Reservoir Hill

[SXSW]

I was biking around the Hill and took these pics of a new house under construction on N. Denver Pl.  It's designed by Shelby Navarro of One Architecture (the same firm that designed the LEED Platinum lofts on Trenton) and it looks like this will be a 'green' home as well.  The views have to be some of the best in Tulsa and the neighborhood is awesome, very eclectic with several really cool houses and several that could use some work..

The front


View as you walk in the front door


Skyline view from the living room/kitchen


Second floor bedroom/balcony


View from the 'lookout tower'

[custosnox]

At the risk of sounding like an idiot, I have to ask exactly where is reservoir hill?

[we vs us]

At the risk of sounding like an idiot, I have to ask exactly where is reservoir hill?

Man. What a TOTAL idiot! 








So where's Reservoir Hill again?

[Hoss]

Man. What a TOTAL idiot! 








So where's Reservoir Hill again?

Harhar...with the aid of Google Earth (and, by the way, they just updated the Tulsa image set.  recent imagery was 4 years old, the newest aerial imagery is now from late March...it's also better detailed than it used to be).

The imagery is so new infact that I can ask the question if the house in question is on this image:




But for those not familiar, the blue 'box' sort of outlines the ResHill neighborhood.

[custosnox]

I had noticed the new images the other day.  Not only are they updated, but they are much clearer then the last set.

Thanks for pointing out where that is, I kinda figured it was in that general direction but wasn't real sure exactly where

[SXSW]

Reservoir Hill is a cool old neighborhood north of Pine and south of Apache just east of the LL Tisdale.  I'm pretty sure Hometown lives up there and knows the area well.  Any kind of expansion of OSU-Tulsa just to the southeast would greatly benefit this neighborhood.  There are a lot of well-kept homes in Reservoir Hill and Brady Heights to the south but still a lot of rundown homes in between that could be bought cheap with the potential to be fixed up.

[TheArtist]

I remember looking at that very vacant lot a while back and thinking... Wow, what a great view!  Reservoir Hill does have some great old mansions, and new homes.  Is essentially Mid-town North.

Right now I am really wanting to get a home or some property in Brady Heights, as soon as I possibly can.  Would love to have or build a classic style Four Square.  Was looking at a great corner lot and it just sold. Its going to be perhaps a couple years till I can get something there.  Just hoping the property values dont go up too much during that time.  Its really a treasure of a neighborhood and once its "gentrified" will be absolutely beautiful, and Waaay out of my price range lol.  

[Rico]

Will,^

Try contacting Laurie with CB Urban. She has the most knowledge of what is available in the areas mentioned.
Laurie Keeley....#637-1328 

[Ohuirthile]

Artist - my neighbor has expressed a desire to sell his house in the near future.  He is an older gentleman that is looking for a condo or something with less work.  It's not four-square, but it's Brady Heights.

[rdj]

We moved to Reservoir Hill in December.  We love the area.  We bought a 1925 Colonial fixer upper originally built by Cass Mayo.  It is one of the last of the "mansions" left in the area.  Our home is 3,100 sq ft including the finished basement.  There are CHEAP houses available if you want a 2-3 bed with 1-1.5 baths.  When I say cheap I mean $25k and less.  They'll need $50-75k in upgrades but you'll have a cool house in what I believe to be an emerging area.

Shelby is building the house discussed in the OP for an older couple.  They bought a post war house for $63k and knocked it down.  I'm not sure what they are spending on the new house.  Some of the neighbors aren't very happy with the design (one told me it looked like a hideous fire station) and the lot line to lot line construction.  Personally, I love it.  If you drive around the hill you'll see that architecture is as diverse as any in Tulsa so no reason to be upset with what they are building.  As a word of warning the neighbors to the north of the house do not like the amount of people that tend to tour it (aka trespass) and will come out and give you a peace of their mind.  The house to the south is super cool.  It native sand stone and sits on a massive double lot.  It has an old school rectangle pool complete with diving board and the view from the pool is stunning.  I can envision some banging parties there back in the 20's.  I believe it was built in 1925.

[rdj]

Here is a picture of the original house.  You can kind of see the sand stone house to the south.

[SXSW]

The house to the south is super cool.  It native sand stone and sits on a massive double lot.  It has an old school rectangle pool complete with diving board and the view from the pool is stunning.  I can envision some banging parties there back in the 20's.  I believe it was built in 1925.

Very cool house but appears to need some work.  The view from the pool is awesome.  It's great to see the revitalization of this neighborhood.  I can see that whole area from Reservoir Hill south to downtown being a really desirable area it will just take more people like yourself and others renovating those old houses or building new ones.  If you are looking for affordable housing near downtown there are lots of good buys in the area.  Like I said as OSU expands I think you'll see more and more people, faculty and students, buying into these neighborhoods. 

[rdj]

There is a really cool house for sale on Denver Pl between Main St & Cheyenne.  It is probably a tear down.  I believe the owner is the former owner of the Denver Grill downtown.  They are asking $65k for the house.  They also own the adjacent lot.  Combined they are +/- 28,000 sq ft.  The lot has an amazing view of the skyline and I doubt it would ever be obstructed.  When I get home tonight I'll try and post some pictures.  They are on my personal laptop.

[carltonplace]

I remember looking at that very vacant lot a while back and thinking... Wow, what a great view!  Reservoir Hill does have some great old mansions, and new homes.  Is essentially Mid-town North.

Right now I am really wanting to get a home or some property in Brady Heights, as soon as I possibly can.  Would love to have or build a classic style Four Square.  Was looking at a great corner lot and it just sold. Its going to be perhaps a couple years till I can get something there.  Just hoping the property values dont go up too much during that time.  Its really a treasure of a neighborhood and once its "gentrified" will be absolutely beautiful, and Waaay out of my price range lol.  

Artist, buy now.

Brady Heights is certainly on the climb and any purchase and fix up there would be a smart one.

FYI, "this old house magazine" recently listed Brady Heights as the best place in the nation to buy a Craftsman style house. If you buy one, be as sensitive to the Craftsman style as possible (bathrooms and kitchen particularly) and you will not spen your money in vain.

[Conan71]

There are some pretty cool ones in Owen Park and Crosbie Heights as well with some pretty cool views.