Monday, June 25, 2012

Using Every Inch of a West U Original

This expanded-since-1938 home in West U has a 2-story front facade, but 3 stories of living space. Its last redo was in 2000. Listed in mid-June at $1,091,000, the home is located west of Buffalo Speedway in a section of the small city where lots run 50 ft. by 150 ft. Unlike many newer properties, this 5-bedroom home has no brick or stucco and doesn’t fill the lot. Behind the house there’s a deck with an outdoor kitchen and a bit of a yard – or is that a garden?

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The kitchen cabinets are cherry — and that’s a 6-burner gas stove on the other side of the Sub Zero refrigerator:

French doors open to the deck:

The family room:

Here’s the half bath:

All bedrooms are upstairs, including the master suite:

This full bath, 1 of 3 in the home, appears to have retained some of the home’s original tile:

The open-area top floor tucks storage under the angles in the hallway:

Benches on the deck were patterned after old porch swings:

Among the fence-line plantings are a fountain and a Koi pond.

Tangley St. dead-ends 3 blocks west of the property.

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9 Comments

  1. 1
    From Deb Deluxe:

    Gasp! Original tile? And no one fainted?

  2. 2
    From jason:

    Needs more rugs. The master bedroom especially could use a few more.

  3. 3
    From cahbf:

    tick tock tick tock

  4. 4
    From PYEWACKET2:

    The tile is fine but the toile is a little much.

  5. 5
    From Brian:

    Nice gun collection.

  6. 6
    From GlenW:

    I like it. Reminds me of homes in the northeast.

  7. 7
    From mel:

    Charming!

  8. 8
    From Houston Native:

    I partial to the ’30′s homes and this one is no exception. I’ve always wonders why the developer’s decided on the narrow-but-deep lots concept as you rarely encounter this outside of West U. I had to chuckle at the photo of the back yard on HAR that is captioned “…ample room…” for a pool. A kiddie pool maybe.

  9. 9
    From kathy b:

    that’s a lovely home.
    (other than the fake rock wall, arched room openings, & dead animal head on the wall)

    glen: you’re right, it has a very northeast feel to it.
    lacks a basement, though ;-)

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