Archive for 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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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; […]
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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