If you’re looking for a cool, low-hanging Modern home, Glenbrook Valley is your best bet! This week: Glenbrook Valley’s “Mod-palooza,” courtesy of broker Robert Searcy. Three of the homes below are listed as Houston Mod’s Mods of the Month.
Location: 8119 Stony Dell Ct.
Details: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths; 2,665 sq. ft.
Price: $199,900
The Scoop: 1954 brick L-shaped ranch on actual Houston hill at end of cul-de-sac. Carpet and tile floors; stone patio in back. Wood paneling in Den. Listed for just under 2 months.
Open House: Sunday, 2-4 pm
More moderately Mod-ish moments as the tour continues . . .
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Location: 7831 Santa Elena St.
Details: 3 bedrooms, 3 full and 2 half baths; 3,064 sq. ft.
Price: $239,900
The Scoop: Colonial brick Ranch on corner lot designed by Dorothy Andrews in 1960 features portico in front and private prayer nook inside. Terrazzo floors, some carpet. Sunken tub in Master Bath. Covered patio connects house to separate 2-room office suite. Listed since the end of May.
Open House: Sunday, 2-4 pm
Location: 8211 Colgate St.
Details: 3 bedrooms, 3 baths; 2,718 sq. ft.
Price: $239,900
The Scoop: 1960 brick Ranch with attached garage. Somewhat-raised ceiling in Living Room; somewhat-coffered paneled ceiling in Master Bedroom. Small office; Sunroom. Heavily landscaped back yard. On the market for just over a month.
Open House: Sunday, 2-4 pm
Location: 8206 Glencrest St.
Details: 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths; 3,347 sq. ft.
Price: $245,000
The Scoop: 1957 Ranch with redone Mod Kitchen open to paneled Den; Byzantine prayer shrine. Refinished hardwood floors; original tilework in bathrooms. Large former artist Studio above detached garage. On the market since the middle of march.
Open House: Sunday, 2-4 pm
Location: 8015 Arletta St.
Details: 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths; 2,771 sq. ft.
Price: $249,900
The Scoop: 1958 unrestored low-gabled Mod home on large lot at the end of a cul-de-sac. Vaulted, beamed ceilings; clerestory windows; pocket doors; pink-tile baths — the works. On the market for 2 weeks.
Open House: Sunday, 2-4 pm
You’re asking for quite a bit for a neighborhood surrounded by apartments.
It is not an area for everybody. But if you are going to live close to town in Houston, with our no zoning you better be used to the block by block adventure of good areas next to bad. (Doesn’t hinder Bellaire, for example, sitting right next to Gulfton. Or you can always take the $199 to $249 price around the other neighborhoods hugging the outer edge of the loop, like Garden Oaks (next to Independence Heights & all the lovely stuff up Shepherd) and try to get a 3000 sq ft house on 12,000 sq ft lot for that. These houses area a steal.