A century-old Mediterranean mansion by the identical architect who designed lots of Rice College’s buildings topped the checklist, adopted by a contemporary masterpiece.
HOUSTON — Not many individuals can afford a house within the $10 million vary, however consumers with cash to burn had two very completely different choices to select from in September.
A renovated Nineteen Twenties Mediterranean-style mansion within the prestigious Shadyside group was the most costly house bought in Houston final month. The 9,025-square-foot house on Longfellow Lane was designed by William Ward Watkin, the architect for a lot of of Rice College’s buildings.
The four-bedroom house on a two-acre lot is close to the Rice campus within the coronary heart of Houston’s Museum District. Lush panorama surrounds a pool and tennis court docket with a separate visitor condominium.
Based on HAR, the house was listed for $10.6 million and bought for over $10 million. Extra images
The second priciest house bought right here in September could not be extra completely different. The newly constructed fashionable masterpiece on West Friar Tuck Lane, between Memorial Drive and I-10, gives resort-style facilities in a non-public park-like setting.
The 9,025-square-foot, five-bedroom house is right for entertaining with a grand reception corridor, connoisseur kitchen and butler’s pantry. Designed for an lively household, the house contains a wellness wing with a health middle, giant sauna, therapeutic massage room and strolling paths. It is a golfer’s dream with a placing inexperienced exterior and a golf simulator area in one of many recreation rooms.
The asking value was $9.95 million. It bought for someplace between $7.8 million and $9 million, in accordance with HAR.
