Stylish, Fully Furnished 2-Bedroom Garage Apartment

Stylishly designed, functional, and compact two-bedroom, ground floor garage apartment unit centrally located on a single-family residential street in historic Third Ward. *Also available configured as a one-bedroom + office rather than as shown in... photos.*

The apartment is fully furnished and move-in ready. I offered it on Airbnb for six years prior to converting to long-term rental and received hundreds of 5-star reviews. You can enjoy the furnishings and decor as is or ask me to remove some of the existing items to make more space for additional desks or your own personal touch.

The kitchen is equipped with a stainless-steel refrigerator, electric range, and dishwasher, along with a microwave, coffee maker, and essential cookware, dishes, cups, and flatware. Up-down cellular shades in each room allow for customizable privacy, with light-filtering shades in the living room and kitchen and blackout shades in both bedrooms for full darkness. Each bedroom has a closet with built-in shelving. Three wall-mounted air conditioning units keep the apartment cool on hot Houston days and allow different thermal comfort zones in each room.

There is one off-street, uncovered parking space and ample street-parking available by permit, available for purchase from the City of Houston for $31 per year.

Summer subletting is permitted during 12-month lease. Tenants are responsible for electricity (less than $75 per month on average) and water (~$40 per month).

The property also contains a separate one-bedroom unit upstairs and detached four-bedroom front house, both of which are also available for rent on this platform. The apartment is located behind the main house and accessed via the driveway--please see the final photo for the lot plan. The washer and dryer outside the unit and are shared with the upstairs apartment.

Join a growing community of Rice students nearby, including groups staying in four homes just one or two blocks away. The property is centrally located within minutes of Rice University, Downtown, Midtown, the Texas Medical Center, Museum District, Texas Southern University, University of Houston, and NRG Stadium. Easy access to SH-288, US-59 and I-45 makes it a convenient departure point to get anywhere in the city.

The home is located in Third Ward’s Riverside Terrace subdivision. Because of its central location, the neighborhood is experiencing a Renaissance after decades of disinvestment. The area's grand homes, some of the city's best examples of architecture from the late Art Deco and Mid-Century modern eras, are being restored against a backdrop of infrastructure and economic development activity.

The demographics of this historically African American community are shifting to reflect Houston's racial and socioeconomic diversity, with a mix of retired residents who have been here for decades and recently-arrived young professionals of all stripes.

The property is convenient to many popular destinations, including:
- Hermann Park (1 mile)
- Museum District (1 mile)
- Texas Southern University (1 mile)
- Houston Community College (1 mile)
- Texas Medical Center (2 miles)
- University of Houston (2 miles)
- Rice University (2 miles)
- Downtown Houston (3 miles)
- George R. Brown Convention Center (3 miles)
- NRG Stadium (5 miles)


About the Owner:

I'm a native Houstonian, grew up minutes from the Rice campus, and some of my closest friends are Rice graduates. I lived on the property until I moved away from Houston and it's very near and dear to my heart. I love Third Ward, visit often, and my immediate family lives only a few blocks away.

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