texas911 Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 It looks cool but man, that is a high price. http://search.har.com/engine/dispSearch.cf...=0&backButton=Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston1stWordOnTheMoon Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 He has several developments around the city and all of them come with a hefty price tag. I looked at one in the Memorial Park area. It was nice but the price was just obscene. By the way, each of his houses seem to be white white white Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestGrayGuy Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 I believe he has one at the corner of Taft and Pacific street which I have heard is going to sell right a million. Can anyone confirm?It looks like a bastardized Urban Loft(tinfoil house); hideous in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 He's been around since before Urban Lofts, so I'm thinking he's not ripping anyone off. I actually went to an open house and the spaces are insane! It has 11 foot ceilings and it feels spacious, more than what the square footage would imply.Anything is better than another McMansion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 i like it. reminds me of a modernist art gallery. of course i couldn't even imagine what the monthly payment would be on a $1.2M mortgage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 It looks cool but man, that is a high price.With $1.2M, I'd design and build something myself. Probably on the order of a four-story reflective-glass polygonal cylinder with a 30-foot diameter and a semispherical geodesic dome on top. An elevator would shoot the occupant straight from the garage to the top level, which would serve as the home's living area.I've already got a site picked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston1stWordOnTheMoon Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 With $1.2M, I'd design and build something myself. Probably on the order of a four-story reflective-glass polygonal cylinder with a 30-foot diameter and a semispherical geodesic dome on top. An elevator would shoot the occupant straight from the garage to the top level, which would serve as the home's living area.I've already got a site picked out. This sounds like a cool design!!!! I have to say though, wouldnt want to be in there in a severe thunderstorm with hail and high winds or a hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 This sounds like a cool design!!!!I have to say though, wouldnt want to be in there in a severe thunderstorm with hail and high winds or a hurricane No kidding. I haven't quite figured out the hail problem unless I go with plexiglass...which would scratch in a hailstorm. The new Enron building's glass facade can withstand Cat 3 winds, though. I'm sure there'd be a way to engineer my way around that eventuality...the dome and cylinder designs already go a long way toward mitigating the wind hazard. Thanks for the positive feedback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdbaker Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 What do you guys think of this house?3643 Olympia10000 ft of faux castle meets McMansion. I'm speechless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 What do you guys think of this house?3643 Olympia10000 ft of faux castle meets McMansion. I'm speechless.almost $4M bucks and you can lean out of your 'castle' window and almost touch your neighbor's macmansion house?!? no thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 What do you guys think of this house?3643 Olympia 10000 ft of faux castle meets McMansion. I'm speechless. eek 3.8 million for an almost 10k square foot home on a 15k square foot lot?! and "faux-finishing and extensive crown molding of the highest caliber" niiiiiiiiiiice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted July 14, 2006 Author Share Posted July 14, 2006 I'd take 3 white houses before I buy a house like the castle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdbaker Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 At this price, you could buy 6-8 mansions on South Macgregor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 What do you guys think of this house?3643 Olympia10000 ft of faux castle meets McMansion. I'm speechless.I'm not. That's just ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarthaG Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 I'm not. That's just ugly.Agree!Besides if I had $3.8mm to spend on a house, it would NOT be in a neighborhood... even River Oaks.It would not have "faux" anything. I'm not impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Agree!Besides if I had $3.8mm to spend on a house, it would NOT be in a neighborhood... even River Oaks.It would not have "faux" anything. I'm not impressed.LOLespecially to be THAT close to your neighbors. like you said... '...even in river oaks.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orikal Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 That's one of the least appealing houses I've ever seen.EDIT: Referring to the River Oaks "castle" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rps324 Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 That River Oaks house looks like it would be more comfortable as the centerpiece of a Florida amusement park than in a neighborhood. Where did they get the plans for that beast anyway? The Disney Vault? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston1stWordOnTheMoon Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Everything about the River Oaks home is insane, including the price and size of the lot. Only people that would be lined up to buy that mess are tucked safely away on the heavily medicated side of a nut house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 What do you guys think of this house?3643 Olympia 10000 ft of faux castle meets McMansion. I'm speechless. Oh...My...God. The HAR writeup claims that this is "new construction, never occupied", but anyone who's seen Desperate Living will recognize Queen Carlotta's castle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdbaker Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 I'm really curious as to what demographic the builder is aiming for with this house. Recent lottery jackpot millionaire? Renaissance festival enthusiast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luzr Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 That is one butt-ugly house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 The sad thing is, this is happening all over River Oaks.Builders/Developers are tearing down beautiful homes to put up McMansion Cheese Factories. The saddest part is, they end up selling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 The sad thing is, this is happening all over River Oaks.Builders/Developers are tearing down beautiful homes to put up McMansion Cheese Factories. The saddest part is, they end up selling.Bob Dylan said it best: "The times they are a changin'.." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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