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Craftsman Style New Construction Homes on Waverly-Update Craftsman style new construction homes are HDT’s specialty. Big porches, overhanging eaves, exposed rafter tails, heavy square columns, and simplicity of design, combination indoor/outdoor spaces are all part of Craftsman style homes. Whether a bungalow or the taller version made for our lot sizes, these homes are distinctive. [...]
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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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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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Heights Blends Old and New (Part 2 of 2) A modification of this post was published in the Houston Chronicle on 01/09/11. It was only published in their print edition, not online: House Styles in the Heights Houston Heights was started in the 1890’s. The predominant house style at that time was the Victorian. The [...]
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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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HDT Builders’ Two New Homes at 1017 Waverly are in Trim Stage. 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 of what the houses will look like; see the quality of construction being applied; and [...]
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Woodland Heights Historic District? Woodland Heights subdivision** is not yet a historic district, but took its first step in getting there by turning in to City Council a petition signed by 51% of residents. Maybe it will join other Heights Historic Districts: Houston Heights East; Historic Heights West; and tiny Freeland Historic District. The historic designation issue was [...]
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Houston’s Woodland Heights is where I live. I bought my house many years ago as a derelict old Craftsman bungalow. It was almost falling down, but it had a wonderful wrap-around porch that I fell in love with. See my post about stumbling upon the neighborhood, falling in love with Woodland Heights, and becoming a [...]
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Interactive Map of Houston Inner Loop Neighborhoods These area areas I know, love, and concentrate on. Clicking on the name of the neighborhood will take you to my latest posts on that subdivision. I know, I don’t have posts on all these areas yet, but soon will have. If you are considering buying or selling a home [...]
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