Houston Heights New Construction

  Recent Construction Heights Home for Sale – 1015B Waverly St $514,900 If you’ve been looking at new construction homes in the Heights (and there aren’t that many available now in the Heights) you should consider those that are just a few years old. Recent construction Heights homes  still look new, but the landscaping has [...]

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Chinese Drywall-A Huge Problem Elsewhere I totally forgot about the use of Chinese drywall and its inherent problems. I was selling some homes under construction in the Heights ~2004 when I first heard about it. The builder was aware of it and hadn’t used. In fact, I haven’t heard of any problems with it locally. [...]

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  I Did Several Posts on HDT Builders’ New Houston Heights Homes During Construction. These homes are at 1017A & 1017B Waverly. I showed photos of the site prep, framing, sheetrocking, etc. Well, they are finally  complete. Actually, they’ve been “almost done” for a while. Final City inspections, approvals, etc., seemed to take forever. 11/16/11 Note: These homes sold [...]

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Development on Studewood-Studewood Place

by Rich on February 16, 2011

New Heights Development on Studewood?…Studewood Place I just found out about Studewood Place. Until recently, I had not even looked behind the fence camouflaging the construction site at Studewood at 10th ½ St. in the Heights. Right behind my office, and I hadn’t even peeked. Too “busy” I guess. That’s probably true in many ways [...]

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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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Heights New Homes Nearing Completion

by Rich on December 16, 2010

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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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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1017A & B Waverly are Houston Heights New Construction by HDT Builders. The exterior of this house has changed dramatically since the last update. The tapered columns and porch railings are in, and painting is in progress. Stairs to room over garage should be in later this week. The interior is piped and wired. Insulation passed [...]

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HDT Builder’s Houston Heights new construction at 1017A Waverly is progressing quickly. A/C and plumbing have been installed. The 42″ gas fireplace was installed Friday. Electrical work will be next, along with more City inspections. The front elevation is about to be transformed. The skirt around the porch is on: the photos shows detail of [...]

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Houston heights Builder,HDT has listed one of their two homes on MLS 1017A Waverly is a unique Craftsman inspired home,priced at $443,500. It is 2168 SF plus unfinished room over garage. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bath, 2 car alley access garage. The front porch will have square, tapered columns. It will also feature angled, shingled skirting [...]

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