by night, a swish penthouse in the 1982 Four Seasons tower downtown ensures a panoramic view from rooms throughout the open floor plan. Understated, light-filled, and seamlessly sleek in its 2006 design by notable Houston architect Bill Stern, who died last year, the luxury condo maxes out minimalism. In mid-September, after its owners left town, theÂ highrise home’s asking price dropped to $3.85 million;Â its initial ask in April was $4.6 million.

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The Lookout

77002, Condos for Sale, Four Seasons, Home Design, Houston Architects, Interiors, Luxury Highrises, Penthouses

09/22/14 4:15pm

Blanton Estate Seeking $4.85 Million for Its Updated, Expanded Staub-Born River Oaks Estate

Home Design, Homes for Sale, Houston Architects, Interiors, River Oaks

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The last time this 1952 River Oaks home attributed to Staub and Rather was on the market was about a decade ago. At the time, it sold for $2.875 million to business titan and philanthropist Jack S. Blanton, who died in December of last year. The 1952 corner property features an expansion by a previous owner back in 1998 — around the time it sold for $1.08 million. In its listing earlier this month, the home’s asking price was $4.85 million.Â What sorts of add-ons have accompanied the rising prices?

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Still Rather Staub-Like

77019, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Houston Architects, Interiors, John Staub, River Oaks

09/17/14 5:15pm

Where a Cool Half Million Has Taken a Woodshire Mod

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

09/12/14 1:45pm

Splashing Down Behind the Wall of a Split-Lot Property in Westhaven Estates

Home Decor, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Open Houses, Price Reductions, Westhaven Estates

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The frontrunner on a split lot with a shared driveway, this 2002 contemporary in the Westhaven Estates area captures space for a splash zone courtyard. Sculpted landscaping and decorative panels soften the curbside appearance of the sturdy wall erected near the sidewalk on Inwood Dr., south of San Felipe Rd. between Nantucket and Potomac drives. The front property’s relisting by a new agent this week set a $1.139 million asking price. Back in February, a previous market appearance had begun with a $1.195 million price tag. A reduction in April, to $1.145 million, briefly snagged a contract in June before the property took off for the summer.

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Front and Center

77057, Home Decor, Home Design, Home Staging, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Open Houses, Price Reductions, Swimming Pools, Westhaven Estates

09/04/14 2:45pm

On the Lookout for a $1.65 Million Maximum Mediterranean in Spring Valley

Home Decor, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Spring Valley

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Like an arrowhead, the groomed lot sprouting a custom 2007 Mediterranean comes to a pointÂ — though the tip, where Merlin and Ben Hur (drives) part ways south of Westview and west of Voss Rd., is separated from the base by a circular driveway linking the 2 streets within the Cedarwood section of Spring Valley. Listed a week ago, the property has a $1.649 million asking price. Does the lots-o’-lawn on the grand approach come with a back-lot equivalent? Judge for yourself:

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Casa and Casita

77055, Casitas, Home Decor, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Swimming Pools

09/03/14 2:45pm

A Modern Colquitt Townhome’s Gently Lowering Price Tag

Home Design, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Price Reductions

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Overhangs, cutouts, and eyebrow arches shade the balconies and patios of a 2005Â stucco contemporary in Lancaster Place. TheÂ townhome’s price in its relisting today by the same agent, $749,990, is $100K less than in its initial appearance back in April. Price reductions in the interim sought $799,900 in May and $775,000 in July before the previous listing terminated Tuesday. TheÂ corner unit differentiates its footprint from a not-so-identical twin next door withÂ sprout-and-chromeÂ accents — and more:

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Minty Fresh

77006, Colquitt Place, Home Decor, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Modern Design, Price Reductions

09/02/14 4:30pm

Hitting the Big Time in an Updated Cottage Compound in Pinelawn

Home Decor, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Houston Heights, Interiors

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To create some buzz about an updated 1929 cottage with bumble bee trim tones in a section of the Heights dubbedÂ Pinelawn,Â viewing of the property was put on hold until the weekend, several days after its listing last month forÂ $437,500. Tiers of patios, porches, decks, and pavers help extend the living space outdoors. The fully-fenced corner compound is located up the block from Field Elementary School.

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Clocking in at $437,500

77008, Home Decor, Home Design, Home Staging, Homes for Sale, Houston Heights, Interiors, Patios, Pinelawn

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