midtown 4.2 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 I've been keeping my eye on this home for years. Now, it's finally on the market . . . and I'm half a million dollars short! Oh well, just my luck.http://www.gunn.net/delano.htmI swear I'm not promoting this site, it's just the only place that has nice interior shots.Anyone have $500K they can loan me interest free for thirty years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 That's pretty wild. The front is a little too Mad-Maxx for me, but the inside is cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 That place is so cool. Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Looks like a Real World house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 I've been keeping my eye on this home for years. Now, it's finally on the market . . . and I'm half a million dollars short! Oh well, just my luck.http://www.gunn.net/delano.htm I swear I'm not promoting this site, it's just the only place that has nice interior shots. Anyone have $500K they can loan me interest free for thirty years? Looks like an abandonded "Big Brother" house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Ugh. Could you imagine the light bill in the summer? The ad says 7 tons of A/C...I bet it can hardly keep up with all that glass....looks like there's no celing insulation either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rps324 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 I would like to see some "before" shots of that one. Someone clearly had a vision. I bet it was pretty scary beforehand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonrunner Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Wow! Thanks midtown 4.2! You have re-kindled my dream to build a house instead of buying a cookie cutter house... Now I just need to find some reasonably priced land! Say under $30k... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Wow! Thanks midtown 4.2! You have re-kindled my dream to build a house instead of buying a cookie cutter house... Now I just need to find some reasonably priced land! Say under $30k... There's lots of land in your price range in far west Houston. I think they call it "Midland." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Wow! Thanks midtown 4.2! You have re-kindled my dream to build a house instead of buying a cookie cutter house... Now I just need to find some reasonably priced land! Say under $30k...You can find lots in that price range on the East End. In fact, there is a very interesting house that was featured in Dwell magazine on Curtin St. just east of Dumble, I think. Maybe 4900 block. He completely redesigned an existing house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 You can find lots in that price range on the East End. In fact, there is a very interesting house that was featured in Dwell magazine on Curtin St. just east of Dumble, I think. Maybe 4900 block. He completely redesigned an existing house.I drove by that house one day while out and about looking around. It was definetly a surprise. I thought he built it completely from scratch.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 I drove by that house one day while out and about looking around. It was definetly a surprise. I thought he built it completely from scratch....I thought he kept the shell but you could be right. Too bad I can't find any interior photos of it online anymore, he really made it quite unique and beautiful. I think as long as money continues to flow back into the city and the slummy areas continue to get gentrified, we'll see more and more of these art-homes as "creative class" alternatives to the production townhome and generic McMansion. There's a really interesting one going up in 1st Ward that I'll take a picture off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketgirl24 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 (edited) You can find lots in that price range on the East End. In fact, there is a very interesting house that was featured in Dwell magazine on Curtin St. just east of Dumble, I think. Maybe 4900 block. He completely redesigned an existing house.Is this house out in the direction of the Maxwell House plant? With a really cool sliding door on the side with a greenish color door of wooden 'planks' (I can't think of the term for this...)If so, I read about it in the Chronicle months back, which prompted us to seek it out. Here is the link to the Chronicle article.http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive....id=2005_3876294 Edited January 25, 2006 by rocketgirl24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modernceo Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Agreed ! That house is far from earth friendly. It uses a lot of those halogen spotlights that look great, but use a LOT of energy for their size and light output ! That and lots of tall ceilings with little to no insulation, its going to add up. Beautiful house though regardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Is this house out in the direction of the Maxwell House plant? With a really cool sliding door on the side with a greenish color door of wooden 'planks' (I can't think of the term for this...)If so, I read about it in the Chronicle months back, which prompted us to seek it out. Here is the link to the Chronicle article.http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive....id=2005_3876294That's the one we're talkin about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Is this house out in the direction of the Maxwell House plant? With a really cool sliding door on the side with a greenish color door of wooden 'planks' (I can't think of the term for this...)If so, I read about it in the Chronicle months back, which prompted us to seek it out. Here is the link to the Chronicle article.http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive....id=2005_3876294Yep, that's the one. And jm1fd was right, he built it from scratch.These custom creations are great inspirations that hopefully will get people's creative juices flowing. Not everyone has the desire for something completely unique nor the patience to see the project through from beginning to end, but these are true alternatives to the uninspired new construction going up everywhere. Plus, as the East end guy did, there are a lot of demolitions going on where there is reusable lumber and other building material that can be had with a little negotiating. I'm planning on building a garage apt. circa 1935 out of scrap lumber. I've got a lot so far; sinks, toilet, complete set of 1930s doors, some lumber, all free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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