Weekend Open House Tour: Tanglewood

This weekend, won’t you come visit some long-selling Tanglewood treasures? The lots are big but the lines will be short. Here’s what you’ll find:

1202 Chimney Rock Rd., Tanglewood, Houston

Location: 1202 Chimney Rock Rd.
Details: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths; 2,316 sq. ft.
Price: $499,000
The Scoop: 1953 brick-front single-owner Ranch with carpet and wood paneling, waiting for land prices to increase or a better marketing plan. Listed for almost 3 months; price cut $30K already.
Open House: Sunday, 2-5 pm

Tangle with 4 more homes as the tour continues . . .

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802 Chimney Rock Rd., Tanglewood, Houston

Location: 802 Chimney Rock Rd.
Details: 4 bedrooms, 3 baths; 2,930 sq. ft.
Price: $759,500
The Scoop: Low-key Ranch from the mid-1950s; Foyer recently tarted up with columns, arches, and marble. Redone Kitchen; refinished hardwood floors. Wood deck in back. Listed for more than 5 months. Four steady price reductions, totaling $33,500.
Open House: Sunday, 2-4 pm

5307 Huckleberry Ln., Tanglewood, Houston

Location: 5307 Huckleberry Ln.
Details: 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths; 4,033 sq. ft.
Price: $1,249,500
The Scoop: Original Tanglewood Mod designed in 1954 by Arne Engberg, saved from inevitable demolition with large addition by architect Lucian Hood. Exposed beams and paneling on ceilings. Interior features most known floor coverings. Pool. On the market for more than 4 months. Price already reduced twice, a total of $200K.
Open House: Sunday, 2-4 pm

5390 Huckleberry Ln., Tanglewood, Houston

Location: 5390 Huckleberry Ln.
Details: 5 bedrooms, 6 1/2 baths; 7,277 sq. ft.
Price: $2,795,000
The Scoop: 2008 spec home at the corner of Huckleberry and Tanglewood. Stone-faced anthropomorphic entry turret resembles face of catatonic man plagued by dry skin. Small covered back patio; Master Bedroom downstairs. Outdoor Kitchen; indoor one too. Attached 3-car garage. Listed since before Valentine’s Day, but completed only recently. Price cut $100K last month.
Open House: Sunday, 2-4 pm

5316 Longmont Dr., Tanglewood, Houston

Location: 5316 Longmont Dr.
Details: 4 bedrooms, 5 full and 3 half baths; 6,297 sq. ft.
Price: $2,999,000
The Scoop: Still-unclaimed 2008 Pink Ribbon House, finished with its April tours. Heavily staged rooms decorated in a range of europhiliac styles by a hodgepodge of interior designers. Lots of coffered ceilings and overwrought iron. Master Suite downstairs; Homework Room up. Quarters over garage. Listed for almost a year, but price hasn’t budged.
Open House: Sunday, 2-4 pm