Austin Contemporary, Estate of the Day
Wow, just wow. Today's find is in Austin, Texas, a ultra-modern renovation of a commercial building from 1860. The facade maintains the old look but that is all that remains of the building's former life. It is now a four-story contemporary home which is dressed to impress with luxury finishes. The home has four bedrooms, a library, home theater, three-car garage and the finishing touch, a fourth floor sky lounge with a lap pool, deck, spa and lawn. And look, you are conveniently located next to a Subway which is where you might be eating to afford this home. It is listed at $7.5 million. After the jump, your view of Texas politics.












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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mcreston May 21st 2007 2:48PM
its so right it makes me want to cry. now i just need to come up with $7.5 million dollars.
mari.kariya May 21st 2007 5:00PM
I would sell my mom for this house. Unfortunately I don't think she would bring in quite enough... hell, I'd sell my entire extended family and everything they own.
JoshB May 21st 2007 7:17PM
Who knew heaven was actually in Texas?
Neville May 21st 2007 8:50PM
This place is on 8th and Congress which is right next to all the happening night life in Downtown Austin.
I actually went to this place for an INSANE after party. This was about one year ago, in fact I actually documented it and have some pics at the house:
http://www.nevblog.com/2006/03/texas-film-society-hall-of-fame-awards.html
It was owned by an Indian guy named Eddie at the time, and it was an AMAZING place. It had an elevator and everything. Lets just say this is a GREAT house and GREAT location to throw a party!
The funny thing is you would NEVER expect this place to be on 8th and Congress. If you told an Austin resident there was a $7.5 mil luxury residence there, they might now believe you.
-Nev
K May 23rd 2007 12:00PM
I just can't find anything wrong with this place, except it's not in California and it's not mine. Beautiful.
JT May 22nd 2007 1:19PM
I don't think this is Eddie Safady's place. The staircases are all wrong, as is the entrance. There are a couple of other townhouses on the same block built after he did his.
It looks more like this place: http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/outandabout/entries/2006/07/14/long_center_soi_1.html
H Jun 14th 2007 7:10PM
I would have a 1 block walk to work if I lived here, maybe I can pay this off saving gas money by not driving to work? I eat at that Subway and NEVER knew this was there. I'll peek in next week :)
V Jun 13th 2007 1:46PM
This is most definitely NOT EZS's place. In fact, this is almost twice as large as his place. Anyone loan me 7.5 million?? I do wonder if it was the same architect who did his, though, as the style is almost identical. Especially the black granite in the kitchen.
Real Estate Guy Jun 27th 2007 3:39AM
Does anyone know the history on this. Who fixed it up?