1003 8th Street – $1.1mm
The W Hotel meets east side SF-3 zoning. Despite a few arguably tacky design choices, I like the materials used in this home and the juxtaposition to nearby landmarked craftsman homes. There’s a history of price reductions, from $1.5mm in February of 2011, to $1.3mm, to off market, to the current price of $1.1mm. The location is one house removed from the French Legation, and since this home was built in 2006, 7th Street has come a long way.
The Heywood Hotel – new, modern, boutique, hotel
There’s a new, modern, boutique hotel in Austin – the Heywood Hotel. It’s along the lines of Kimbermodern, but less expensive. Check out their website HERE and facebook page HERE. FYI the design is that of KRDB.
Let’s hear it for local family owned businesses with modern flair!
A few pics below to spark your interest:
Just for fun – some blogs focused on building modern in austin
Here are some build blogs I check out pretty regularly. I particularly like Austin Cubed as it’s a real life couple going through a real life process of building a modern home in central Austin. Feel free suggest other blogs you know of in the comments section of this entry.
Maintenance & Upkeep of a Modern Home
A long-time reader send me the a note saying, “So we bought a modern home. Now we have to care for it….” As many of us now know, taking care of a modern home presents a unique set of challenges. Most of the home repair industry is geared towards maintenance and easy customization of suburban cut-cutter homes.
So this thread is for you to make comments on local Austin tradesman and companies that you would have work on your modern home. As the reader said, “Where do we find folks to polish and reseal the concrete floors? Someone to climb up onto the metal roof? Someone to examine the leaky storefront windows and doors? To patch the settling cracks in the Hardie boards? To level the pocket doors? To climb up three stories to change the recessed light bulbs?”
I start it off in the comments with a few people of mine own. Once we have a nice collection, I’ll sort through and add new pages to the Resource section.
SOLD – 3905 Bowhill Dr – $800K – beautiful Nick Deaver modern remodel of 70′s home
Listing info HERE
AIA Austin 2011 Homes Tour is THIS WEEKEND – October 1 and 2!
Here are important Links:
AIA Austin Homes Tour website HERE
Ticket Info HERE
Video Tours HERE
AIA Austin Site HERE
FAQ about Tour HERE
2011 Featured Architects include:
On the boards – some “to be built” modern homes
Here are some interesting modern projects that are either in progress or waiting for a buyer to begin:
1308 Old 19th St 78705 - $815K (an alterstudio project visit HERE for more details)
Listing Info HERE
1815 W 38th St 78731 - $975K
Listing Info HERE
5909 Ventus St 78721 - $292K (This is in the SOL Development)
Listing Info HERE
13610 Hunters Pass 78734/home - $560K
Listing Info HERE
