flipper

Wow! Old post. This house was for sale for years, I wonder if it sold or if they gave up. In many other cities this house would have only been on the market for days. A cantilevered modern house on a wooded lot with a recognized architect...hello, Houston. I'm going through a phase of being somewhat obsessed with Mackie-Kamrath again. I do this every few years. Hopefully 59 Tiel Way is in good hands.

It seems like it got down to 1.5M before it expired. That was months ago though.

flipper

The home, by the way, is zoned to (Houston ISD):

* Red Elementary School

* Johnston Middle School (With Pin Oak Middle School as an option)

* Westbury High School

Don't remind me that I live in Westbury High's district.

flipper

This house is owned by a fellow flipper. He does nice work.

As far as the price being compared to the Willowisp house, I think the extra ~300 sq. ft. is the reason that this house will ultimately sell for around 300k, but the Willowisp one won't.

flipper

People are trying to see what the hell are THEY trying to sell in THAT area for $300k !

It's not the area that's the problem, ya know, besides the view of the pawn shop. The square footage is the problem.

flipper

I bet the listing agent is telling the seller "it must be priced well, we have over 500 hits on the HAR page!"

flipper

My answer to the fan is that it is "period" and they may have saw that it was in good shape, and just didn't want to spend the extra cash to replace it.

My guess on the asking price is that with everyone moving from New York and California to here, that paying $250k to $275k for the same type house they just sold in California for $500k would be a great deal, and leave a little chiga-ling in their pockets. I think the owners are rolling the dice on this one. A little lofty in their thinking, but someone out there has the deposable cash to throw at this house. It is a matter of whether or not the owners have it for the mortgage while it sits. JMO.

They are gonna need that cash from the California house profit because it won't appraise near 300k.

flipper

Nice. Love the vent-a-hood. It'll sure be a mess to clean the bottom of those cabs.

So it sold for $175k. How much would y'all say they spent on lipstick for aforementioned pig?

I bet they would have spent 40-50k if they used professionals for everything and pulled permits.

However, they did not pull permits and in my opinion much of the work looks DYI.

If I's a bettin man I'd say they are trying to make around 70k on the house.

flipper

FYI - IT'S 10901 WILLOWISP, not 10910. If 10910 (flat roof Jenkins designed) goes on sale one of you has to buy it!

If we had not already bought our house, I think that smaller house would have been almost perfect for us.

The house next door to them was redone 2 years ago and sold for about $250K. It's a little bigger and the other house had a total rewire. I don't know what they did electrically with this house, and I don't know if they reworked the foundation or not. I did see the new roof go on though.

Jason

Thanks Jason, I changed the subject.

I wouldn't wish that location on you either. The house next door was re-done well, but it took FOREVER to sell and the investor didn't make any money on it.

flipper

flipper wants to "line" something alright......his pockets!

Badumbum!

You'll be here all week!

flipper

code says that the each bedroom must have two exits. yes, it was changed because of accessibility. i doubt i could fit either!

The high windows help out in this case. They help hide the view of the EZ Pawn on S. Post Oak, and keep your kids from escaping out into traffic.

flipper

I meant to ask, does anyone know if this house is "staged" or does someone live there ? If someone does live there they have pretty good taste, except for the slate wall, which rps mentioned, BLEH !

Someone's living there.

flipper

Me either, $240k at the most.

I agree.

flipper

I don't foresee that selling in that price range.

I think you're right. They highest price per foot I can recall in willowbend was 10525 Willowgrove. It was done "to the 9's" by a realtor/flipper.

It was 1766 sq ft and I believe they got 290k for it a year and a half ago.

Who knows though, If renovated houses will go for 180 a foot in willowbend now I know of 5 houses I'll buy tommorow

flipper

What's the commute time to downtown from this part of town?

S. Post Oak >610>288 is pretty durn quick. I rarely have to go during rush hour, but the few times i have it hasn't been too bad. Most people are heading west on 610 in the morning it seems.

flipper

HAR listing

This flipper is shooting for the moon @ 181sq ft.

I've sold a few in Willowbend recently in the high 130's a foot and thought I was doing good.

Did you follow along with any of the progress Jason or talk to the owner?

flipper

speaking of devonshire...

Has anyone seen what has been happening (if anything) with 7000 Staffordshire?

It was a 4165 square foot house sitting on 3.5 ACRES.

It sold for 1.9M in 1/03.

I've always wondered if they were going to chop it up for townhouses or what.

flipper