Heights Rentals

October 27, 2011

Heights Rentals are Tough to Find I regularly list homes for rent in Houston Heights, First Ward (Washington Ave/Houston Ave area), and Spring Branch. The Heights rentals often lease very fast. If it’s a cute, clean bungalow it rents quickly. The problem with older homes is with maintenance and updating. A house can be old [...]

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Eastwood Home Tour-2011

October 11, 2011

Eastwood Home Tour If you like bungalows you need to visit the 16th annual 2011 Eastwood Home Tour Oct 15th & 16th, 12:00-5:00. Tickets are $15. Eastwood is an East End neighborhood establised in 1913 by the same developer as my neighborhood, Woodland Heights. Naturally, you will see the same predominance of Craftsman style bungalows [...]

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Bungalow Art

October 7, 2011

If you love bungalows, art, and strange things, you have to see “Fifth Ward Jam” as the two artists Dan Havel and Dean Ruck call their latest work of art. Bungalow Art I’m not a reporter, and I only know what I’ve read about it, so I’m not going to write anything about it.See the [...]

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Heights Contemporary Craftsman Home for Sale

October 6, 2011

Contemporary Craftsman Home for Sale – 936 Nicholson 936 Nicholson St, in Houston Heights is for sale at $509,900. 3/3/2 2643 SF on 4395 SF lot. This is a contemporary Craftsman style home built by Pyramid Builders in 2005. A Craftsman style home typically has strong, straight lines, overhanging eaves, exposed rafter tails, square support [...]

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Heights Bungalows Featured in New HGTV Magazine

October 5, 2011

Heights Bungalows Featured in New HGTV Magazine Hearst Magazine and HGTV are introducing HGTV Magazine. I would not normally pay attention to a new magazine, but this one will feature 4 Heights bungalows in it’s premier edition. Heights bungalows! Pretty cool huh? The initial issue comes out Oct 4, per the initial press release on [...]

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Heights House With Master Down – 1247 Waverly

October 2, 2011

Heights House with Master Down Heights builder HDT has finished framing 1247 Waverly. This 2408 SF house on a 33 ft wide lot has a lot of unique features for a Heights home. One of these features is that it is a Heights house with master down. This is hard to find in Heights new [...]

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Woodland Heights Newsletter – September

October 1, 2011

The September Woodland Heights Newsletter is out. The articles range from WHCA Shredding Day, Lights in the Heights Organization (Yes, the project lives on despite becoming a little overwhelming), Water Your Trees, Neighborhood Security Patrol Update, Through the Looking Glass, and “We Hate Bungalows” (Ya gotta read that.) Anyway, it gives a taste of our [...]

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Brooke Smith Homes For Sale

September 24, 2011

Brooke Smith Homes For Sale I write about this neighborhood a lot because I think it is an upcoming part of the Heights. When people ask me about the next “hot” area this is my first choice (Lindale Park and Near Northside are next in order). I was showing homes here the last week or so [...]

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Houston Home Sales Up

September 22, 2011

Houston Home Sales Up The Chronicle on 09/21/11 reports Houston home sales up 33% in August over August 2010. Here are a couple of quotes from the 09/21/11 Chronicle, reporting Houston Home Sales Up. Now, I’m not a big fan of the Houston Chronicle. However, I do advertise open houses and new construction homes in it….it [...]

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Rice Military New Construction

September 20, 2011

Rice Military New Construction Rice Military is extremely popular because of its location. Just a few blocks from Memorial Park and minutes from downtown. It is close to shopping, restaurants, everything you would want. Its northern boundary is Washington Ave. The hottest place for new clubs and restaurants. Its true boundaries are Washington Ave. on [...]

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