An ultra-modern house has been revamped from the bottom up in San Antonio’s Lone Star Arts District, and it’s going for an asking worth of simply shy of $500,000.
Builder Marco Flores and his household enterprise Southtown Customized Houses has a number of comparable builds all through Southtown and downtown San Antonio.
“His signature has been that he’ll take the unique property and rip it all the way down to the studs,” real-estate agent Patrick Vallejo stated, who describes the one-of-a-kind dwelling as a “unicorn” in his gross sales itemizing.
Certainly, little was sacred on the property, constructed in 1966, which was gutted inside an inch of its life. However for all that was misplaced, a lot extra was gained, in response to Vallejo.
What began as a mere 900-square-foot home gained an extra 1100-square-feet. However slightly than making the home a Frankenstein monster with the brand new addition, Flores had an answer.
“He made extra of a parapet wall up entrance to make the roofline look extra interesting,” Vallejo stated, including that the method served to unify the construction.
Flores and his crew additionally up to date the electrical, insulation, home windows, pier and beam basis, plumbing and extra on the three-bedroom, two-bath residence.
“There’s not loads to this property that didn’t get touched,” Vallejo stated.
The important thing, as all the time, was location, location, location.
“Lonestar is one in every of few neighborhoods downtown the place you are able to do such a drastic transformation as a result of it’s not historic,” Vallejo defined.
Vallejo, who additionally has properties in King William, stated typically it may be a trouble to make an replace due to all of the hoops to leap by for approval.
“You continue to want wooden framed home windows and it’s not very vitality environment friendly,” he stated, providing an instance of historic house restrictions.
Right here on this “hidden gem” neighborhood inside strolling distance of stylish restaurant Leche de Tigre, builders together with Flores have extra room to experiment. And the consequence, on this case, is a unusual, one-of-a-kind house.
This house is listed by Patrick Vallejo with All Metropolis San Antonio Registered Sequence.
All photographs and itemizing information by way of Realtor.com.
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