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Housing & Real Estate

Bellaire-Meyerland-West University Place real estate: See some of the properties that sold in November

2332 Robinhood St., Houston: This new home is a short walk to Rice Village and Rice University, and it is a short bike ride to Texas Medical Center, museums and Hermann Park. Silvan Homes created a home that offers clean modern lines while still maintaining warmth and comfort. Designed for luxury, the home features high-end stainless appliances, designer lighting, hardwoods, high ceilings, an open floor plan, and a living room with views to the yard and a covered veranda. 4-5 bed, 5 full, 1 half bath/4,904 sq. ft. Sold for $2,176,001-$2,501,000 on Nov. 10. (Courtesy Houston Association of Realtors)
2332 Robinhood St., Houston: This new home is a short walk to Rice Village and Rice University, and it is a short bike ride to Texas Medical Center, museums and Hermann Park. Silvan Homes created a home that offers clean modern lines while still maintaining warmth and comfort. Designed for luxury, the home features high-end stainless appliances, designer lighting, hardwoods, high ceilings, an open floor plan, and a living room with views to the yard and a covered veranda. 4-5 bed, 5 full, 1 half bath/4,904 sq. ft. Sold for $2,176,001-$2,501,000 on Nov. 10. (Courtesy Houston Association of Realtors)

2332 Robinhood St., Houston: This new home is a short walk to Rice Village and Rice University, and it is a short bike ride to Texas Medical Center, museums and Hermann Park. Silvan Homes created a home that offers clean modern lines while still maintaining warmth and comfort. Designed for luxury, the home features high-end stainless appliances, designer lighting, hardwoods, high ceilings, an open floor plan, and a living room with views to the yard and a covered veranda. 4-5 bed, 5 full, 1 half bath/4,904 sq. ft. Sold for $2,176,001-$2,501,000 on Nov. 10. (Courtesy Houston Association of Realtors)

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3530 Latma Drive, Houston: This 1955 ranch-style home sits on a corner lot with mature trees in Woodside. The home features an open floor plan that includes a living room/dining room combo along with a den that opens to a garden room. With its lot, this home is located near the Texas Medical Center, Brays Bayou and bike trail and convenient access to the I-610 Loop. 3 bed, 2 full baths/1,723 sq. ft. Sold for $325,001-$370,000 on Nov. 30. (Courtesy Houston Association of Realtors)
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2203 Watts St., Houston: A Southgate home built in 1938, this two-story traditional home includes a large formal living room with a fireplace, a formal dining room with bay window, an updated kitchen and a breakfast room with glass front built-ins. It additionally features a downstairs study that could serve as a fourth bedroom. 3-4 bed, 2 full, 1 half bath/2,996 sq. ft. Sold for $717,001-$827,000 on Nov. 16. (Courtesy Houston Association of Realtors)
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5626 Briarbend Drive, Houston: Built in 1959, this home features a completely renovated interior with exterior improvements. The kitchen boasts new appliances, custom-built cabinetry, quartz countertops and a porcelain tile backsplash. Throughout the home, laminated hardwood floors and new doors, door casings and baseboards are featured. Bedrooms include built-in closets with a fourth room for a home office. Bathrooms include new tile floors, with a frameless shower in the primary bath. 3 bed, 2 full bath/2,180 sq. ft. Sold for $482,001-$552,000 on Nov. 3. (Courtesy Houston Association of Realtors)
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4621 Cedar Oaks Lane, Bellaire: This brand new contemporary home built in 2020 features an open floor plan with a downstairs powder room and large chef’s kitchen that opens to a family room with a waterfall edge island. It additionally houses a butler’s pantry/wet bar along with a master suite that features vaulted beamed ceilings, a spa bath and closet with built-ins. 5 bed, 4 full, 1 half bath/4,356 sq. ft. Sold for $1,242,001- $1,425,000 on Nov. 2. (Courtesy Houston Association of Realtors)
Homes that sold in November in the Bellaire-Meyerland-West University Place area included contemporary, historic and remodeled homes, including a 1955 ranch-style home located near Texas Medical Center at Woodside.
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View the highlighted homes this month in the gallery above.
Bellaire-Meyerland-West University Place
By Hunter Marrow
Hunter Marrow came to Community Impact Newspaper in January 2020. Before that, Hunter covered local news in Ontario, OR for three years, covering municipal issues, crime, and education across Malheur County and across the border into Idaho.

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