Houston Heights Realtor
Heights Home Prices The table below was excerpted from the yearly Chronicle report on Neighborhood Price trends. It shows Heights home prices. My previous post covered prices on these other neighborhoods: Oak Forest, Garden Oaks, Lindale Park, Shady Acres, Cottage Grove, Shepherd Park Plaza, Mangum Manor,Timbergrove Manor & Lazybrook. The Heights is a complicated [...]
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Houston Heights Historic Districts See my page on Houston Historic Districts for an overall look at Houston’s 20 historic districts. The Heights is an old part of Houston, one of the oldest planned communities in Texas. Houston Heights (named for it’s 23 foot elevation over the swampy downtown area) was formed in early 1890′s, and [...]
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Heights Historic Districts There are 7 Heights Historic Districts ,out of the 20 total for Houston. See my page on Houston Historic District Maps for information on the other historic districts and to search for homes in historic districts. This post will discuss 3 of these; Norhill, Woodland Heights and Germantown. Norhill was developed in the [...]
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A Victorian Historic Heights Renovation The renovation and expansion of 625 Harvard is near a turning point. Since the house is within one of the historic districts (Houston Heights South), the front exterior is original, with the expansion at the rear. Until recently 625 Harvard was difficult to show…it was a construction site. After the trim carpenters [...]
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Heights Home Sales Chart Home sales in the Heights have been booming for several months now. The cute, clean, nicely updated homes sell quickly. If it’s beautifully redone and you love it, you’d better make an offer quickly. I have several clients who look at homes the first day they come on market. They have [...]
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Heights Victorian Home Renovation HDT Builders is renovating and expanding a big home at 825 Harvard St. When complete, it will be a two story 2729 SF on a 6600 SF lot. This Victorian renovation will be a first for Dee and Dave. They’ve built 6 new homes in Houston Heights, all Craftsman inspired. This [...]
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Heights Home Sales Boom Heights home sales are booming. Houston is a hot relocation center now for oil & energy related companies, and the Heights/Inner Loop is where a lot of them want to be. I would say about 1/3 of my sales this year came from energy people. I don’t know what else is [...]
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Heights Craftsman Home Vs. Heights Contemporary A comparison of two Heights homes for sale. Typically the Heights offers very few single-story recent-construction homes. I have just listed a home I sold new in 2004. I am going to compare it to a similar sized home built almost a century earlier. Take your pick: contemporary style [...]
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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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New Construction in the Heights: 1245,1247,1249 Waverly St HDT Builders has started new construction in the Heights, at the corner of Waverly and W 13th. These 3 homes will each be unique. Dee is a designer, Dave is an engineer. Their homes are stunning and flow beautifully. HDT Builders took 4 lots (each 25 ft. [...]
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