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Before photo by Dana Gray, Keller Williams Realty Metropolitan; After photo by Tad Krampitz of TK Images (Left) The Buskers’ home, dubbed “The White House,� offered a number of different foundations to work off of as the couple renovated their home, including a near-original interior. (Right) The “after� of their remodel shows the new driveway scaled to modern-day vehicles. The renovation adds an additional 459 square feet to the home in the form of a master suite and laundry room off a short, new hallway at the back of the former two-bedroom, one-bath floor plan.
For the Buskers, this home project would transform renovations from part-time to full-time By Cynthia Lescalleet For The Leader The only skeleton revealed during the award-winning renovation of a 1920s bungalow in Sunset Heights was the eight-inch skeleton key that came with the property when Ellie and Christian Busker of Renovative Thinking began their project. Its completion earned a 2015 Good Brick Award from Preservation Houston, which honored recipients at The Cornerstone Dinner on Feb. 20. Seasoned renovators, the Buskers’ complementary skills cover redesign and rebuild of older homes, transforming them into light-filled, highly functioning open spaces that are suitable for modern living, but mindful of their place and period. “We can kind of walk in and think the same thing,� Christian Busker said of their walking through a potential property. An architectural designer and space planner, Ellie Busker gravitates toward homes with smaller footprints and strives to maximize every inch. She dislikes wasted space and thinks efficient floor plans can encourage tidy use. For her husband, who had learned carpentry from his father and grandfathers, home renovations had long beckoned. Once pursued part-time, home renovations became the couple’s business in 2007. Since then, they’ve transformed 18 homes in neighborhoods in and around Houston Heights, Brooke Smith and Sunset Heights. Their current project, number 19, is in Lindale Park. By living in these little homes along the way, she said, they get to know the communities, the housing market -- and the house itself. “We build a home for ourselves every time,� he said.
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Aspiring to the White House Since the Buskers had lived and worked up the street from the bungalow in Sunset Heights – the 2015 Good Brick Award winner – it was a special property to them. They had noticed its simplicity, charm and nearly-untouched condition. Older than other homes on the street, it had an intriguing carriage-era garage with marooned quarters, its exterior staircase long gone. “I have a thing for peeling paint on white houses,� she said. This one, acquired after waiting five years for it to be available, they called “The White House.� Among the pleasant surprises within its near-original interior: cheesecloth wallpaper over shiplap walls. “Usually, we have to take off the ‘ugly’,� she said. There were no layers of previous updates to peel back. The 2013 project kicked off by moving the porch-entry house eight feet to the west to make room for a permeable driveway scaled to today’s vehicles. The scope added 459 sq. ft. to the home for a master suite and laundry room off a short new hallway at the back of the former two-bedroom, one-bath floor plan. Single-story, the addition can’t be seen from the street and blends into the back, a seamlessness the Buskers strive to achieve in all their projects. A small attic dormer facing the street, meanwhile, gives the illusion of height, she said, since newer and remodeled homes nearby trend taller. The renovated home reused original doors, flooring and hardware when possible and was patched with reclaimed materials as merited. While initially an iffy undertaking, he said, the two-story garage and its quarters proved salvageable. That effort lifted the building, poured a slab floor and deepened the structure to house a car vs. a carriage, and it restored the still-intact quarters upstairs. Among the challenges of any renovation, the Buskers said, are making new space look as if it were always there and having it function correctly for the room flow and sight lines. An example: “You don’t want to have to walk through the mas-
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In this month’s issue of will it ever lease, the answer is undoubtedly yes – but not yet. The 6,250 square foot space in the Garden Oaks Shopping Center has been available for about six months according to Hartman (Hi-Reit) leasing agent Danny Morales. He says it used to be a flooring company but could be a restaurant. Morales also says it could be subdivided down to 2,500 square feet. He said there has been a lot of interest so far, but no firm offers yet. According to Morales, rates have risen a bit to get parity with other retail spaces in the area. Neighbors would include Brothers Pizza and LV Nails. Interested? Call 713-467-2222 for leasing rates. Is there a commercial space or building you’re interested in knowing about? E-mail betsy@theleadernews.com
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“Boy, do I wish I had a crystal ball! There’s been a lot of information published recently regarding the impact of oil prices on real estate, so here’s my opinion based on what I’ve read and experienced. Activity is starting to pick up after the holiday season and with a few spring like days that help to get folks thinking about buying and selling again. With a little extra jingle in their pockets, more first time home buyers may decide to enter the market. There’s a lot of pent up demand in the savvy younger generation and they are ready to invest in a home. Overall inventory remains low and this will keep prices from declining considerably. Prime properties will continue to receive multiple offers, however I think buyers will be more cautious in their willingness to offer substantially over the list price to secure a contract (partially due to the economy/oil prices). The higher end market usually experiences longer days on the market and may be a little sluggish until later this year. So overall I think we’ll see a slow down until Spring and
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Abandoned West 43rd Street home an anomaly among community By Betsy Denson betsy@theleadernews.com There are not many one-acre properties left for purchase in the Garden Oaks area. That’s one of the things that makes the house at 738 West 43rd Street so unique. The other is that the grand house, with six bedrooms and four full bathrooms, has been unlived in for five years and has become a shadow of its former self. As of 2014, it is bank owned. The property is currently being offered at online auction by Star Crest Realty. Originally built by Arnold and Ophelia Quintero for them and their children in the late 1970s, the 5,000-plus square foot has marble floors – including a marble walk in bath – as well as a wet bar upstairs and downstairs and an inground pool among other amenities. It was a house made for entertaining. Later, ownership of the house passed to a daughter and various other family members made their home there. In recent years, there was a border who rented space at the house. Relatives who lost their homes in Hurricane Katrina were also able to take refuge there until they could rebuild and return to New Orleans. However the house has been uninhabited since 2010. The tax bill for the house in 2014, the year it passed to The Bank of New York Mellon, was $23,099. HCAD currently values the land at $591,231 and improvements at $307,369, for a total of $898,000. The HCAD evaluation is higher for 738 W. 43rd than it is for some of the nearby homes in much better shape on similar acreage. The HCAD record
Photo by Betsy Denson This 5,000-plus square foot home, with its marble floors and inground pool, has stuck out from its neighboring homes because it remains uninhabited even in a healthy local housing market.
shows there is no homestead exemption for the property so property taxes have never been capped. That explains another anomaly for a home in foreclosure – according to Star Crest Realty’s listing agent Chase Robinson, the bank is asking $826,000 for the property, down from $856,000 in a previous auction. Many who have seen the house in its current state say that is too high a price for the house and will impede its sale. Kirk Carver is an area resident who recently was interested in a possible purchase. “We couldn’t get inside,� he said. “The key broke off in the lock. Looking through the windows you could see rain pouring in from the second floor on that day. We put on waders and walked the lot, but then
left when a small pack of feral dogs emerged from the back of the house. In my opinion they’re asking far too much for it even factoring in lot size.� Neighbor Brenda de Alba said that thieves broke in and stole the copper wiring long ago. Robinson said that when the bank contracted with Star Crest to market the property, they came to clean it out. “We had roped it off and chained the door,� he said. “We wanted to make it safe first.� At the time Star Crest stepped in last year there was still furniture in the house as well as cabinets with dishware, china, crystal and numerous other items. Brenda de Alba remembers a “gorgeous, huge chandelier� but said it is no longer there. There is some question
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Basketball: Scarborough wins first playoff game By Jonathan Garris jgarris@theleadernews.com The varsity boys basketball team at Scarborough High School left with great fanfare and returned to even greater fanfare after the team won its first ever playoff game Tuesday night. The Spartans defeated the La Grange Leopards with a final score of 68-64, a game which marked Scarborough’s first return to the playoffs in ten years. Before departing for Morton Ranch High School in Katy Tuesday morning, students gathered for a large sendoff for the team, complete with banners, music and plenty of cheers. Coach Martin Wall said the sendoff helped set the tone for the game later that evening. Hunter Janacek had one of his finest games of the season, Wall said, with 24 points and 13 rebounds. The same was true for Quinton Hudson who had 23 points during the game.
“I’m really happy for them,� Wall said of his team. “It was a bit of unfamiliar territory for us, along with [La Grange] having a style of play that was so much different than what we’re used to in our district.� Wall said the Leopards had an offense that focused less on pressure and more on passing and play-making. That kind of structured offense is a bit different from the more aggressive style of play in their own district, but the Spartans responded well. Emotions ran high as the final buzzer sounded and Wall said their own fans, who had come out in full force, stormed the court in a wild celebration. “You could tell it was really something special for everyone,� Wall said. While details have not been finalized for the next round, Wall said the team is enjoying its victory and thanked the community for their support. The next game will likely be Feb. 27 against the Silsbee Tigers.
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needs to meet the standards for safety, allowing the city to step in and do so. Assistant Director Landon Taylor said he has never seen a demolition property that was valued in the $800,000 range and indeed the W. 43rd house never ended up in that queue. The only property in 77018 or 77008 to currently be on the city’s demolition list is at 309 E 35th St. Joseph Bowden with Constable Precinct 1 checks the W. 43rd Street house once a week and said that while he has concerns about the structural integrity of the home, he has not seen any signs of vagrants living there. Brenda de Alba said that once a new trustee came on board in August of 2014, things have improved. The front and back yards get mowed and the swimming pool has been boarded up. She hopes that a family will come in to buy the house, tear it down, and start over. “If it’s bring marketed as a livable home, it’s a misrepresentation,� she said.
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