Could this be a TIKI party room? - General Tiki

T txmod Member Houston, TX Joined: Feb 21, 2007 Posts: 96	T txmod Posted posted on Sat, May 26, 2012 9:05 PM Bumping an antique thread instead of starting a new one. An update on the latest fate of the big party house that started the thread. It went up as a foreclosure and by that time, was in far worse condition than the photos at the beginning of the thread. Very little left salvageable. The people that had it before couldn't have been rougher on it if it had been a frat house or something. Tore up from the floor up. To make matters worse, when they did try to "improve" things, we ended up with stuff like the reconfiguration of the brick and windows on the front. ' Ugh. It has been purchased by someone with the money and where-with-all to salvage it. They have gutted it, which I am generally opposed to, but there was little left to salvage so I guess it was time for this house to get a new vision. They did put the pink roman brick back on the front and reinstall the big picture windows in the front back like it had originally, so now it looks like the original pictures. That is a huge improvement. The new owners didn't feel the love for the wood so the sister, who is more mod-appreciative, salvaged the wood, (whatever it is) and is moving it to her new old house in the neighborhood. So it all ends well. I have a new one up that needs the right new owner. It is very original and retains all its mod glory. I will get better pics done latter part of next week, these are kind of weak, but you get the idea. It has a 40' round rotunda living room, I know one of you all need that! It is centered around a a round flagstone fireplace. It has a domed ceiling in the rotunda and poured terrazzo around the rear portion with flagstone walls. The bathrooms are spectacular. Tax rolls list it at over 4600 sq ft on one level. It is beyond swank. Entry hall Round rotunda living room Other side Raised portion at the rear One of two bar type openings to the rotunda Formal dining Master bedroom http://harlistings.marketlinx.com/SearchDetail/Scripts/PrtBuyFul/PrtBuyFul.asp?emailGUID=9f006f12-a985-4dcd-9206-7b7cbbcf3adc&AgentId=trucks Somebody needs to save this one! [ Edited by: txmod 2012-05-26 21:07 ]

Bumping an antique thread instead of starting a new one. An update on the latest fate of the big party house that started the thread. It went up as a foreclosure and by that time, was in far worse condition than the photos at the beginning of the thread. Very little left salvageable. The people that had it before couldn't have been rougher on it if it had been a frat house or something. Tore up from the floor up. To make matters worse, when they did try to "improve" things, we ended up with stuff like the reconfiguration of the brick and windows on the front.
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It has been purchased by someone with the money and where-with-all to salvage it. They have gutted it, which I am generally opposed to, but there was little left to salvage so I guess it was time for this house to get a new vision. They did put the pink roman brick back on the front and reinstall the big picture windows in the front back like it had originally, so now it looks like the original pictures. That is a huge improvement. The new owners didn't feel the love for the wood so the sister, who is more mod-appreciative, salvaged the wood, (whatever it is) and is moving it to her new old house in the neighborhood. So it all ends well.

I have a new one up that needs the right new owner. It is very original and retains all its mod glory. I will get better pics done latter part of next week, these are kind of weak, but you get the idea. It has a 40' round rotunda living room, I know one of you all need that! It is centered around a a round flagstone fireplace. It has a domed ceiling in the rotunda and poured terrazzo around the rear portion with flagstone walls. The bathrooms are spectacular. Tax rolls list it at over 4600 sq ft on one level. It is beyond swank.