Mid-Century Modernist Homes (West, Howe, Cool: for rent, crime, landscaping)

[Living Near Shamu]

These pictures are excellent and they display exactly what I wanted to see. I've seen these homes before, just wasn't sure that they had a designated name. So if those homes are called modernists, what are today's homes called? Tract homes?

[googie2525]

Originally Posted by Living Near Shamu

These pictures are excellent and they display exactly what I wanted to see. I've seen these homes before, just wasn't sure that they had a designated name. So if those homes are called modernists, what are today's homes called? Tract homes?

Um...UGLY. HA HA, just kidding, I tease, I tease . Really though, I've never even thougt about that, great question, I guess we'll have to wait 30 years and see what tag pop culture develops for them.

[PrettyHateMachine]

Well they already have a name for today's oversized mega-house montrosities, they're called McMansions.



Do they even build normal homes anymore?

[smuboy86]

yes they do you have to know where to look...

[jerryg]

That's a rhetorical question, right?

"Starter" homes today are either a townhouse or something 50 years old that needs a lot of work, or has been mostly renovated but needs the finishing touches done (ie. like my current digs).

"normal" homes today are the 2200+ sq ft homes on itty bitty lots. McMansions is a good name, but some of them actually -do- look good (and I'm sorry, but the one pictured qualifies, to ME, as reasonably good looking. I know of million dollar+ homes here where the front is masonry, and the rest is vinyl or aluminum siding.)

There's not "enough" profit in building 1600-1800 Colonials, Ranch-style and Cape Cods when they can build 2500+ sq ft homes on the same lot, and charge 50-100k more. Of course, now they're reaping what they'd sowed.

[jules07]

googie - have you seen the house on Wyandoke that's for sale? Only saw a few pics of it, but it looks like it might be kinda cool. Unfortunately I'm currently "inactive" in RE, so I don't have MLS access right now or I'd be really digging in to it! Btw, when you guys say that you're "on MLS all the time", do you mean something like realtor.com or the search on mysa.com?

[Chakapu]

Originally Posted by smuboy86

yes they do you have to know where to look...

It's all garage.

[googie2525]

Originally Posted by jules07

googie - have you seen the house on Wyandoke that's for sale? Only saw a few pics of it, but it looks like it might be kinda cool. Unfortunately I'm currently "inactive" in RE, so I don't have MLS access right now or I'd be really digging in to it! Btw, when you guys say that you're "on MLS all the time", do you mean something like realtor.com or the search on mysa.com?

I actually LIVE on Wyanoke. That house recently sold, like last year, and it's already back on the market (just noticed it for sale again yesterday). I looked at it last time it was for sale. I thought it was kinda cool, needed some work to restore it back to it's MCM ranch/rambler-look (like a few of the houses over here - a few out-of-place add-on's here and there, and a couple of horrific teardown McMansions, ugh), namely that added-on "porch" area in front needed to be torn off, etc. The GF didn't like it at all though, she said something just put her off about it. Said it was "gloomy," etc., sooooo, that was that (not that I'm henpecked or anything )...It's a great spot though IMO, nice yard, etc. Great price too for the square footage - I kinda feel ripped off now since I bought smack dab in the middle of that whole buying frenzy thing, and now the houses in Bel Meade have gone down a bit in price. But I plan on staying put for a long while over here, so no real worries in the long run. One thing though about this neighborhood, and it sounds maybe a bit mean-spirited(?), but there are a LOT of original owners in this "hood" who are quite old, and they seem to be dying off lately in semi-large numbers (one from the West Nile Virus - YIKES!), so there might be some more MCM'ish ranches up for sale soon enough! Oh yeah, a buddy of mine is moving over here soon to an O'Neil Ford house, lucky son-of-a-gun! Same ol' scenario, he knew the elderly owners son, the owner recently died, and he made a deal with the son (I wanted that house so badly!). But he's super-cool and he'll do the MCM thing 100%, since he's an MCM nutcase - he's selling that ultra-cool all-glass Milton Ryan MCM in Terrell Hills, namely to get away from the over-the-top property taxes over there (and be able to pay the Bel Meade house off in cash once he sells in way over-priced TH).

...oh yeah, I just go to mysa.com and go to real estate, and voila, the MLS!

[urbansa]

Some in Olmos Park, Terrell Hills, Terrell Heights, Northridge, mostly 50's era subdivisions in NE SA. The trend is just now starting in SA so most might be classified as "ranch" and should be priced better than other metros in tx. In King William era, St. Benedict's is a condo conversion of a mid-century modern if you want to consider that route.

[jules07]

Originally Posted by urbansa

Some in Olmos Park, Terrell Hills, Terrell Heights, Northridge, mostly 50's era subdivisions in NE SA. The trend is just now starting in SA so most might be classified as "ranch" and should be priced better than other metros in tx. In King William era, St. Benedict's is a condo conversion of a mid-century modern if you want to consider that route.

urbansa, was your screen name previously "urbsan" and are you affiliated with the St. Benedict's conversion in anyway? If so, spill the dirt!!