Archive for 2010

Heights New Homes Nearing Completion

Filed in Houston Heights Homes for Sale by on December 16, 2010
Heights New Homes Nearing Completion

One of  Two Heights New Homes at 1017 Waverly is Nearing Completion. 1017 A Waverly has had granite and plumbing fixtures installed. Dee is picking up hardware and electrical fixtures to go in later this week. Can then have lights/electricity! Landscaping is mostly complete; the part by the street will have to wait for culvert and walkway. […]

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Heights Holiday Events

Filed in Heights News & Events by on December 2, 2010
Heights Holiday Events

Heights Holiday Events – Mistletoe Madness and More Living in Woodland Heights is a delight. I can’t think of anywhere else (in Houston anyway) that I would want to live. Woodland Heights and adjoining Houston Heights are especially outstanding this time of year. There is something about Christmas in a wonderful old neighborhood that is enriching to your soul. If […]

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Houston Heights Home For Sale -1229 Columbia St

Filed in Houston Heights Homes for Sale by on November 30, 2010
Houston Heights Home For Sale -1229 Columbia St

This Houston Heights Home For Sale is a Craftsman Style Bungalow Priced at $544,900 The Craftsman bungalow is the most common house style here in Houston Heights and Woodland Heights. These are known for their low-pitched, gabled roof with exposed rafters, wide eaves over large porches, square columns supporting the overhangs and wood or brick […]

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Lindale Park Homes For Sale – 2010

Filed in Lindale Park Sales & Price Trends by on November 24, 2010
Lindale Park Homes For Sale – 2010

Homes currently available in Houston’s Lindale Park range from $105,000 to $325,000. This inventory is smaller than normal. Inner Loop Realtor Rich Martin offer list, advice and previous link to old photos. 713 868-9008

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Houston Heights Homes Sales Down

Filed in Heights Price Trends by on November 22, 2010
Houston Heights Homes Sales Down

Houston Heights Homes Sales Compared to Houston Metro Houston Home Sales Stay in Basement is lead of Chronicle story on Nov 16, 2010: Houston-area home sales plunged last month compared with a year earlier when a federal homebuyer tax credit helped boost activity in the housing market. October marked the fourth straight month of double-digit […]

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Lindale Park Homes, Then & Now

Filed in Lindale Park Sales & Price Trends by on November 10, 2010
Lindale Park Homes, Then & Now

The Lindale Park Homes Original Sales Brochure This brochure showed up on the internet recently. I don’t know who the Modster is, but I thank him for sharing this. I love old neighborhoods, and original photos are especially cool, so I thought I would pass them on. I compare the old photos with recent photos […]

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HDT Builders’ Houston Heights New Construction-1017B Waverly

Filed in Houston Heights Homes for Sale by on November 2, 2010
HDT Builders’ Houston Heights New Construction-1017B Waverly

HDT Builders’ Two New Homes at 1017 Waverly are in Trim Stage. 2014 Update: These sold long ago, but HDT has several projects on-going in the Heights. This means the interior door and window trim are being installed and cabinets are being custom-built on site. At this point, you can begin to get an idea […]

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Recommended Houston Heights Homes for Sale

Filed in Heights News & Events by on October 23, 2010
Recommended Houston Heights Homes for Sale

Houston Heights Homes for Sale – Recommendations. In a recent post I made fun of Realtor’s decriptive terms, like the word “charming” (I really don’t like that word applied to homes). See Charming Houston Heights Homes for Sale in a previous post. In this post I am continuing along the same vein, in describing how I narrow a search […]

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Day of the Dead Celebration in Brooke Smith 2010

Filed in Heights News & Events by on October 20, 2010
Day of the Dead Celebration in Brooke Smith 2010

Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos is a holiday celebrated in Mexico and by Mexican Americans living here in the U.S. A celebration for the decesed. The biggest celebration I have seen was a few years ago in San Miguel de Allende. The Jardin was full of flower vendors selling bunches of marigolds; […]

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Charming Houston Heights Home For Sale…No, No, Not Charming!

Filed in Heights News & Events by on October 17, 2010
Charming Houston Heights Home For Sale…No, No,  Not Charming!

What Real Estate Terms Really Mean I recently had a client who wanted me to use the word “charming” in marketing her Houston Heights house. Now, charming seems like a nice word, and evokes fond memories of the past…but not in real estate! Charming is a cover up for old those problems of an aging […]

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